Playing in over 2,600 theaters nationwide, Disney's Beauty and the Beast 3D had a very solid opening weekend gross of almost $18.5 million, placing it in second place behind Contraband. For a re-release of a movie that came out over twenty years ago, that would seem like a fantastic number. The truth is it's way…
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I don't know that there is really any point to posting trailers for a film's 3D re-release online where no one can see the added 3D aspect. But what you can see is some evidence of the HD remaster that also goes along with such releases. So what the heck, here's the trailer for Beauty…
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Hot off the first look at the next Toy Story short film, Small Fry, Disney announced the directors of Tangled will bring back those characters in short form at the beginning of the new year. A short sequel called Tangled Ever After will play with Beauty and the Beast 3D when it's released January 13,…
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It has been over two years since Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that they would be converting Beauty and the Beast into 3D for a Valentine's Day 2010 theatrical rerelease. Disney has been showing a short test of the 3D footage at various industry events, including last year's ShoWest. Unlike the live-action 3D post conversions,…
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There are a few Disney project updates today. First up, the release of Monsters Inc. 2 has been pulled up by two weeks to avoid competition with the final film in the Twilight series. The new date for the Pixar sequel is November 2, 2012. That'll give it two weeks before Twilight opens, but Pixar…
Read MoreIt has been almost two years since Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that they would be converting Beauty and the Beast into 3D for a Valentine's Day 2010 theatrical rerelease. Disney has been showing a short test of the 3D footage at various industry events, including last year's ShoWest. Unlike the live-action 3D post conversions,…
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Walt Disney Studios has finally announced their schedule for the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International. Full details after the jump. WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES’ COMIC-CON AGENDA IS FULL OF “FIRSTS”DIRECTORS ZEMECKIS, BURTON TO TAKE PART IN FIRST-EVER 3D PANEL;ANIMATION LEGENDS MIYAZAKI & LASSETER TO ANCHOR ANIMATION PANEL Studio to Showcase Key Titles—PONYO, TOY STORY…
Read More[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/showest-1.flv 400 236] I just got back from ShowWest in Las Vegas. ShoWest is a convention for theater owners where, among other things, Hollywood previews some of their upcoming movies. You've seen some of my ShoWest overage on the site over the last week, but there was so much going on that I couldn't get…
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When Disney first announced that they would be rereleasing Beauty and the Beast upconverted into Digital 3D, I was very skeptical. For a film like Toy Story, the up conversion makes sense because the movie was animated using 3D models. But with a hand drawn animated film like Beauty and the Beast, you have an…
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