Innovation in Advanced Digital Imaging: 3D Release Calendar

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

3D Release Calendar

3D Release Calendar

A chronological listing of all upcoming 3D movies to be released theatrically. This 3D calendar is sponsored by MasterImage 3D.

2012 3D RELEASE CALENDAR

DATE	DISTRIBUITOR(S)	TITLE
Dec 7, 2012	Applied Art Productions	Delhi Safari
Dec 14, 2012	Warner Bros. / New Line	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Dec 19, 2012	Disney	Monsters, Inc. 3D
Dec 21, 2012	Paramount	Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

2013 3D RELEASE CALENDAR

DATE	DISTRIBUITOR(S)	TITLE
Jan 4, 2013	Lionsgate	Texas Chainsaw 3D
Jan 25, 2013	Paramount	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Feb 14, 2013	Weinstein Company	Escape From Planet Earth
Mar 1, 2013	Warner Bros. / New Line	Jack the Giant Slayer
Mar 8, 2013	Disney	Oz: The Great and Powerful
Mar 22, 2013	Fox / DreamWorks Animation	The Croods
Mar 29, 2013	Paramount	G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Apr 5, 2013	Universal	Jurassic Park 3D
May 3, 2013	Disney	Iron Man 3
May 10,2013	Warner Bros.	The Great Gatsby (2013)
May 17,2013	Paramount	Star Trek Into Darkness
May 24, 2013	Fox	Epic
Jun 14,2013	Warner Bros.	Man of Steel
Jun 21, 2013	Disney	Monsters University
Jul 3, 2013	Universal	Despicable Me 2
Jul 12, 2013	Warner Bros.	Pacific Rim
Jul 19,2013	Fox / DreamWorks Animation	Turbo
Jul 31, 2013	Sony / Columbia	The Smurfs 2
Aug 2, 2013	Warner Bros.	300: Rise of An Empire
Aug 30, 2013	Sony	One Direction Concert Movie
Sep 13, 2013	Sony / Screen Gems	Battle of the Year
Sep 13, 2013	Disney	The Little Mermaid 3D
Sep 20, 2013	Fox	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 3D
Sep 27, 2013	Sony / Columbia	Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers
Oct 4, 2013	Weinstein / Dimension	Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
Oct 4, 2013	Fox	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D
Oct 18, 2013	Warner Bros.	The Seventh Son
Nov 1, 2013	Fox / DreamWorks Animation	Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Nov 8, 2013	Disney	Thor: The Dark World
Nov 27, 2013	Disney	Frozen (2013)
Nov 27, 2013	Undefined	Postman Pat: The Movie - You Know You're the One
Dec 13, 2013	Warner Bros. / New Line	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Dec 20, 2013	Fox	Walking With Dinosaurs
Dec 25, 2013	Universal	47 Ronin

BIOGRAPHY

This is a series of blogs by Barry Sandrew, Ph.D., an internationally recognized inventor, digital imaging expert and visual effects pioneer. Dr. Sandrew is founder of three visual effects facilities that were among the largest and most prolific production studios in Hollywood. Over the past three decades he has been and continues to be instrumental in evolving the entertainment Industry's digital standards and processes in feature filmmaking.

Sandrew earned his doctorate in neuroscience from SUNY at Stony Brook. After winning a 2 year NIH Fellowship at Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, he joined Harvard Medical School/MGH as staff Neuroscientist. In 1987, Sandrew left his academic and scientific career to found American Film Technologies (AFT) where he invented the first all digital process for colorizing black and white feature films.

At AFT he also invented a paperless animation process used to produce episodic animation for Fox Children's TV and a digital ink & paint and compositing pipeline that produced Spielberg's first digital animated feature film, "We're Back: A Dinosaur Story." Sandrew took AFT public while converting hundreds of movies for clients such as Turner, Disney, Warner Bros., Fox, Gaumont, TF1, ABC, and CBS, among many others.

In 1993 Barry Sandrew left American Film Technologies to co-found Lightspan, an animation and production edutainment studio that grew into one of the largest educational software companies in the U.S., marketing into entire school districts around the country. Lightspan ultimately went public and was later acquired by Plato Learning.

In 2000, Sandrew founded Legend Films, re-inventing colorization and a proprietary film restoration process using the latest in digital imaging technology. Over the course of the next 7 years, Legend Films converted to color approximately 145 black & white films as well as several TV series. Legend Films also produced visual effects for Scorsese's "The Aviator", HBO's "Entourage" and other high profile TV and film projects.

In 2007, with Jim Cameron's game changing "Avatar 3D" scheduled for a 2009 release, Sandrew leveraged his proprietary colorization pipeline, redirecting his company's entire R&D focus to embrace 2D-to-3D conversion and changing the company's name to Legend3D. Since 2010, Legend3D has lead the competitive field, producing 3D conversion and visual effects on over 35 of the highest performing box office tentpole films of the past 6 years.

In 2014, Dr. Barry Sandrew left Legend3D to focus on new immersive and web based media technologies as well his non-profit and for-profit board positions. He is consultant to Fortune 500 companies re: mobile 3D-sensing and motion tracking technology that he considers precursors to augmented reality. Most recently, he is Co-Founder and President/CEO of Graffiti Video, Inc. a company that is redefining the curation of web based media.