The announcement detailing Dreamworks Animation’s plans to bring How to Train Your Dragon to Blu-ray and DVD on October 15 omitted any semblance of a Blu-ray 3D release despite the film being a big 3D draw in cinemas earlier this year.
The reason a Blu-ray 3D version of How to Train Your Dragon was not previously announced came to light today with news that Samsung will release the title exclusively in their 3D starter kit. Unless you’re pals with someone at Samsung or plan on buying a Samsung Blu-ray 3D rig in the near future, you can forget about watching How to Train Your Dragon on Blu-ray 3D for at least the remainder of this year.
The Samsung Blu-ray 3D starter kit will be updated with How to Train Your Dragon sometime this fall. Later this year, all four Shrek films on Blu-ray 3D will be available exclusively via a Samsung hardware purchase as well.
To date there are only three confirmed Blu-ray 3D titles that can be purchased individually at retail: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (available now), Monster House (September 14) and Disney’s A Christmas Carol (November 16). James Cameron’s Avatar is rumored to be coming to Blu-ray 3D for individual sale in 2011.
