This week at Big W you can upgrade to Blu-ray for only $2 more then the DVD disc version ($17.92 for Blu-ray compared to $15.92 for DVD) for the following titles:

• Public Enemies
• The Warlords
• Highlander
• Fast and the Furious
• Couples Retreat
• 21
• Stargate
• The Wolfman

Big W also has the following blu-ray titles on sale

• Hot Tub Time Machine- $28.98
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- $28.98
• The Other Man- $28.98
• Brooklyn’s Finest – $28.98
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy – $82

Sales commences Wed Sept 1st till Wed Sept 8th 2010.

The first details of the Avatar Collector’s Edition has surfaced. Fox France has announced that the Collector’s Edition blu-ray will consist of three BDs, with the extended version of James Cameron’s sci-fi epic, and will include “hours of never-before-seen, exclusive bonus content.”

James Cameron has also let further details slip by saying that not only will the upcoming Collector’s Edition Blu-ray include the theatrical extended version, but also a more expanded, “alternate reality version” of the film that is a full 16 minutes longer than the original.

The new footage in the Special Edition includes a scene focusing on the death of one major Na’vi character, and a hunt for one of Pandora’s creatures in a “rousing action-adventure, pulse-pounding kind of scene,” said Cameron.

The release will include 45 minutes of deleted, unfinished footage – and that’s not counting the 16 extra minutes of the Blu-ray extended cut (which will include an opening scene set on Earth).

One of the special features to be included on the Collectors Edition is a documentary titled “A Message from Pandora” produced by James Cameron about the battle to stop the Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu, one of the great tributaries of the Amazon River.

The Avatar Collectors Edition Blu-ray and DVD will be released in the US on November 16th, 2010. No Australian release date has been announced yet but expect it to close to the US release date.

For those that can’t wait for the Collectors Edition to be released, The single blu-ray disc Avatar release is available to purchase on blu-ray now and can be purchased from the following retailers.

• Amazon.co.uk – Blu-ray/DVD Combo – Region B and A
• Amazon.com – Blu-ray/DVD Combo – Region Free
• Chaos

J.J. Abrams hit Sci-Fi action adventure movie, Cloverfield, which revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people, is on sale on Amazon.co.uk for only £5.99 (~ $10.34 AU). That’s a massive 76% off the regular price. Click here to go to the product listing page.

Amazon.co.uk currently have a few blu-ray sales with Sci-fi blu-ray titles 50% off or more including titles like Lord of the Rings, Bladerunner, Terminator 2, The Matrix and more as well as a range of blu-ray titles from under £8.99 including The Ultimate Bourne Collection, Inglourious Basterds, Gladiator, Fight Club, Taken, The 40 Year Old Virgin and more. Click the links below to view all the titles.

• Half-Price Sci-Fi on Blu-ray
• Blu-ray from Under £8.99

Get more for your hi-def dollar this September with our the EzyDVD.com.au Blu-ray Buy 2 Get 1 Free offer! Simply add any 3 titles from the great range of over 120 titles to your shopping basket and get the lesser value title for FREE.

Choose from such titles as Moon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Daybreakers, X-Men, Zombieland, Valkyrie, Eragon, AVP, Borat, Labyrinth, Transporter, Night at the Museum, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Ghostbusters, Highlander, Garfield 1 & 2, Unforgiven, 27 Dresses, Kingdom of Heaven, The Simpsons Movie, Reservoir Dogs, & many more. Click here to see all the titles available.

As part of eBays the big deal Fathers Day sale, you can pick up The Ultimate Bourne Collection Blu-Ray Boxset containing all three Bourne films including The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum for only $49 + free shipping. This price is only available for today or until stocks run out. Click here to go to the ebay listing.

Big W have the following blu-ray movie titles on sale from 19 August – Ends 04 September 2010.

New Release Blu-ray Titles

• Kick Ass – $28.34
• The Book of Eli – $28.34
• Clash of the Titans (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)- $28.34
• Date Night – $28.34

3 for 2 (Buy 2 Blu-rays, Get the 3rd Free)
Purchase 3 Blu-rays from the selected range in one transaction to get the cheapest Blu-ray free. Otherwise the single price of the item applies.

