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Weinstein studio's 'Escape From Planet Earth' is delayed

"Add "Escape From Planet Earth" to Weinstein Co.'s growing list of headaches. The computer-animated 3-D... more

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Britain to get 3D TV within two years

Analysts reckon that we'll be able to have 3D TV in this county within two years - which will be great for watching all four... more

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Jackson wrapped new music video before death

Two weeks before he died, Michael Jackson wrapped up work on an elaborate production dubbed the "Dome Project" that... more

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infoMania 6.25.09: The Whole Sparking Thing

This week on infoMania South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford lights the spark that sets the news world ablaze. America Don't... more

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3D Porn

3D Porn is back and it's bigger than ever. Do you like seeing boobs and butts in 3D? Then check out this report from... more

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LG releases first 3D television

Only in Korea now, but I'm sure the rest of the world will get our dirty hands on it soon enough!

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Director Marc Forster Finds A ‘Quantum of Solace’ In Trippy, Personal New Film

Marc Forster makes a short film about his reflections on life. He ends it with "Don't you wish you could fly?"... more

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Ice Age III: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Squirrel vs. Squirrel

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After 'Earth,' Disneynature brings in 'Ocean'

Presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, "OceanWorld 3D" is coming to America thanks to Disneynature. "Documentary,... more

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Sony MotionPortrait makes 2D Head Shots become 3D Animations

The new MotionPortrait technology from Sony looks amazing. It's apparently capable of 'taking 2D head shots and... more

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Virtual worlds: make yourself right at home

Virtual 3D landscapes, buildings and skies have become the 21st Century fantasy/sci-fi junkie's number one spot to chill-out... more

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Lionsgate Sings 'Happy Birthday' in 3-D

That's right, the remake of horror film "Happy Birthday to Me" is in the works, and in 3D. Here is a video of... more

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Coming to the Living Room: 3-D TV

The technology behind 3-D entertainment has come a long way since those "land in your lap" sci-fi shockers of the 1950s, which could be viewed only by theater-goers willing to wear dorky cardboard spectacles with red and blue lenses. And we're not just talking about advances at the cineplex as evidenced by movies like Monsters vs. Aliens or Up. Today some of Asia's leading electronics companies are developing flat-panel displays and TVs they hope will soon add a new dimension to home theater systems, rejuvenating sales in the flagging audio-visual market. Manufacturers are taking a variety of approaches, each testing the bounds of consumer acceptance in what is still a miniscule market. Mitsubishi and Samsung are selling rear projection 3-D TVs. JVC in April launched a 46-in., 3-D LCD monitor aimed at business users. On May 27, South Korea's LG Display announced it was developing a 23-in. 3-D screen. Hyundai created a 46-in. LCD TV that can display 3-D images, but it's available only in Japan, costs $5,000, and only shows special programming offered just a few hours a day by a Japanese satellite network.Because the displays that are currently available cost thousands of dollars, it's clear 3-D is not ready for the masses. But as content increasingly becomes available, some analysts are predicting that sales could be about to take off. "In 2009, we hope that the 3-D market will start booming with LG, JVC and Panasonic as they start to commercialize their 3-D, flat-panel displays," says DisplaySearch senior analyst Jennifer Colegrove. "I expect more 3-D televisions to come to market in the near future."

Panasonic is on a major push to make 3-D a must-have for consumers by creating an entire ecosystem for the technology. The consumer electronics giant is working on high-definition, 3-D home theater systems, including a monster 103-in. plasma display. Panasonic also set up an R&D facility in Hollywood to develop 3-D technology for Blu-ray players, so consumers can purchase content. And in April, the company announced that it was developing a professional production system, including a camera, for shooting 3-D movies and TV shows. "This time we might get (3-D) right," says Eisuke Tsuyuzaki, vice-president of corporate development at Panasonic. (Read about 3D online.)

Tsuyuzaki notes that consumers today are willing to pay nearly 50% more for the 3-D experience when they go to theaters. "A 3-D screen — although it's a rarity — does about 2.5 times more in revenue than a conventional screen," he says. "That's helping to pay for the rollout of digital cinema, and that is helping studios create more 3-D production. From that perspective," he says, "it makes sense to try it across all forms of distribution and packaged media" such as Blue-ray discs. In addition to Up, Hollywood is moving forward with several new 3-D releases this year, including non-computer generated films such as James Cameron's Avatar and A Christmas Carol from Robert Zemeckis. "This could potentially be something big," Tsuyuzaki says.The technology behind 3-D entertainment has come a long way since those "land in your lap" sci-fi shockers of the 1950s,... more

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20 Futuristic 3d Scenes

It's very hard to imagine how our cities and landscapes will look in the future, but on this post you can get a taste of what... more

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Vhils a Chisel Above Many Street Artists

Vhils takes things forward, using not only paint but interestingly utilising the 3D benefits of carving into walls. The video... more

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3-D movie projects get a push at Cannes

"The Cannes Film Festival has no shortage of big-budget 3-D spectacles: It opened with Pixar's 3-D animated film "Up," and Disney on Monday showed footage from its upcoming 3-D holiday movie "A Christmas Carol," while fake snow decorated the landmark Carlton Hotel in the 80-degree Cannes weather.

But the immersive technology also is attracting a growing crowd of independent filmmakers, some of whom are making -- and trying to sell -- 3-D movies on a fraction of Pixar's and Disney's budgets. They are convinced that the stereoscopic effect can help separate their films in a cluttered marketplace and drive moviegoers into theaters.

In a tiny booth not far from where the "Up" filmmakers walked the Cannes red carpet, 34-year-old Pavel Nikolajev was trying to drum up interest in "Duel 3D," an action-fantasy film that the writer-director made for less than $100,000 in North Carolina.

A distributor from Turkey was watching scenes from the film on a 3-D-capable TV as Nikolajev, who was born in Kyrgyzstan and holds a master's degree in information technology, tried to drum up business.

"Everybody is shooting digital movies these days," Nikolajev said after the distributor, who seemed interested but signed no contract, left. "It's not that 2-D is boring. But it's not that interesting anymore."

Asked how sales were proceeding, the filmmaker said, "I've got a lot of interest from all over the world. Just not from the United States yet. But because it's not a million-dollar production, I don't have to sell it for a lot."

Of the 4,500 movies being sold and 900 films being shown in the sales convention that runs parallel to the film festival here, there are more than a dozen new 3-D films, some of them completed and others just screenplays looking for underwriting.

"Duel 3D" is almost certainly the cheapest of the bunch. Several others are far more ambitious. The already filmed "Oceans 3D: Into the Deep" cost $14.5 million to make; and "Station 21: 3D," scheduled to go into production next year, is budgeted at $45 million.

The films' producers and sales agents hope that the strong box-office receipts for recent 3-D movies such as "Monsters vs. Aliens"will improve their chances for sale.""The Cannes Film Festival has no shortage of big-budget 3-D spectacles: It opened with Pixar's 3-D animated film... more