READY PLAYER ONE 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, & Digital HD Release Dates & Special Features Revealed
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has now officially announced the release date and special features for the upcoming 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, & Digital HD release of Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One!
Source: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One has been one of this year's most welcome blockbusters, having grossed well over $576.9 million worldwide to date, and now, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has shared the full set of details on when you can add the sci-fi blockbuster to your home video collection.
Ready Player One, which starred Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Lena Waithe, Win Morisaki, Philip Zhao, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance in the main roles, will officially arrive on Digital HD on July 3rd before making its way to 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD later that month on July 24th.
Watch the official Blu-ray trailer below:
The release will come packaged with over 90 minutes of exclusive special features that are loaded with all sorts of Easter Eggs as well as an extended behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. Check out the full list of special features below:
Special Features and Technical Specs:
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Game Changer: Cracking the Code
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Effects for a Brave New World
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Level up: Sound for the Future
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High Score: Endgame
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Ernie & Tye's Excellent Adventure
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The '80's: You're The Inspiration
BD Languages: English, Latin Spanish, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese
BD Subtitles: English, Latin Spanish, Canadian French, Brazilian Portuguese
The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc of READY PLAYER ONE will feature Dolby VisionTM HDR that dramatically expands the color palette and contrast range and uses dynamic metadata to automatically optimize the picture for every screen, frame by frame.
Also, the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and 2D Blu-ray disc of READY PLAYER ONE will feature a Dolby Atmos® soundtrack remixed specifically for the home theater environment to place and move audio anywhere in the room, including overhead. To experience Dolby Atmos at home, a Dolby Atmos enabled AV receiver and additional speakers are required, or a Dolby Atmos enabled sound bar. Dolby Atmos soundtracks are also fully backward compatible with traditional audio configurations and legacy home entertainment equipment.
READY PLAYER ONE will also be available on Movies Anywhere. Using the free Movies Anywhere app and website, consumers can access all their eligible movies by connecting their Movies Anywhere account with their participating digital retailer accounts.
Best Buy-Exclusive 4K Ultra HD Steelbook:
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The film is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of chaos and collapse. But the people have found salvation in the OASIS, an expansive virtual reality universe created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance). When Halliday dies, he leaves his immense fortune to the first person to find a digital Easter egg he has hidden somewhere in the OASIS, sparking a contest that grips the entire world. When an unlikely young hero named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) decides to join the contest, he is hurled into a breakneck, reality-bending treasure hunt through a fantastical universe of mystery, discovery and danger.
Ready Player One features:
Director: Steven Spielberg
Tye Sheridan as Wade Owen Watts/Parzival
Olivia Cooke as Samantha "Sam" Cook/Art3mis
Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento/Sorrento
Simon Pegg as Ogden "Og" Morrow
Mark Rylance as James Donovan Halliday/Anorak
Lena Waithe as Helen Harris/Aech
Win Morisaki as Toshiro Yoshiaki/Daito
Philip Zhao as Akihide Karatsu/Shoto
Hannah John-Kamen as F'Nale Zandor
T.J. Miller as iR0k
Ralph Ineson as Rick
Letitia Wright as Reb
Mckenna Grace as a student
Ready Player One arrives on Digital HD on July 3 and 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, & DVD on July 24