Quick message to confirm that three more titles were confirmed for Dolby Atmos.
Trolls
The animated movie from Fox coming out on February 7 will contain a Dolby Atmos soundtrack on its 4K edition.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Warner Brothers movie was confirmed for March 28 with Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray.
The Smurfs
The re-release from Sony wad confirmed with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. No date has been confirmed yet.
Universal Studios confirmed that the two most recent movies of the Fast & Furious franchise will be release on Ultra-HD Blu-ray on March 28 and that both would feature a DTS:X remix for home.
Quick post to confirm some new movies that are in theater now and that have been confirmed on 4K Blu-ray thanks to Amazon. No detail yet on audio formats on release dates.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (Sony)
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (Paramount)
With CES this week, there’s been a good level of confirmation of Ultra HD Blu-ray titles from the studios.
Underworld Blood Wars
The new action title from Sony will be released this Spring with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. And from the Amazon listing, it seems the disc will be UHD + 3D Blu-ray as we’ve seen with Ghostbusters.
Catalog Titles From Sony
Sony is preparing new 4K releases for the following titles : Dracula, The Fifth Element and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It’s fait to say that the first two titles will have their Atmos soundtrack from their recent Blu-ray release.
Sing
The animated movie from Universal was confirmed on UltraHD Blu-ray with a Spring release.
Assassin’s Creed
Confirmed through Amazon listing, the action movie from the 20th Century Fox will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray
Allied
The movie from Paramount was also confirmed through Amazon for a release on Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Hidden Figures
The movie on NASA from 20th Century Fox is also coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray
Collateral Beauty
The movie starring Will Smith from Warner will be available on UHD Blu-ray this Spring.
It’s been a pretty busy week on the Dolby Atmos front and to some extent also on the Ultra HD Blu-ray side. If there’s anyone still doubting that Dolby is winning the format war on UHD, I think there’s less and less doubts. Amazing how the year of delay that happened with DTS:X changed the landscape completely.
Here are the new titles announced this week.
Passengers
The science-fiction movie has been confirmed by Sony on Ultra HD Blu-ray, no date yet. Because it’s Sony, we can confirm it will have a Dolby Atmos track as all their UHD titles do.
Inferno
The action movie from the Dan Brown book will be released on UHD Blu-ray on January 24 with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Already confirmed on UHD Blu-ray, the title from Sony now has a release date of February 14 and will feature a Dolby Atmos track.
Hacksaw Ridge
The war movie will be released by Lionsgate on February 21 with a Dolby Atmos track on both the Blu-ray and Ultra HD releases.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Finally, the Tom Cruise starring movie from Paramount will be released on January 31 with Atmos on both the Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray.
Microsoft announced this week that the Xbox One and Xbox One S will now offer Dolby Atmos gaming. This will also come to PC gaming at the same time but not really news as it was already done on Battlefront.
Also please note that Microsoft made available for preview users the new bitstream features for Blu-rays and Ultra HD Blu-rays (on the Xbox One S) so you can listen to Dolby Atmos and DTS:X movies with the console.
As we are getting closer to the end of the year, here are some new Ultra HD Blu-ray releases confirmed by the studios.
Accountant, The
Warner now confirmed the movie would be released on January 10, but only with a DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track.
Birth of a Nation, The
The movie was now confirmed by Fox on Ultra HD Blu-ray for January 10 with a DTS-HD MA 5.1 track.
Keeping Up With The Joneses
The movie from the 20th Century Fox now has a release date of January 17 on UHD Blu-ray and it’s now confirmed it will not have object based audio either, with a DTS-HD MA 7.1 track.
A quick post today to confirm some new releases that are now announced or were leaked by Amazon for Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Arrival
Paramount confirmed that Arrival, from the Quebec director Devis Villeneuve, would get an Ultra HD Blu-ray release into the new year. No audio details yet.
John Wick
Lionsgate will release the action movie John Wick on UHD Blu-ray on February 7th, just in time for the sequel to launch in theaters. It will of course includes it’s really solid Dolby Atmos soundtrack.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
We already knew the movie was coming on UHD, it nows has a date, December 13, and also a confirmation that the 4K version will be offered by Fox with Dolby Atmos
Keeping Up With The Joneses
The comedy was confirmed by Amazon as coming on Ultra HD Blu-ray from 20th Century Fox.
Trying to catchup with the recent announcements, here’s a quick post with what’s coming on Atmos, DTS:X and Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Harry Potter universe movie will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray, no official date yet.
The Girl On The Train
Universal will release this triller on Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on January 17 with a DTS:X track on both editions.
Deepwater Horizon
Lionsgate will release the action movie on Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on January 10 with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack on both editions.
Planet Earth II
The BBC will release the new documentary on Ultra HD Blu-ray. No official date yet.
The Accountant
Warner has confirmed The Accountant on Ultra HD Blu-ray for January 31.
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
Sony will release this movie on Ultra HD Blu-ray on February 7.
Quick news to let you know that Sony and MGM will release The Magnificent Seven on December 20th on Ultra HD Blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack which will be a brand new mix.
