From the 'Don't Say I Never Said Anything Good About Blu-Ray' Department, this news from Fox: over 8 50GB Blu-Ray Releases will be available at the Sony's PS3 launch.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment President Worldwide Mike Dunn announced today the Studio's first wave of highly-anticipated motion pictures to debut on Blu-ray Disc (BD), which is the only high-definition packaged media platform broadly supported by the film, music, gaming, computing and consumer electronics industries. Representing more than $2 billion in box office and 90 million DVD units sold worldwide, the studio's first eight BD releases are right on target with the BD early adopter and Playstation 3 purchaser. Taking full advantage of the next generation format's high definition technology and advanced Java-based functionality, titles will be presented with the highest quality audiovisual elements including AVC (MPEG4 Compression) and HD "Lossless" Audio (select tracks) and many have unique interactive special features.

Fox's stellar, action-packed line-up of initial BD releases includes: BEHIND ENEMY LINES, FANTASTIC FOUR, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (Director's Cut), KISS OF THE DRAGON, THE OMEN (666), THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, SPEED and THE TRANSPORTER. This first wave of BD titles will arrive at retail outlets worldwide in November. Japan launches November 10 and product hits North American (SRP US$39.98/CAN$49.98), Australian and European stores on November 14

Gee, only 40 bucks each for such timeless classics as Transporter and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen? Sign me up! Thought I have to admit Kiss of the Dragon is a guilty favorite of mine. Florian Eckhardt

Fox announces first Blu-ray releases: 8 titles, BD-J, MPEG-4 AVC, 50GB [HD News]