Amazon has started to take preorders of Batman v Superman and the formats include an Ultra HD 4K release. No date or audio formats have been confirmed yet but I’ll keep you posted as soon as I hear more.
Just a quick note to let you know that a couple of new titles on Ultra HD Blu-ray have surfaced out in the latest weeks. All of those are pending officiel press releases but seem pretty solid.
Lionsgate will release Now You See Me on May 31st.
Warner will release Point Break on Ultra HD Blu-ray, it seems with Dolby Atmos but I will wait to see the disc to confirm that, on May 17th.
Finally, the 20th Century Fox should be releasing the new anniversary edition of Independence Day on Ultra HD Blu-ray on June 7th. According to Italian sources, it seems that the movie will be released with a DTS:X soundtrack, which would be a first for Fox.
I updated the list of Ultra HD Blu-rays on the site, and will keep you posted if any release date changes.
It’s hard to deny the fact that Dolby Atmos releases on Blu-ray are really ramping up in the last two months. After a busy October that features as much releases as the first four months of the format, we will have another busy month in November.
Warner just confirmed that the movie The Man From U.N.C.L.E. will feature a Dolby Atmos soundtrack when it’s released on Blu-ray on November 17th. One more to add to our potential list of movies with immersive audio !
The pace of Dolby Atmos releases continue to increase as Warner Home Video announces the Blu-ray release of The Gallows on October 13th with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. This will become the first horror movie available in the home theater with an object-based sountrack.