• 2012 – $29.78
• Terminator Salvation – $25.74
• 300 – $21.66
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – $16.88
• 10,000 BC – $16.88
• I Love you Man – $37.86
• Iron Man – $37.86
• Top Gun – $37.86
• Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans – $21.66
• Transformers – $37.86
• SWAT – $16.88
• Flatliners – $16.88
• Universal Soldier: The Return – $16.88
• The Departed – $16.88
• Blood Diamonds – $16.88
• GoodFellas – $16.88
• Heat – $16.88
• The Road Warrior – $16.88
• The Perfect Storm – $15.92
• L.A. Confidential – $16.88
• Hostel – $16.88
• Die Hard – $15.92
• Die Hard 2 – $15.92
• Die Hard With A Vengeance – $15.92
• Transporter 2 – $15.92
• Sentinel – $15.92
• James Bond 007: Die Another Day – $15.92
• Men of Honour – $15.92
• The Dirty Dozen – $16.88
• Ghostbusters – $21.66
• My Best Friend’s Wedding – $16.88
• Made of Honour – $16.88
• Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince – $21.66
• Harry Potter 1 – 5 – $16.88 each

Blu-rays for $12.87 each

• Click the thumbnail below for titles

Blind Side, The (Blu-ray)
Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) (Blu-ray)
Book of Eli, The (Blu-ray)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Blu-ray)
Date Night – Extended Edition (Blu-ray)
Dragon Ball Z Kai – Collection 1: Episodes 1-13 (Blu-ray)
Fifth Element, The (Directors Suite) (Blu-ray)
Last Battle, The (Directors Suite) (Blu-ray)
Striking Distance (Blu-ray)
Subway (Directors Suite) (Blu-ray)

Beneath Hill 60 (Blu-ray)
Extract (Blu-ray)
Kick-Ass (Blu-ray)
Micmacs (Blu-ray)
Rebound, The (Blu-ray)

Release information sourced from EzyDVD.com.au

> Purchase from Chaos and get Free shipping with preorders

At the Star Wars Celebration event in Florida, George Lucus revealed that the six movie Star Wars saga will be releasing in a blu-ray boxset in quarter 4 (US Fall) of 2011 (No specific release date was given). While not much detail has currently been released, the box set will span all six of the Star Wars movies from 1977’s “Star Wars” through the final 2005 prequel, “Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith” and will include deleted scenes, documentary content and previously unseen footage. The first three “Star Wars” films – “Star Wars,” “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi” included in the Blu-ray boxed set will be the special-edition releases that were shown theatrically in 1997 and digitally restored for a 2004 standard-definition DVD boxed set.

Below is the press release posted on StarWars.com

The Star Wars saga will at long last be released in a high-definition home video format as all six movies come to Blu-Ray in a Box Set in Fall 2011, as announced by George Lucas this morning at Celebration V. At the fan convention’s Main Event, thousands of Star Wars fans braved the muggy heat of an Orlando morning to queue for a one-time only stage session between George Lucas and The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. Stewart asked Lucas questions submitted from the fan community, and one of the most frequently asked questions submitted online prior to the Main Event was about the saga’s release on Blu-Ray.”I wish I could say it was coming out this year,” said Lucas, “but it will come out next year.”

The set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films, with the highest picture and audio quality, along with extensive special features.

Star Wars fans were treated to a glimpse of bonus material, in the form of a long-lost deleted scene from Return of the Jedi. The scene has long been talked about online — a sequence that depicts Luke Skywalker assembling his new, green-bladed lightsaber prior to infiltrating Jabba the Hutt’s palace. After completing the Jedi weapon, Luke stashes it in R2-D2’s dome. What makes the Jedi deleted clip so remarkable is that it made it all the way to postproduction before it was cut, so it is a rare example of a cut scene with completed visual effects and music.

Actor Mark Hamill came out to describe the scene, remarking that once again his original introduction in a Star Wars film was cut out (his Anchorhead introduction was, of course, cut from A New Hope). Luke’s intro is purposely played as ominous, with his face cowled in shadows and his intentions unclear.”I had the black cloak, the glove, and I thought, wow, this time around I get to be the antagonist. Little did I know I was predicting the path of the prequels,” said Hamill, noting the similarities to Luke in this scene and Anakin Skywalker’s appearance.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars can currently be purchased on blu-ray from Amazon.co.uk and other retailers.

Source: NY Times

Target have the following blu-ray titles on sale from Thursday 12th till August 18th 2010.

• Clash of the Titans Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack – $29
• Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang – $29