Walt Disney Studios to release digital 3D movies on Blu-ray

MUMBAI: The Walt Disney Studios plans to start releasing Disney Digital 3D content for the home on Blu-ray Disc beginning in 2010 with Disney’s A Christmas Carol and a special 3D Showcase Disc. Disney’s new Digital 3D content for the home on Blu-ray will be made available in coordination with hardware manufacturers’ upcoming release of new 3D home entertainment systems so that consumers can experience the magic of Disney 3D in their home upon installation

"The Walt Disney Studios has produced and released more 3D content than any other major studio to date and remains at the forefront in the continued innovation and development of today’s most advanced digital 3D and Blu-ray technology," commented The Walt Disney Studios president Distribution Bob Chapek. "We are excited to offer consumers an incredible line-up of true three-dimensional films and footage that will revolutionize the in-home entertainment experience."

The 3D-enabled Blu-ray release of Disney’s A Christmas Carol, available broadly in fourth quarter of 2010, will represent the studios’ debut title that will launch a new premium line-up of Disney Digital 3D movies for the home. Disney’s A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey, will be a groundbreaking multi-sensory, three-dimensional hi-def home entertainment experience that captures the fantastical essence of the classic Dickens tale.

In addition to the anticipated release of Disney’s A Christmas Carol, and in an effort to provide early adopters with premium content that optimally showcases their new 3D home theater systems with Disney 3D content, Disney has also created an exclusive 3D Showcase Disc available for mass distribution. This new 3D Showcase Disc is a compilation of upcoming 3D product, footage and promotional trailers that contains a variety of vividly mesmerizing clips from Disney’s 3D content library including but not limited to, Walt Disney’s 1953 animated short Working for Peanuts promotional trailers of upcoming 3D-enabled Blu-ray releases like Disney’s A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland and Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 plus original content created exclusively for this disc.

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