What happend to Robocop on Blu-ray?
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Aug 14th 2006 11:14PM
posted Aug 14th 2006 11:14PM
Blu-ray fans were expecting to have one of the best weeks yet, only to have half of the titles removed. First there was Robocop which seems like it may have been a blessing in disguised according to some pre-released reviews. Officially it seems that this was the first Blu-ray title to get pushed back because MGM is getting help from Fox with distribution instead of Sony. This combined with 3 other titles that were delayed including Black Hawk Down and Sense & Sensibility. The Big Hit is the only delayed title with a new date of Sept 19th 2006. We have no idea what is going on here, but at this rate there is no way Blu-ray will take the content lead from HD DVD.
Robocop delayed
Other Blu-ray delays
Jack Bauer killed RoboCop on that submarine.
How come Fox is helping to distribute MGM titles? Were they part of the consortium that bought MGM? Because I thought Sony owned enough of a stake in the consortium to basically count MGM as a subsidiary. They certainly control the studio arm of MGM.
Fox took over distribution for MGM earlier this year.
It's because Sony believes Fox can do a better job of distributing and marketing them for the time being. Apparently Sony has too much on its plate right now and outsourced them to help distribute titles in a more timely manner.