CeeJay
02-10-05, 11:22
Last March, executives from the Walt Disney Studios approached the visual-effects wizards at George Lucas's company, Industrial Light and Magic, with an audacious request. Could they convert the forthcoming Disney animated film "Chicken Little" into 3D?
In less than four months?
"We gave it serious consideration, and we decided they were out of their minds," said Colum Slevin, senior director of computer graphics at Industrial Light. "'Fourteen hundred shots in 14 weeks? You're dreaming.'"
But Disney persisted. And Slevin's team of techies came through, as audiences will be able to see for themselves beginning Nov. 4, when "Chicken Little" opens across the country--and in at least 85 movie theaters equipped with costly state-of-the-art 3D projection equipment, silver screens and the latest in goofy-looking 3D eyewear.
The full story can be read here (http://news.com.com/Disney+goes+deep+for+3D/2100-1024_3-5885471.html)
So, what are the chances of this coming to the UK or have we just found another excuse to go Stateside?
In less than four months?
"We gave it serious consideration, and we decided they were out of their minds," said Colum Slevin, senior director of computer graphics at Industrial Light. "'Fourteen hundred shots in 14 weeks? You're dreaming.'"
But Disney persisted. And Slevin's team of techies came through, as audiences will be able to see for themselves beginning Nov. 4, when "Chicken Little" opens across the country--and in at least 85 movie theaters equipped with costly state-of-the-art 3D projection equipment, silver screens and the latest in goofy-looking 3D eyewear.
The full story can be read here (http://news.com.com/Disney+goes+deep+for+3D/2100-1024_3-5885471.html)
So, what are the chances of this coming to the UK or have we just found another excuse to go Stateside?