If there was one benefit I was looking forward to from Apple announcing that movies would be available same day as their DVD release was the release of the Indiana Jones Trilogy. Sure we could argue about the quality of the download, but hey, we were getting OG Indiana Jones on the 13th of May right? Apparently not.
“Apple® today announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes® Store (www.itunes.com) on the same day as their DVD release.”
That was a quote from Apple’s press release on same day movie releases. Notice how the quote states “new movie releases”. Could this be why we didn’t get Indiana Jones yesterday? Because it’s technically a catalog title? Just a little something to think about if you were expecting to see Indy in the iTunes Store yesterday.
Well, we are getting to the point where we should start to see Apple release some of it’s digital video purchase only titles to rent, such as There Will Be Blood and Walk Hard. As of now, those titles are past the 30 day waiting period. We’ll see how long Apple holds on to to those titles being purchase only. Personally, what I am really interested in, is to see if Apple is given the opportunity to sell or rent the Indiana Jones trilogy which is released on DVD tomorrow. Below is a list of yet to be released rental titles, most of which are past the 30 day rental mark, and a few DVD titles set to be released on the 13th.
March Titles Rentals
Bee Movie (3-11-08)
Love in the time of Cholera (3-18-08)
The Mist (3-25-08)
Possible April Titles Rentals Sweeney Todd (4-1-08)
Unbreakable (4-1-08)
Day of the Dead (4-8-08)
Resurrecting The Champ (4-8-08)
There will Be Blood (4-8-08)
Walk Hard (4-8-08) AVP:Requiem (4-15-08) Juno (4-15-08)
The Orphanage (4-22-08)
Cloverfield (4-22-08)
Possible May 13th DV Releases
The Indiana Jones Trilogy (5-13-08)
Untraceable (5-13-08)
The Great Debaters (5-13-08)
Mad Money (5-13-08)
The Chronicles of Narnia (Blu-Ray Release Date) (5-13-08)
Apple Movie Junkie, formerly Apple TV Junkie, is the official blog of Cinemira. We provide a helpful service for users of the iTunes Movie Store and the Apple TV. AMJ was born out of a surprising shortcoming on the Apple TV after noticing that there was no easy way to find a list of all new HD & SD rental titles released on a daily basis. AMJ fills that niche with a daily list of new movies.
