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NEWS ABOUT: 3D

3D stories: 5 news summaries

 Take Me Out to 
 the Ballgame... 
 at the Cineplex 

Movie theaters boost lagging ticket sales with live broadcasts

Mar 23, 08 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cineplexes are boosting stagnant sales by showing more live broadcasts, the New York Times reports. From the Metropolitan Opera to the Mets, high-def feeds are luring fans for less than the price of a live concert or ball game. "We can now replicate Carnegie Hall across the country,"... More »

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3D • audiences • cinema • movie theaters • cineplex • Carnegie Hall • simulcast • live broadcasts

NEW RELEASE

U2 3D a Virtual Triumph

IMAX concert film delivers you-are-there experience without 'parking lot hell'

Jan 25, 08 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Sitting through the IMAX feature U2 3D isn't exactly like being at one of the legendary rock band's shows. "In many ways, watching the movie is better," writes Desson Thomson of the Washington Post. The film's incredibly lifelike presentation of U2 "shows how closely technology can match"... More »

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Bono • 3D • movie review • concert • movies

French Foodies Eating Up 'Ratatouille'

Soi-disant epicures love the intricately realistic animated chef flick

Aug 14, 07 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legions of French citizens are crowding theaters for a first taste of Pixar's latest 3-D animated feature Ratatouille, the story of a rodent chef in Paris and now the 4th highest-grossing movie premiere in France's history. The French, known for their devotion to everything food-related, are raving about "Ratatouille"... More »

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food • film • France • cooking • 3D • Ratatouille • Pixar • chef • cartoon • Le Monde • movies • movie theaters

3-D Format
Will Foil
Film Pirates

Camcorder killer coming to a
theater near you

Jun 28, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie makers are preparing to launch a major assault on video piracy—in 3-D.  In two years, more than 4,000 theaters will be 3-D-ready, and top studios are gearing up to create films in the new format, which can't be recorded off the screen. Steven Spielberg and Peter... More »

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technology • Hollywood • theater • film • Dreamworks • piracy • DVD piracy • George Lucas • 3D • camcorder • Jeffrey Katzenberg • movies • movie theaters

Spielberg and Jackson to Direct Tintin

Duo will begin 3-D trilogy as early as the end of the year

May 14, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The men behind Jurassic Park's ferocious dinosaurs and King Kong's gargantuan ape will soon be the men behind a tiny white dog named Snowy. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up to produce and direct a trilogy of movies based on The Adventures of Tintin, George Remi's popular French... More »

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Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • film • Peter Jackson • Tintin • The Adventures of Tintin • 3D • movies

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