Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (TCFHE) confirmed the arrival of six fan favorite “must have” Blu-ray Disc catalog titles available in the first quarter of 2008. Highlights include the long-awaited BD debuts of Ice Age (March 4), featuring everyone’s favorite sub-zero heroes in a daring quest to return a human baby to its tribe; the sci-fi action thriller Independence Day (March 11) starring Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith and featuring a Blu-ray exclusive trivia track and BD-Java Alien Scavenger Hunt game that challenges players to correctly identify items in select scenes to unlock additional bonus features; and the high-tech action adventure I, Robot (March 11) also starring Will Smith and featuring a BD industry first - direct access to in-movie features through one of the four colored buttons on the BD remote that allows viewers to quickly access the enormous amount of bonus materials on the disc including commentaries, production diaries, extended and deleted scenes, trivia and more.

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Additional BD titles to debut include the psychological thriller Man on Fire starring Academy Award-winning actors Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken available January 8; Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone’s behind-the-scenes look at corporate greed and corruption, Wall Street, starring Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas, in his Academy Award-winning Best Actor performance; and the hilarious Farrelly brother’s comedy about nice guys with multiple personality disorders, Me, Myself and Irene, starring Jim Carrey and Academy Award-winning actress Renee Zellweger, both available February 5.

Each of Fox’s BD titles will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98/49.98 CANADA.

Man on Fire: Authored in BD-Java using MPEG2 compression and presented on a 50GB dual layer disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.

Wall Street: Authored in MPEG2 compression and presented on a 50GB dual layer disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and English, French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:

  • ommentary by Oliver Stone

  • Intro by Oliver Stone

  • Greed is Good-Featurette

  • Deleted Scenes with optional commentary by Director Oliver Stone

  • Money Never Sleeps - The Making of Wall Street

Me, Myself and Irene: Authored in MPEG2 compression and presented on a 25GB disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. Bonus features include:

  • Deleted scenes with optional commentary by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly

  • Crap on the Lawn

  • My Cow Likes The Road

  • Warming The Melon

  • Morning After

  • Can’t Find My Wallet

  • Hat On Fire

  • Dear Old Dad

  • Sex Flashback

  • Hank and Charlie Disagree

  • Extended Butt Chin Scene

  • Theatrical Trailers

Ice Age: Authored in MPEG2 compression and presented on a 25GB disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. Bonus features include:

  • Deleted Scenes with commentary by Director Chris Wedge and Co-Director Carlos Saldanha

  • “Paying Toll"with Aardvarks

  • Sylvia and Sid Introduction

  • Sabre Stake Out

  • No More Fruit For You

  • Sid and the Ladies

  • Sid and Sylvia

  • Gone Nutty - Scrat’s Missing Adventure

  • Theatrical Teaser

Independence Day: Authored in BD-Java using MPEG2 compression and presented on a 50GB dual-layer disc with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. Bonus features include:

  • Trivia Track

  • Search Content

  • Personal Scene Selections

  • Alien Scavenger Hunt (Java Game)

  • D-Box Technology

I, Robot: Authored in BD-Java using MPEG2 compression and presented on a 50GB dual-layer disc English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio and French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French. Bonus features include:

  • I, Robot Trivia Track

  • Extended and Deleted Scenes

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. Blu-ray also features the most advanced copy protection, player backward compatibility with the current DVD format, connectivity and advanced interactivity.