Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) is to release seventeen UMD Video (Universal Media Disc Video) film titles on Thursday, 1 September 2005, the same date as the PSP PlayStation®Portable handheld entertainment system launches in the UK. The films will include new release title xXx: The Next Level as well as diverse catalogue titles including Ghostbusters , SWAT and Bad Boys and will cost from £17.99 for catalogue titles and £19.99 for new release. In addition SPHE will launch an additional two titles during September.

Following the successful launches in Japan and the USA, PSP will be available in a single version Value Pack, priced at ?249 (£179). A copy of Spider-Man 2, on UMD Video will be available free of charge to early purchasers of PSP, who register their system and order their Spider-Man 2 UMD Video through http://www.yourpsp.com , the official SCEE web portal for PSP.

17 UMD Video titles available from SPHE 1 September:

• 13 Going on 30 - 13 year-old Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) becomes 30 and gorgeous overnight, with everything she ever wanted, but Jenna finds out being grown up isn''t all it''s cracked up to be.
  1st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 12
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid - a scientific expedition is sent to Borneo to locate the blood orchid - that holds the secret of eternal life. The explorers brave poisonous insects, ferocious crocodiles and savage headhunters and a nest of giant anacondas.
  1st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 12
• Bad Boys ? directed by Michael Bay and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as Miami cops, in a race against time to locate $100 million of seized heroin that has been stolen from the Miami Police lock-up.
  1st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 18
• Charlie''s Angels ? stars Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu as Charlie's Angels - a trio of elite private investigators who have to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice identification software out of lethal hands.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 15
• Ghostbusters ? directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis as parapsychologists trying to save the world from gaggles of little green ghosts, spooks and a host of paranormal occurrences on the rampage in New York.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: PG
• Hellboy ? as dark forces gather to hasten the Apocalypse, Hellboy fights fires with fire in this mind-blasting supernatural action adventure from the visionary director Guillermo Del Toro. Based on the celebrated Dark Horse comic book. Stars Ron Perlman and Selma Blair.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 12
• Hitch ? Will Smith stars as Alex ?Hitch'' Hitchens - a legendary - and deliberately anonymous - New York City ?date doctor'', who for a fee has helped countless men woo the women of their dreams. Also stars Kevin James, Eva Mendes and Amber Valletta.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 12
• Hollow Man ? stars Kevin Bacon as a research scientist who experiments with a serum that makes him disappear. Having turned murderously insane, he proceeds to terrorise his fellow scientists, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 18
• A Knight''s Tale - the rousing story of lowborn William Thatcher''s (Heath Ledger) quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Also stars Paul Bettany and Rufus Sewell.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: PG
• Once Upon a Time In Mexico ? gun-slinging, guitar-toting hero, ?El Mariacho'' is back in town, as director Robert Rodriguez delivers the epic final chapter of his pulp Western trilogy. Starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp and Eva Mendes.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 15
• The One - wild action-packed trip to the future starring Jet Li in an incredible dual role as a police officer in a fight for his life and a universe-hopping assassin obsessed with terminating it.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 15
• The Punisher - Undercover FBI agent and former Marine Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) is devastated when the mafia kills his family. With nothing left to lose, he decides to dedicate himself fully to the eradication of crime ? as an army, assassin, judge and jury rolled into one.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 18
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse ? Alice (Milla Jovovich) is thrust back into a war raging between the living and the undead and joins a small band of elite soldiers enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of Dr Ashford, the creator of the mutating T-virus.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 15
• S.W.A.T. ? Harrelson (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits and trains five cops for a Special Weapons and Tactics unit, who are thrown into action after a drug lord offers $100 million to anyone who can free him from police custody. Also stars Colin Farrell & Michelle Rodriguez
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 12
• xXx - extreme sports star Xander Cage (Vin Diesel), is recruited by a NSA agent (Samuel L. Jackson) to become an undercover agent. Enlisted for a dangerous covert mission, Xander must use his extreme skills to combat a clever, organized and ruthless enemy.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: 12
• xXx: The Next Level - Agent xXx (Ice Cube) must somehow stop the unimaginable from happing ? an attack on the US capital itself. Packed with special effects, action and intrigue from director Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day).
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £19.99, Classification: 12
• You Got Served ? At Mr. Rad''s Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in L.A. compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the street.
  1 st September 2005, UMD Video, £17.99, Classification: PG

