Two 3D movies and the two shows that HollywoodInHiDef.com rates as the best HiDef series of the 2011 were honored with Golden Globes Sunday night (Jan. 15, 2012). Martin Scorsese made a point to mention Bob Richardson's cinematography, "particularly in 3D" in accepting his Best Director of a … [Read more...]
Box-office Beauty in 3D
January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Disney found even more treasure in the 3D well this holiday three-day weekend with the long-delayed theatrical re-release of "Beauty and the Beast" in 3D. Updated Monday, Jan. 16: The 21 year-old animated classic generated $23.5 million Friday - Monday Jan. 13-16, 97% of which came from 3D … [Read more...]
Blu-ray up 20% in 2011; 3D & HD drivers
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
While theatrical and DVD revenues declined in 2011, Blu-ray Disc sales were up 20% for both new and catalog titles to cross $2 billion for the first time, according to DEG: Digital Entertainment Group. A 38% jump in Blu-ray household penetration push Blu-ray compatible devices into 40 million … [Read more...]
Panasonic expands 3D world, Olympics
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Panasonic is expanding its pioneering commitment to 3D and Blu-ray, and was rewarded with several awards at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company says the 3D business, including 3D TVs, is expected to grow into a market worth $60 billion by 2020 as full-scale expansion … [Read more...]
Panasonic Blu-ray wins DEG Award
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Panasonic's DMP-BDT310 3D Blu-ray Disc Player won the DEG Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award for Best Physical Media Product award from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group, it was announced today at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Twentieth Century Fox … [Read more...]
M:I 4 sets $46 mil. IMAX Protocol
January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
"Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol" has grossed $46.1 million in IMAX theatres worldwide through Monday, Jan. 2, since the film got a five-day jump on traditional theaters. IMAX Corp. and Paramount Pictures today announced that the film has generated approximately $33.1 mil. domestically and … [Read more...]
Record opening for IMAX “M:I Ghost”
December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
IMAX enjoyed a record December opening weekend of $11 mil. with nearly exclusive showings of Paramount's “Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol” in 300 IMAX theaters. That's a per-screen average of $37,000 per theater, no doubt helped by an exclusive world premiere six-minute teaser intro … [Read more...]
IMAX a must for Mission: Impossible
December 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” is by far the most visually dynamic use of IMAX in any mainstream feature film yet. In his first live-action movie, director Brad Bird has already mastered the use of the giant screen IMAX format (typically at least 72’ tall x 53’ wide –way bigger … [Read more...]
Smurfs 3D Blu-ray new extras
December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What could be more fitting than the colony of blue Smurfs on Blu-ray? Sony's 3D Blu-ray of "The Smurfs" ($45.99) offers a very good 3D representation of the computer-animated movie that generated more than half-a-billion dollars in theaters worldwide last summer. Once again the 3D on the home … [Read more...]
Legend3D’s iconic footage in “Hugo”
November 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
After much praise for the use of 3D in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," San Diego-based 2D-to-3D conversion company Legend3D announced on Tuesday that the company was the primary one responsible for restoring, colorizing and converting to 3D three key sequences depicting early 1900s cinema: Georges … [Read more...]
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