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Originally posted by Meridialien:

As well as The Matrix , Amazon now have listings ( without release dates because studios like Dreamworks haven't started releasing yet ) for Titanic ( rights owned in U.S by both format supporting Paramount ), Indiana Jones Trilogy , Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan laugh
Although I have heard rumblings of Godfather and Pvt Ryan being released this year, such listings on Amazon are mere placeholders, no different to the placeholder they had for Lord of the Rings on HD DVD last summer (amongst other titles). They list these titles to gauge interest and to e-mail customers when they are officially announced. That's basically it.

There`s no real business sense in releasing Indiana Jones when the market is so small however, and the decision is ultimately not Paramount`s to make, it`s Lucasfilm`s. With a fourth film due in 2008, I couldn`t imagine the series arriving on an HD format until the end of next year.

Dreamworks, via Paramount, are in fact releasing their first title soon on both formats (Dreamgirls is their first release).

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For a format war that's supposedly over according to a Sony spokesman in Germany the other week its certainly keeping me interested .
Well do remember Godfather and Indiana Jones would come from Paramount, who are format neutral like Dreamworks (since Paramount distribute their content after buying Dreamworks, though its catalogue isn't owned by either company anymore) so Gladiator, Pvt Ryan and so on will not be bound exclusively to any one format either. So great that HD DVD would get them, but better that Bluray would get them plus a whole lto more exclusive content from other studios? Time will tell.