Avatar Blu-ray Release by June 30, 2010

At a News Corp. earnings call, CEO Rupert Murdoch said yesterday that James Cameron's sci-fi megablockbuster Avatar will be released on Blu-ray during the company's fiscal year, which ends June 30. However, the studio is in no hurry to put the movie on store shelves just yet. �e're not going to yank it out of theaters if it is doing $30 million a weekend,�News Corp. president Chase Carey said.

Carey also confirmed what James Cameron had said when Avatar opened in theaters (see blu-ray.com, December 18): the first BD edition will not include a 3-D version, and there will be a 3-D release "down the road" when the technology is ready.

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