Disney has kicked off CES 2011 with a bang by revealing an aggressive plan to release at least 15 films on Blu-ray 3D in the coming year.
New theatrical releases on Blu-ray 3D will include Tron: Legacy and Tangled (look for our full Tangled Blu-ray announcement on January 19). Both were released theatrically in December and are expected to be released on Blu-ray 3D in March or April. Additional day-and-date titles presumably including Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and others will be revealed throughout the year.
On the animated classics end you can expected Beauty and the Beast, which recently debuted on Blu-ray, as well as The Lion King, which will debut in high-def for the first time this year. Catalog films that will receive the Blu-ray 3D treatment this year include Bolt (available overseas right now), Chicken Little, Meet The Robinsons, G-Force, and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.
All the films will include 3D menus, previews, and introductions by Timon and Pumbaa. Exact release dates will be shared as soon as I have them.
Check out a preview of The Lion King Blu-ray 3D packaging below.
