Archive for 'Movie Releases'
Cinequest 3D Panel
Posted on01. Mar, 2010 by The James.
The Cinequest Film Festival is in full swing in San Jose. Being one of the top American film festivals, it isn’t surprising that they had a 3D panel discussion as part of their event. The panel included an interesting mix of folks from different aspects of the industry including: Kelly A. Williamson (CEO, CritterPix Studios [...]
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Avatar 3D Blu-ray coming for the holidays UPDATED
Posted on18. Feb, 2010 by "Mitch".
UPDATED: Fox dropped Gizmodo a line to say that “3D is in the conceptual stage and Avatar will not be out on 3D Blu-ray in November.”
Now this one I could see being bundled with 3D branded Blu-ray players and televisions during the holidays. Many people were concerned about the release of the 3D DVD version [...]
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2d Being Phased Out? Not likely….
Posted on17. Feb, 2010 by The James.
Apparently, over at Cinemablend.com they are pushing for a boycott of Alice in Wonderland in 3D. They have the notion that the popularity of 3D movies will cause theaters to phase out 2D movies. Well, the beginning of their logic is sound, but after that, it is a little comical. If theater [...]
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PRESS RELEASE – Microworlds 3D
Posted on02. Feb, 2010 by The James.
“Microscopy Plays Big Role in PassmoreLab’s New 3D Nature Film”
“MicroWorlds” Harnesses Technology to Examine the Unseen World of Life Beneath Our Feet
San Diego, CA (Feb 2, 2010) – PassmoreLab, the San Diego-based multi-media production studio that specializes in 3D production and 2D to 3D content conversion, announced today the release of MicroWorlds — their latest 3D film [...]
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Lord of the Rings in 3D
Posted on12. Jan, 2010 by The James.
It looks like we will see a re-issue of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy in 3D sometime in 2012. In fact, we may see a run of ‘classics’ in the sci-fi and fantasy genre transferred to 3D over the next few years, including Star Wars (yes, I groaned too. Just leave it alone [...]
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3D REGZA: Toshiba another partner for RealD
Posted on06. Jan, 2010 by "Mitch".
Looks like RealD has snagged another TV manufacturer. Toshiba plans to work with RealD to develop “active eyeware” that will work with Toshiba 3D-enabled displays. At the 2010 CES they used external motion devices to show a person interacting with their upcoming 3D Regza TV. As we reported earlier this week, Samsung and JVC have [...]
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Xpand grows international market
Posted on24. Dec, 2009 by The James.
Just a quick post before the holiday…according to Variety, Xpand is continuing to increase it’s hold on the international 3D market. They’ve put together an agreement with Arclight to release the 3D films “Mulan” and “Bait” in Spain and some former Yugoslovian territories. Also, it looks like Xpand has also acquired the rights for Spanish [...]
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Avatar – 3D bar set too high?
Posted on25. Nov, 2009 by The James.
With the upcoming film, Avatar, dominating 3D press, people have to begin to wonder if the production will live up to the hype. I hate to be blunt, but it almost certainly cannot. Now, I’m not saying that it won’t potentially be a fantastic movie that will successfully showcase a lot of modern 3D techniques. [...]
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Education in 3D – A key to 3D’s sustainability
Posted on23. Nov, 2009 by The James.
Last night on 60-Minutes the staying power of 3D was brought during a piece on James Cameron’s, Avatar. At Third Magazine we’ve been discussing a lot of key factors that will affect the ability of the 3D to remain a part of mainstream technology and Hollywood action movies are only the tip of the iceberg. [...]
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Nutcracker 3D – Zemeckis loves Christmas and 3D motion capture
Posted on15. Nov, 2009 by The James.
Another item floating around the Hollywood rumor circuit is the Nutcracker in 3D. Robert Zemeckis is apparently obsessed with Christmas, bringing us the current Christmas Carol 3D film and 2004’s underwhelming The Polar Express. He also seems to love the 3D motion capture technology, and not only when it comes to holiday fare, see Beowulf [...]
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