Lionsgate announced that all four Hunger Games movies will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on November 8th and that all of them would be provided with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Please note that for the first movie it will be a complete new home remix while Catching Fire was released in theaters with Atmos. On their side, the two Mockingjay movies were already available on Blu-ray with Atmos.
Dolby is continuing to dominate the immersive audio landscape in the last couple of weeks with a lot of announcements of new titles. In fact, as it stands right now, there is zero DTS:X title in the queue to be released. I’m always interested to see how the next couple of months will happen, but its starting to feel like it’s going to be really difficult for DTS to reverse the situation.
Enough ranting and or fanboyism (I’m always rooting for the innovator and it’s that case, it’s clearly Dolby) and on to the new Atmos announcements of the week including some new UHD titles.
The Legend of Tarzan
The movie will be available on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and UltraHD Blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. It’s always interesting to see Warner continuing to support Atmos on Blu-ray and not keep it only for UHD.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Going along the UHD release of the movie, now confirmed with Atmos, Sony will also release a 15th Anniversary Blu-ray edition with the Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Independence Day: Resurgence
The follow up to the science-fiction movie will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on Oct 18 with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Quick update to let you know that Lionsgate will release Swiss Army Man, starring Paul Dano and Daniel Radcliffe, on October 4th with a Dolby Atmos Atmos soundtrack.
Here’s a quick post to catchup with all the new announcements from last week.
Suicide Squad
The action movie coming from Warner has been confirmed for a Ultra HD Blu-ray release with a date to be confirmed.
X-Men: First Class
The movie has been confirmed by the 20th Century Fox on Ultra HD Blu-ray with a release date of October 4th. No details yet on the audio format.
Argo
Warner announced a UltraHD Blu-ray release for Argo on October 4th. No details on audio yet.
The Great Gabsy
Warner also announced that the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Great Gabsy will see light of day on Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 4th.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Without much surprise as its 4K transfer has been out there for a while on streaming services, Sony Pictures announced that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 18th. No details yet on the audio, but being Sony we can imagine a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
The Legend of Tarzan
Warner will release the new Tarzan movie on October 11th on Ultra HD Blu-ray, no details yet on the audio side.
Pacific Rim
It was confirmed this week that the already announced Ultra HD Blu-ray release of Pacific Rim from Warner would on October 4th and that it will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Ice Age: Collision Course
The 20th Century Fox will release the animation movie Ice Age: Collision Course on Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 11th. No word yet on the audio format.
The Shallows
Sony will release The Shallows on Ultra HD Blu-ray on September 27th with Dolby Atmos audio.
Jupiter Ascending
The space opera movie will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 4 with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates
The comedy from Fox will see light of day on Ultra HD Blu-ray on September 27th. No details yet on the audio side.
IMAX: Extreme Nature Collection
This Ultra HD Blu-ray release coming on September 13th will regroup Antarctica On The Edge, Titans of the Ice Age and Great White Shark in 4K with a DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack.
IMAX: Extreme Adventure Collection
This other Ultra HD Blu-ray release coming on September 13th will regroup Tornado Alley, Grand Canyon Adventure and Hidden Universe in 4K with a DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack.
Sausage Party
Finally, the new animated comedy for adults will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray, no release date or audio details yet.
Just a quick news to confirm that Warner will release The Conjuring 2 on Blu-ray on September 13 with the theatrical Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Paramount just announced that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will be released on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on September 20th. All editions will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Trying to catch up will all the recent news, as a lot of new titles were announced on Ultra HD Blu-ray recently. Here are the new titles and as much details as available right now.
Lionsgate will release Now You See Me 2 on Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray on September 6, both formats will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
No release date or format yet on this one, but Warner will release Central Intelligence in Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Sony will release both Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons on Ultra HD Blu-ray, with Dolby Atmos. No official date yet.
We got confirmation from Universal that Warcraft would feature Dolby Atmos on UHD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray.
Finally, Paramount will release Star Trek Beyond on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray, all with Dolby Atmos. No date yet.
A lot of great news from home theater fans, this is turning out to be a real good time for the hobby.
Sony Pictures confirmed this week that the new Angry Birds movie will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray later this fall with Dolby Atmos. There will also be 2D and 3D Blu-ray editions, for which I don’t have information on the audio format yet.
Just a quick note to confirm that The Martian Extended Edition features Dolby Atmos on its Ultra HD Blu-ray.
It looks more and more like 20th Century Fox is officially joining the Atmos bandwagon.
We already knew Universal was planning a bunch of Ultra HD Blu-ray titles, and they now have announced the first ones to come out in August.
Lucy and Oblivion will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack as they were originally presented that way in theater. Lucy had that track available on the Hong Kong version of the Blu-ray and for having tested it it’s a very agressive Atmos soundtrack, one of the best I heard. For Oblivion, it will be the first time the movie is released with Atmos at home.
Lone Survivor on its side will feature a newly created DTS:X soundtrack.
There’s really a trend of Atmos being used for native Atmos movies in theaters and DTS:X for remixes (and the limited number of theater releases in the format).
I updated the different lists on the site to reflect that new information.
