Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) and Pathé Distribution Ltd. are proud to present eight new release and "must-have" catalogue Blu-ray releases in Spring 2008. The impressive slate includes a day & date BD/DVD release for Eastern Promises on 25th February 2008, which allows you to go further behind the scenes with two featurettes: Secrets and Stories and Marked For Life. In 2007, Blu-ray secured its status as the leading high-definition format, selling 73% of all high-definition movies compared to 23% on HD-DVD.

Seven acclaimed classic releases join Fox’s impressive back catalogue slate, including Wall Street, Master and Commander, The Day After Tomorrow and Commando on 17th March, and Predator, I,Robot and The Fly on 19th May.

The only High Definition packaged media universally supported by the film, music, gaming and computer industries, BD is the #1 selling High Definition packaged media. The one million unit milestone relates to movies only. If BD game disc production is added into the equation, then total number of discs produced for sale in Europe already exceeds 21 million units. The so-called ‘PlayStation effect’ is important since it is creating major economies of scale and makes BD disc replication cost effective.

Blu-ray Disc is a next generation optical disc format developed for High Definition video and high-capacity software applications. A single-layer Blu-ray Disc holds up to 25 gigabytes of data and a dual-layer Blu-ray Disc holds up to 50 gigabytes of data. This greater storage capacity enables the Blu-ray Disc to store over six times the amount of content than is possible with current DVDs, and is particularly well-suited for High Definition feature films with extended levels of additional bonus and interactive material, as well as next generation computer games.