According to a recent report, Universal is planning to release multiple Jaws and Universal Monsters titles on Blu-ray in 2012. The Digital Bits says to expect Jaws' Blu-ray release in August, along with some of the sequels:

"And speaking of Universal, sources are telling us that the studio is tentatively expecting to release Steven Spielberg's Jaws on Blu-ray on 8/14/2012. We've also been told that at least some of the sequels may be released on Blu-ray on the same day, including Jaws 3D on Blu-ray 3D."

We've been waiting for news on the Universal Monsters films coming to Blu-ray and it sounds like there's a chance that a Blu-ray box set will be released by Halloween:

"And on the catalog film note, we're also hearing that Universal is working on plans to release a Blu-ray box set of the classic Universal Monsters films in time for Halloween 2012. This is actually something I talked about with USHE president Craig Kornblau back at Blu-Con 2010. I mentioned to him that a lot of our readers would love to see those films in high-definition, but the studio's concern was that - believe it or not - sales of those titles haven't been very good on DVD over the years. So I suggested doing them all as a big Blu-ray box set and making it sort of a special event release to generate sales and interest. Then they could always release singles later if the numbers justified it."

Of course, none of this is confirmed at the moment and plans can change, but The Digital Bits is a reputable source and we have no doubt that Universal is planning to release both of these items in the future.

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