After the limited release of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King 3D on theaters in August, Disney just announced a new line-up of remastered classics in 3D set for release on theaters venues in the States starting next year.
It will begin on January 13, 2012 with Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film that was converted in 3D by Disney, thanks mostly because of the CAPS system, as explained before on this very blog.
After that, Pixar’s classics will start to show up with the re-release of 2003 ‘Finding Nemo’ set for September of that same year and Monster’s Inc for January 18, 2013 (which will be a nice companion for the prequel named ‘Monsters University’ that is set also for release that same year, but on June 21)
And last, but not least, The Little Mermaid will get its 3D rerelease on September 13 of 2013.
So there you have it, we have a nice amount of Disney/Pixar goodness coming soon into theaters and they will be a nice present for our younger generations who will have the chance to discover these films, remastered in 3D, of course.
I’ve attached the press release, you can read it after the jump:
THR reported that Paramount is preparing a 3D conversion of Tony Scott’s 1986 film Top Gun.
Legend3D is the company doing the conversion, who has already converted high profiled movies before, such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Smurfs among others
Here’s what Legend3D’s CEO Rob Hummel has to say about the upcoming release:
“As I understand it, they are planning to release it in 3D in early 2012, though I known they want to get Tony Scott’s approval before they go forward”
And about the 3D benefits for this project:
I think Top Gun lends itself to 3D due to the aerial flight. You can have fun with 3D by bringing things off the screen if they are not attached to the edge of the screen."
Will wait for more news regarding this conversion early next year. Stay tuned.
So, after the recent announcement that the first part of Deathly Hallows will not be converted, Warner Bros just said to Variety that they hired Prime Focus to convert 2 back titles: “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”. The have already started working on “Half-Blood Prince”
Prime Focus was the company also responsible for the rushed 3D conversion job of “Clash of the Titans” (which we know what are the results)… But now they’re trying to save their faces by producing more high quality conversion. We hope so.
Those Harry Potter 3D conversions will be released in blu-ray 3D format maybe end of next year.
Warner Bros just stated today that the first part of the last film of the Harry Potter saga, is not going to be released in 3D.
The original plan was to convert in post-production Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I in 3D (since it was filmed in 2D), but the studio felt that the quality was not good enough (which is good because 2D to 3D conversions has failed terribly lately)
Here’s the full statement:
We will not have a completed 3D version of the film within our release date window…Despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality. We do not want to disappoint fans who have long-anticipated the conclusion of this extraordinary journey.
The movie will still be released on IMAX, but only in 2D format on July 15, 2011 (also in regular movie theaters)
The final installment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, however WILL be released in 3D. Let’s hope they get it right.
