Unfortuantly this morning New Line has announced they are going to sit on the side lines for the time being and not release anything in 2006 including LOTR till they see how the sales figures go for the fourth quarter.
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/news/
This to me atleast helps drive home the point of todays group purchase to help show the market that there is a demand for these movies.
(EDIT: I went back & pre-ordered 2 more, below reflects the changes)
I ordered 18 titles for today
Amazon
Ordered
1. Full Metal Jacket
2. The Perfect Storm
3. Friday Night Lights
4. Lara Croft - Tomb Raider
5. Unforgiven
6. The Bourne Supremacy
7. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
Pre – Ordered
1. Backdraft
2. Spy Game
3. Army of Darkness
4. Fast & Furious
5. 2 Fast 2 Furious
6. Bone Collector
7. Poseidon
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DVDEmpire
(movies that amazon are still mistakenly marking as not released...)
1. Aeon Flux
2. Four Brothers
3. Italian Job, The
4. We Were Soldiers
Total ordered today: 18 movies
