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Warner Home Video's announcement yesterday declaring exclusive support for Blu-ray Disc starting in June left a lot of unanswered questions on the table. One of the bigger unknowns was how the announcement would affect HBO and New Line, both of whom are owned by Time/Warner.

Via Variety (read story), we can now confirm New Line Home Entertainment has taken a stance, and that stance is bathed in Blu. New Line only began releasing high-def titles in November starting with Hairspray, and only one New Line HD DVD title has been released: Pan's Labyrinth. Additional HD DVD new theatrical titles were held up due to region timing issues, and now it looks as if these titles may never see the light of day.

We're hoping New Line contributes more specifics to their decision at CES next week, and maybe even hints at when we can expect to see The Lord of the Rings trilogy -- now exclusively on Blu-ray Disc.

HBO home video with its vast catalog of A-list shows, from Dream On to Rome, has yet to comment. Based on New Line's decision and HBO falling under the Time/Warner heirarchy, all indications point towards the studio declaring Blu-ray allegiance as well.

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