Paramount Abandons HD DVD, After Tuesday They’re Out

It’s long been expected that Paramount would be jumping off the HD DVD train and hopping aboard the Blu-ray express.  After all, the high definition format is officially kaput.

Today the company has made it official, announcing that the March 4th HD DVD releases of both Into The Wild and Things We Lost In The Fire will be their final two discs using the format.

Paramount had a slate of top-notch movies scheduled to be released in HD DVD throughout the spring, including The Kite Runner, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and the Paul Thomas Anderson epic There Will Be Blood.  

It’s expected that they will all reemerge on Blu-ray, but no official word has been given on the matter.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first Blu-ray discs from Paramount are expected to roll out this summer.