Universal's Blu-ray release plans uncovered, details later today

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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/hdtv/" rel="tag">HDTV</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1740482320080417?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews"><img vspace="4" hspace="16" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadgethd.com/media/2008/04/universal_logo_sm_blu_041708.jpg" /></a>We won't have to wait long to find out Universal's <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/02/19/paramount-and-universal-to-publish-films-on-blu-ray/">plans for Blu-ray</a>, <em>Reuters</em> just noted that later today the studio will announce plans to release about 40 movies on the format in the second half of the year, including <em>Doomsday</em>. The only studio to support solely HD DVD from the beginning will come out with all three of its Mummy films: <em>The Mummy</em>, <em>The Mummy Returns</em>, and <em>The Scorpion King</em> July 22 (sounds like someone's bitter about HD DVD and taking it out on Blu-ray owners to us), with catalog releases jumping over from red like <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2006/10/12/hd-dvd-tour-stops-at-digital-life-2006-and-drops-details-on-miam/"><em>Miami Vice</em></a>, <em>Knocked Up</em>, <em>American Gangster</em> and others before the year is out. Keep an eye out for specifics later on, like whether those <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/UControl/">U-Control</a> and <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/08/31/universal-launches-a-new-hd-dvd-promo-site-kind-of/">community</a> features from the HD DVD versions will make the jump intact<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1740482320080417?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews>Read</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/universals-blu-ray-release-plans-uncovered-details-later-today/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1170120/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/17/universals-blu-ray-release-plans-uncovered-details-later-today/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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