Plus: Spider-Man 2 ? Two years have passed, and the mild-mannered Peter Parker faces new challenges as he struggles with "the gift and the curse," desperately trying to balance his dual identities as the web-slinging superhero Spider-Man and his life as a college student. (NOT available to purchase as available free of charge to early purchasers via http://www.yourpsp.com )

Other releases for September:

• Alien Vs Predator
  Prepare for the ultimate battle between the most terrifying and iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ?with humans caught in the middle! Since the beginning of time Predators have been coming to Earth to hunt Aliens in an extreme coming-of-age ritual. When the Aliens rebelled the two species fought to the death, and their legend faded into obscurity. Hundreds of years later, Charles Leyland (Lance Henriksen) uncovers an ancient pyramid buried under the arctic ice and unwittingly unleashes a centuries old battle!
• I, Robot
  Will Smith is in a race against time to save human existence from hostile, killer robots in this explosive sci-fi action thriller. When Sonny (Alan Tudyk), a robot that has been taught human emotions, runs from the scene of a murder, robophobe Detective Agent Spooner (Will Smith) is appointed to investigate. The events that follow lead him right to the heart of the multimillion-dollar corporation, U.S Robotics for an awe-inspiring showdown.
• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  Join Sean Connery , a Rogue, a Scientist, a Spy, a Vampire, a Beast and an Immortal in this unforgettable action packed adventure. It''s 1899 and tensions between Germany and England are growing. A mysterious megalomaniac called “The Fantom” is provoking war, believing he can cash in on the conflict by selling weapons of mass destruction. Desperate to maintain peace, an agent of the British government is sent to assemble a team of most extraordinary gentlemen?
• Alien
  Alien is the first chapter in one of the most legendary and terrifying sagas in science fiction history. The nightmare begins when the crew of a spaceship investigate a transmission from a desolate planet, and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Sigourney Weaver stars as the iron-willed Ripley, who is destined to do battle with the galaxy''s ultimate creature!
• Be Cool - Gangster Chili Palmer (John Travolta) decides to try his hand in the music industry, romances sultry widow (Uma Thurman) and poaches hot young singer (Christina Milian).
  12 th September 2005, UMD Video, £19.99, Classification: 12
• Beauty Shop - Gina Norris (Queen Latifah) buys a rundown hair salon and inherits an opinionated group of headstrong clients, a colourful clientele and a sexy upstairs neighbour. Also stars Kevin Bacon, Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari and Andie Macdowell.
  19 th September 2005, UMD Video, £19.99, Classification: 12

PSP technical details

PSP features a 4.3-inch, 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD that displays full colour (16.77 million colours) on a 480 x 272 pixel high-resolution screen. It also comes complete with built-in stereo speakers, exterior headphone connector and a range of input/output connectors such as USB 2.0 and 802.11b Wireless LAN, enabling users to connect to the Internet and play online via a Wireless Network. Up to 16 PSP systems in the vicinity can also be connected to each other directly in Ad Hoc Mode, allowing for Wireless head-to-head competition. In addition, Wireless capabilities will allow software and data to be downloaded to PSP and saved onto Memory Stick Duo.

About UMD

PSP uses a newly-developed proprietary storage medium named Universal Media Disc (UMD). This high-capacity optical disc is the next-generation compact storage media, and although only 60mm in diameter, a UMD can store up to 1.8GB of digital data ? more than three times the data held on a CD-ROM. A broad range of digital entertainment content such as high quality 3D games, music, movies, video clips and other media can be distributed on UMD Video.

Contents of PSP value pack

The PSP Value Pack contains an added-value package of accessories and entertainment content, including the PSP system with a pouch, 32MB Memory Stick Duo?, Battery Pack, Headphones with Remote Control, AC Adaptor, Wrist Strap, cloth and a video/music/game Demo Disc including several non-interactive game demos. Spider-Man 2 available free of charge to early purchasers via http://www.yourpsp.com )

About Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company. SPE is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE''s global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution, television production and distribution, worldwide channel investments, home video acquisition and distribution, operation of studio facilities, development of new entertainment products, services and technologies, and distribution of filmed entertainment in 67 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com.

About PSP? (PlayStation®Portable)

PSP is a new handheld entertainment system that allows users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. With graphics rendering capability comparable to that of PlayStation®2, PSP features a 4.3 inch widescreen, high-resolution TFT display. PSP also adopts a newly developed compact but high-capacity (1.8GB) optical disc, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its storage medium. With a wide range of accessories and connectivity options, including Memory Stick Duo? USB 2.0, IR port and Wireless LAN.

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