Warner Bros. announces first four Ultra HD Blu-ray titles

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced its support for Ultra HD Blu-ray players as they hit the home entertainment market in 2016, revealing plans to release over 35 titles on Ultra HD Blu-ray by the end of 2016.

The initial launch features four titles: Mad Max: Fury Road, San Andreas, The LEGO Movie, and Pan. The catalog should expand "quickly" with theatrical new release titles available with their initial home entertainment release, as well as a selection of catalog titles, including Man of Steel and Pacific Rim, which should arrive throughout the year.

In total, Warner Bros. is hoping for more than 35 titles to be available on Ultra HD Blu-ray by the end of 2016, offering consumers "a sharper, brighter, and more colorful home entertainment viewing experience than ever before."

"Ultra HD with HDR is the next, and most exciting, advancement in home entertainment, and with the anticipated proliferation of Ultra HD televisions in the coming years, our Ultra HD Blu-ray product offerings will truly complement the stunning capabilities of this new generation of home entertainment hardware," said Warner Bros. Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution president Ron Sanders. "Warner Bros. is fully committed to releasing a wide range of Ultra HD Blu-ray titles, including both new release titles and offerings from our vast catalog."

Although Warner Bros. is the most recent studio to announce plans for 4K Blu-rays, they aren't the first. Last year, Fox teamed up with Samsung to announce its own offerings, which will include movies like Fantastic Four and Maze Runner. Sony's catalog, which will include The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Pineapple Express among other films, will hit in the early months of this year.