Have you been following The Lion King 3D‘s box office success? For the two weeks its been in theaters the film has beat the competition, and now studios are looking for other old films to release again.
Disney is, of course, one of those studios.
The Wrap reports:
Cameron — who said he’s spending $18 million and over a year’s worth of time to convert “Titanic” — told TheWrap last week that studios’ reservations about 3D conversions “have pretty much evaporated” in the wake of “Lion King’s” extraordinary two-week haul.
“You have to make sure you have the right property, but we are working for other films in our library that could work,” conceded Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis.
So what might that be? Well, as usual, the studios aren’t too forthcoming about their upcoming release strategies. But one logical candidate would be Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”
At the same time it was converting “The Lion King” with the original intention of rendering a 3D Blu-ray release, Disney also converted its 1991 hand-drawn hit into the format (both hi-def discs street in early October).
Article Continues BelowWith a theatrical release requiring no additional costs beyond prints and advertising expenses, “Beauty and the Beast” — which grossed an impressive $377.4 million upon its initial release 20 years ago — would seem the next logical film to emerge in theaters from the Disney vault. In fact, Disney officials talked publicly about releasing the film in 3D theatrically just last year.
Would you see Beauty and the Beast in 3D in theaters? Personally we’d prefer to see the film re-released in a theater without 3D (it hurts our eyes!).
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