(7 October 2006 7:35 pm)

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has announced the imminent arrival of its first three 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray Discs (BD). The comedy Click, starring Golden Globe nominee Adam Sandler, Oscar winner Christopher Walken and Kate Beckinsale, will be available on store shelves 10 October.

Black Hawk Down, the Oscar-winning, action-packed drama from director Ridley Scott, starring Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore and Eric Bana, features new Blu-Wizard technology and will be available to film fans on 14 November. The hilarious box office hit, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, starring writer and producer Will Ferrell and Oscar(R)-nominee John C. Reilly, hits shelves 12 December. All three titles were authored by the Sony Pictures Digital Authoring Center (DAC) and manufactured by Sony DADC, informs an official release.

"As consumers make the leap to Blu-ray's incredible high-definition picture and theatre quality audio, they want access to a diverse selection of content packed with added-value features and reference titles like Ridley Scott's powerful war epic Black Hawk Down, that will add to their growing Blu-ray Disc libraries," said David Bishop, president, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

"We're proud to be the first studio to deliver a 50GB Blu-ray Disc title to the marketplace with Click on October 10, along with two other highly entertaining titles this year that offer the expanded capacity and special features only a 50GB disc can provide," he adds.