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New Line has announced a June 3rd release date for Will Ferrell’s Semi Pro, which will arrive in an unrated “Let’s Get Sweaty” two-disc special edition.

It’s safe to assume the quick turn around from its theatrical release to home video is due to the fact that the movie didn’t do so well at the box office, pulling in (as of this blog post) only $32 million domestically.

In my opinion, its R rating hurt the film’s potential. PG-13 would have brought in the millions of a teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 who can’t get into a 17 and over R rated movie. Hopefully the movie will find a larger audience when it arrives on DVD and Blu-ray this June.

Semi-Pro will be presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 7.1 Surround.

This week’s new releases are:

Bonnie & Clyde
Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Naked Beneath the Water
Steep

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Two new concert Blu-rays have made their way onto DVD Empire where they are up for pre-order.

Motley Crue: Carnival Of Sins — April 29, 2008
Ozzfest: 10th Anniversary — May 6, 2008

No details on bonus features are known at the moment, although these have both been previously released on DVD so we can expect to at least get whatever was on the DVD versions.

April 15th will mark the release date of A Passage to India, the first Blu-ray in Sony’s new Columbia Classics series.

The film will include audio commentary with producer Richard Goodwin and seven making-of featurettes and an all-new graphic and subtitle trivia track.

Specs: 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video, English and French Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround audio and  English, French and Spanish subtitles.

Sony Pictures announced today details for the upcoming Blu-ray of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Sony revealed that the disc will support BD-Live features which include three downloadable “mini-featurettes” with star Bill Hader.

Other extras on the disc will include: audio commentary with Judd Apatow, director Jake Kasdan, and stars John C. Reilly & Lew Morton; six making-of featurettes; an additional “Last Interview with Dewey Cox”; deleted & extended scenes; additional full song performances and song demos; a mock “A Christmas Song with Dewey Cox” music video; “Cox Sausage Commercials” with outtakes; and a “Line-O-Rama.”

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story will be available in stores on both DVD and Blu-ray on April 6, 2008.

J&R is currently having a huge sale on select Blu-ray movies. Deals start as low as $7.99 for Terminator 2, The Devil’s Rejects, Total Recall and more. There’s also the TV show WEEDS, available for $10.99 (season 1) and $13.99 (season 2). Hurry because I think the sale is only good through the weekend and as always, it’s while supplies last.

Sony today announced that system software update v.2.20, for the PS, planned for release in late March, will add Blu-ray Disc (BD) Profile 2.0 (known as BD-LIVE). With this new update comes the ability to take full advantage of interactive features, such as downloadable video content, ringtones, games, and more.In addition to BD-LIVE, the system software update will enable photo and music playlists on a PS3 to be copied to a PSP, as well as other new features.

To access Blu-ray Profile 2.0, users require an Internet connection and at least 1GB of local storage. Movies with BD-LIVE are scheduled for release next month.

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Metal God Entertainment and Rob Halford (of Judas Priest fame) announced today that HALFORD’s 2001 double-live CD “Live Insurrection” will makes its debut in Blu-Ray Hi-Definition 5.1 Surround Audio September 23, 2008. “Live Insurrection – Remastered” Blu-Ray will feature a custom-designed digipak, original Rob Halford autograph and 20-page booklet including rare pictures and exclusive liner notes.

Best Buy is giving $50 gift cards to customers who purchased an HD DVD player or HD DVD Xbox 360 attachment from its U.S. stores before February 23, 2008. Customers will get a gift card for each player or HD DVD attachment that they purchased. Through this program, Best Buy will distribute more than $10 million in gift cards to customers across the country.

Most Best Buy customers won’t have to do anything to receive their gift card. Best Buy will proactively mail cards to all customers that the company can identify as having purchased an HD DVD player. Members of the Best Buy Reward Zone program, customers who purchased Performance Service Plans (PSPs) or who made their purchase on BestBuy.com should look for their gift cards in the mail by May 1. Other customers who may not be easily identified can call (888) BEST BUY to receive their gift cards with proof of purchase through a credit card or their Best Buy receipt.

Why is Best Buy doing this? Because they want you to use that gift card to hopefully purchase a Blu-ray player, some movies and some of those overpriced Monster cables.

Image Entertainment today announced their upcoming Blu-ray releases and the fact that they have selected Sony DADC for the authoring and compression of said discs.

Image’s first Blu-ray titles, released earlier this year, were the romantic comedy, Suburban Girl and the Australian war classic Breaker Morant. The Blu-ray special edition of Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead will be released on April 15. The Air I Breathe will debut on Blu-ray May 6.

May 20 is set as the release date for Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award winning musical, Company. A special edition of cult classic, Short Circuit, will also be released on Blu-ray May 20.

Image Entertainment’s bestselling music titles will also come to Blu-ray this spring and summer:

Chicago / Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek
Heart: Alive in Seattle
Moody Blues: Lovely to See You Live
Roy Orbison: Black and White Night
Barry Manilow: Live