Posts Tagged ‘3d’

A brand new trailer has hit the internet for Disney’s upcoming Tron Legacy 3D. The 3D movie which is reportedly going to give Avatar a run for its money will hit movie theaters worldwide in 2D, digital 3D and IMAX 3D, December 17th, 2010. Watch the stunning new official trailer here.

TRON LEGACY is a high-tech 3D adventure set in a digital world. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his fathers disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevins loyal confidant, the father and son embark on a life-and-death journey through a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become much more advanced and exceedingly dangerous in comparison to the original Disney movie.

At this years 82nd Annual Academy Awards the battle between 2D and 3D was truly on. James Cameron’s 3D epic ‘Avatar’ was up against his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow’s 2D war-zone drama ‘The Hurt Locker’. Avatar was nominated for nine awards in total but only won three of its categories. It won Oscars for; Best Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects.

The majority of people expected Avatar to come out victorious in the Best Picture and Director categories, however ‘The Hurt Locker’ blew Avatar away and won the ceremonies two big Oscars. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the success of Sky UK’s first ever live 3D broadcast, Sky Deutschland are now preparing to bring the same experience to German audiences. The Manchester United vs Arsenal Premier League clash received nothing but praise from its 3D admiring audience. Now Sky are hoping for the same positive response from German sports fans, as they prepare to broadcast a 3D Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburger SV to a select audience in Munich, on March 14th. Read the rest of this entry »

The final installment from the much loved Shrek franchise is set to open the New York 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. ‘Shrek Forever After’ is the first Shrek movie to incorporate the 3D format. The Tribeca Film Festival will begin on April 21^st and the movie will be screened on the opening night and will run till May 2^nd. Other information on the Tribeca’s listings will be revealed on March 10^th and March 15^th. Shrek Forever After stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz and is expected to be released on May 21^st.

Yesterday Pioneer USA introduced its new line of 5.1 channel AV receivers to the world. The new receivers are known as the VSX-820-K and the VSX-520-K. Both models come 3D ready and utilize the new HDMI 4.1 specification which provides HD connectivity for the 3D Blu-ray specification which will be hitting the consumer market in the near future. They also utilize the Dolby ProLogic IIz decoder for HD audio formats. Both the VSX-520-K and the VSX-820-K receivers are available for $299.

Knock Knock. Who’s there? Doctor. Doctor Who? Doctor Who 3D.

The BBC recently funded the creation of a new 3D trailer for the upcoming series of the hit show, Doctor Who. The 3D trailer will be viewable in cinemas all across the UK prior to the screening of Alice in Wonderland 3D which is released in the UK and USA this weekend, March 5^th. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Bay, the self proclaimed ‘old school’ director recently voiced his negative opinion towards 3D and made it public knowledge that he is set against it. However, in recent developments it now appears that Bay will be adopting the much loved 3D format for the third installment of the Transformers franchise.

In a recent interview with MTV, Michael Bay announced, “It’s a process we’re testing with some ‘Transformers’ scenes. How successful it is with my movie in terms of a lot of real stuff coming out of the frame, real dirt, real complicated little particles coming towards the lens, because hopefully that process will work. I’ve seen some tests that look great on other movies. I just want to see how it looks on my footage.”

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Samsung has jumped ahead by launching 3D HD TV’s in South Korea. As of the 25^th February you can buy a Samsung 3D HD TV. Furthermore, Samsung has inked an exclusive 3D content deal with DreamWorks. At CES 2010 Monsters Vs Aliens was shown as the world’s first 3D Blu-ray disc. The disc will only be available when you purchase a Samsung 3D TV or 3D Blu-ray player. Read the rest of this entry »

ESPN recently announced it will be launching a 3D network dedicated to bringing audiences 3D sports in the near future. Now ESPN has revealed information about its ‘ESPN Innovation Lab’ which is situated in the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.

The new 3D development center was announced by ESPN and it is said to be available to various technology companies that wish to test emerging 3D technology enhancements. ESPN will also be opening a new production center in Florida that will be used for training people in 3D telecasting. Read the rest of this entry »

Breck Eisner the man behind the eagerly anticipated ‘The Crazies’  recently revealed information about his new project, Flash Gordon 3D. For Flash Gordon, the director intends to go to the roots of the comic-strip and bring the character to life in an original way by avoiding the camp 1980’s movie version of Flash Gordon.

According to Eisner, Flash Gordon will be a 3D movie, no doubt about it. In a recent interview he said “This will definitely be a 3D movie. When it’s the right kind of movie, you want to use the right kind of technology, so we intend to shoot it for 3D.” Read the rest of this entry »