Warner Home Video Announces More Exciting Titles On UMD™ For Sony’s PSP™ (PlayStation Portable)
(December 22, 2005 - Burbank, CA) - Warner Home Video (WHV) Theatrical Catalog will release additional Universal Media Disc (UMD™) titles in three waves for the first quarter of 2006.
Wave 2 (streetdate February 7)
"Batman" – Academy Award® winner for Best Art Direction and Best Production. Starring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger and directed by Tim Burton ("Corpse Bride," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory").
Synopsis: After witnessing his parent’s brutal murder as a child, millionaire-philanthropist Bruce Wayne pledges his life to fighting crime disguised as Batman.
"Training Day" – Starring Denzel Washington (won Best Actor Academy Award), Ethan Hawke, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Macy Gray. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.
Synopsis: A mad dog narcotics cop blurs the line between cop and criminal as he mentors an idealistic rookie partner during his Training Day.
Wave 3 (streetdate February 14)
"Swordfish" - Starring John Travolta, Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman and Don Cheadle.
Synopsis: In this futuristic technology spy movie, John Travolta plays Gabriel Shear, a man trying to access information locked inside a complicated computer system that contains government secrets - and money. He hires Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman), a desperate computer expert, to help him hack into the system.
"Romeo Must Die" - Starring Jet Li, DMX, Henry O, Russell Young, Isaiah Washington, Delroy Lindo and Aaliyah.
Synopsis: A street-fighting ex-cop (Jet Li), takes on both sides of a fierce Oakland turf war.
Wave 4 (streetdate March 7)
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" – Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Rickman. Directed by Chris Columbus.
Synopsis: In this first film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's bestselling series, Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and possesses magical powers of his own. "The 'Wizard of Oz' of its time. A complete triumph." - Richard Roeper, "Ebert & Roeper"
"The Goonies" – Starring Mary Ellen Trainor, Joe Pantoliano, Corey Feldman, Josh Brolin, Anne Ramsey, Sean Astin, Martha Plimton, Robert Davi, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green and Ke-Huy Quan.
Synopsis: A group of west coast kids facing their last days together before a development paves over their homes stumble onto evidence of pirate's treasure, which attracts the attention of a family of criminals.
Warner Home Video released its first wave of Universal Media Disc (UMD™) titles:
Streetdate December 6, 2005
"The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4" Streetdate Dec 20, 2005 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Constantine," "Batman Begins," "Enter the Dragon," "House of Wax," "The Matrix" and "Terminator 3." UMD WAVE 2, 3 AND 4 With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.# # #
"The Dukes of Hazzard" and "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 4" Streetdate Dec 20, 2005 "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Constantine," "Batman Begins," "Enter the Dragon," "House of Wax," "The Matrix" and "Terminator 3." UMD WAVE 2, 3 AND 4 With operations in 90 international territories Warner Home Video, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, commands the largest distribution infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's film library is the largest of any studio, offering top quality new and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and New Line Home Entertainment.