Sony continues to strongly support Ultra HD Blu-ray with the announcement of the day and date release of Pride + Prejudice + Zombies on Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 31st.
As with all of the Sony Blu-ray releases, the Ultra HD version will offer a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Please note this is a new mix created for the movie as the movie was not presented in Atmos in theaters.
Please note that I updated both the list of Ultra HD Blu-rays and list of Dolby Atmos releases on the site.
Continuing it’s strong support of the format, Sony Pictures just confirmed that The 5th Wave will be released on May 3rd on Ultra HD Blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Based on the press release, even if it’s not crystal clear, I tend to believe that the regular Blu-ray version will not receive Atmos.
As usual I updated the list of Atmos Blu-rays and Ultra HD Blu-ray releases on the site.
Just a quick note to let you know that Sony sent the press release for Concussion on Blu-ray and Ultra HD, with a release date confirmation for March 29th.
At the same time, we learned that the Ultra HD Blu-ray version will feature a Dolby Atmos remix (the movie was not presented in Atmos in theaters). Please note the Blu-ray will NOT feature the Atmos soundtrack, as it seems that Sony is now treating this as an Ultra HD Blu-ray exclusive feature.
I updated the list of Dolby Atmos Blu-rays on the site.
Just a quick note to confirm we have one more new movie coming up on UHD Blu-ray, The 5th Wave from Sony Pictures.
I’ll add the details once they become available.
If we believe pre-order information from Amazon Canada, two more UHD Blu-rays have been confirmed : Concussion from Sony Pictures and Hunger Games : Mockingjay Part 2.
I’ll update this post once there is a more official confirmation including if the titles will include immersive audio tracks.
Meanwhile I added both titles to the list of Ultra HD Blu-ray coming up in the next months.
This announcement comes late as the movie will be released in 10 days on January 26th, but it’s now confirmed that Goosebumps from Sony Pictures will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
The only caveat, as it was the case with Pixels, is that the Atmos track is only present on the 2D version of the movie. Note that the disc is also provided with the 3D Blu-ray set, but you won’t have the track on the 3D disc.
Looking forward to this one with the family as it should have an opportunity to use Atmos efficiently.
Sony Pictures just announced their first UHD Blu-ray, that will be released in early 2016, with an official date not chosen yet.
The list of titles is : The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Salt, Hancock, Chappie, Pineapple Express and The Smurfs 2.
They also confirmed that a lot of titles will also support immersive audio, which is a good sign coming from Sony who just started to support Dolby Atmos.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment just announced that the action movie Pixels will be released on October 27th with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack in both 3D and 2D.
The release schedule for this fall is getting very interesting with a good quantity of new Dolby Atmos titles. We will have three titles released on October 27th, which is unseen since the initial launch. I updated, as usual, the list of Atmos titles on this site.
Sony Pictures just announced two more titles in their new Supreme Cinema Series, both from French director Luc Besson. The Fifth Element and Léon The Professional will both be released with a 1080P image from a new 4K remaster and will feature a newly mixed Dolby Atmos soundtrack. They will be available on October 27th.
This is great news for Dolby Atmos home theater owners as we can clearly sense the pace of releases increasing. This is of course helped by the release of those first catalog titles in the format.
Please note that seeing that a 4K remaster has been done for both it would not be surprising to quickly see those titles on UHD Blu-ray when it launches later this year.
As usual, the list of Dolby Atmos Blu-rays on the site has been updated.
