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Pacific Rim: Uprising coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos

April 30, 2018 Steve The Geek Leave a comment

Here’s some catching up after a week of not being able to update the blog, sorry for that.

First and foremost, Universal confirmed that Pacific Rim: Uprising is coming to Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. The 4K version will also feature Dolby Vision.

In the Atmos news, the following titles have all been confirmed with Atmos: Annihilation (Blu-ray and 4K), Early Man (Blu-ray), The Hurricane Heist(Blu-ray and 4K), A Wrinkle In Time (4K), Dirty Grandpa 4K, The Equalizer (4K) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4K.

I did a big update to the lists on the site if you need to see what’s coming!

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Pitch Perfect Trilogy Coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray with DTS:X

January 29, 2018 Steve The Geek Leave a comment

Quick update of the site today to let you know that Universal will release the 3 Pitch Perfect movies on Ultra HD Blu-ray on March 20. All 3 UHD releases will offer a DTS:X soundtrack and the Blu-ray of the 3rd movie will also offer DTS:X.

For the first two movies it’s a brand new object based audio as the movies were not offered in theatres with Atmos nor DTS:X. In the case of the most recent movie, it’s actually one of the rare cases where a theatrical Atmos release is transitionned to DTS:X for home.

Please note that I also added Ferdinand UHD to the list of Dolby Atmos titles and listed the third Maze Runner movie to the list of upcoming UHD titles as Amazon is already taking preorders for it.

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Kong: Skull Island, Ghost in the Shell and Boss Baby in Atmos, E.T. in DTS:X

June 13, 2017 Steve The Geek 2 Comments

Here are the latest announcements for Atmos, DTS:X and Ultra HD Blu-ray.

Ghost in the Shell

The Paramount Pictures movie starring Scarlet Johansson will be released on July 25 with a Dolby Atmos sountrack on it’s Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray editions.

Kong: Skull Island

The Warner movie will be released on Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack on July 18. No confirmation yet if the 3D Blu-ray will have the Atmos track, I’ll try to let you know once confirmed.

Boss Baby

The DreamWorks animated movie will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack on its Ultra HD Blu-ray version once released on July 25.

Batman and Harley Quinn

The animated movie from Warner will be released on August 29 on Ultra HD Blu-ray. No word yet on the audio format.

E.T.

The Universal movie has been confirmed for Ultra HD Blu-ray with a DTS:X soundtrack for September 12.

Other Ultra HD Blu-ray titles confirmed

Some other titles were also confirmed for Ultra HD Blu-ray : Hickok on August 15, King Arthur: Legend of The Sword, Snatched, Baywatch and Wonder Woman.

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Three New Ultra HD Blu-ray Titles Confirmed

May 23, 2017 Steve The Geek Leave a comment

Quick update with the news of the week on Ultra HD Blu-ray.

The Fate of the Furious

The 8th Furious movie will be released by Universal on Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray on July 11 with a DTS:X soundtrack.

The Lincoln Lawyer

Strange catalog choice from Lionsgate, the movie will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on August 15 with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.

Alien: Convenant

No date or any details yet, but the movie from Fox has been confirmed on Ultra HD Blu-ray.

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Logan, Fate of the Furious and King Kong confirmed on UHD Blu-ray

May 1, 2017 Steve The Geek Leave a comment

Quick update for three new titles coming on Ultra HD Blu-ray in the upcoming months.

Logan

We already knew this Fox title was coming on the format on May 23, we now have confirmation that this will be with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack.

Fate of the Furious

The latest Furious movie from Universal has been confirmed for Ultra HD Blu-ray, but no date or audio details yet.

King Kong (2005)

The Peter Jackson movie from Universal will get a brand new Ultra HD release on July 11 with a new DTS:X soundtrack.

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Lot of news on the Ultra HD Blu-ray, Atmos and DTS:X fronts

March 22, 2017 Steve The Geek 1 Comment

I’m sadly playing catchup a little bit here, but here are the last two weeks announcement on next generation home theater formats.

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

The movie from Paramount was now confirmed with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack on both the Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray editions, out on May 16.

Monster Trucks

Sadly the 4k release of the movie seems to have been cancelled at this point by Paramount, but at least the Blu-ray has been confirmed with Dolby Atmos on April 11.

The Great Wall

Both the Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray releases of the Universal Studios movie will come with Dolby Atmos when released on May 23.

La La Land

The almost movie of the year oscar winner from Lionsgate will get a Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray release in Dolby Atmos on April 25.

Fifty Shades Darker

The Universal movie will get a brand new DTS:X sountrack when released on May 9 on both Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray.

Mummy Ultimate Trilogy

As I thought in my last post, it’s now official that the Universal Studios trilogy will get a DTS:X soundtrack for all three movies when released on May 16.

Despicable Me / Despicable Me 2

Both Universal animated movies will see a new Ultra HD release on June 6 both with a new DTS:X mix.

Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Both 20th Century Fox movies will see light of day on Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 9.

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Mummy Trilogy in 4K, Patriots Day in DTS:X and other news

March 3, 2017 Steve The Geek 6 Comments

Another week of interesting announcements in Ultra HD Blu-ray and for object-based audio.

Ultimate Mummy Trilogy

Universal will release a boxset of the three Mummy movies on Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 16. There is a rumour going around that all of them will feature DTS:X, but I’ll confirm as soon as the press release is out. There will also be individual editions of each movie, but the timing has not been confirmed for them.

Patriots Day

The action movie from Lionsgate will be released on Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on March 28 with a new DTS:X soundtrack as the movie was not released in theaters with object-based audio.

The Great Wall

The Universal movie starring Matt Damon will be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray. No release date or audio format has been confirmed yet.

Logan

Not really a surprise, but pre-orders for the latest X-Men movie are now available for all formats including Ultra HD Blu-ray.

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Fast & Furious 6 and Furious 7 on Ultra HD Blu-ray in DTS:X

January 21, 2017 Steve The Geek Leave a comment

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.

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Confirmation On Multiple New Ultra HD Blu-rays

January 8, 2017 Steve The Geek 3 Comments

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.