Sky to Launch 3D Channel Pub TV This Weekend

People have already embraced 3D cinema and because Sky’s 3D service uses the same kind of technology, we’re confident there will be demand for sport, movies, concerts and drama in 3D,” said Gerry O’Sullivan, Sky’s director of strategic product development.

Rugby matches in the Six Nations championship are to be amongst the first events filmed and shown on the 3D channel which is due to roll out across the nation starting in April.

This coming weekend the match between Arsenal and Manchester United can be seen in 3D in pubs in London, Manchester, Cardiff and Edinburgh.

The Great 2010 3D Movie Timeline (release dates)

Last year we saw a resurgence in the popularity of 3D movies across the world with franchises from My Bloody Valentine to Ice Age releasing 3 dimensional installments in to the wild. Not forgetting the wonders of Disney Pixar’s “Up” which couldn’t fail to warm even the coldest of hearts, it’s clear that James Cameron’s ‘AVATAR’ clinched the top title for the most anticipated 3D release of the year.

Short reflection passed it’s time to look forward to what’s in store for the 3D movie release date calendar in the upcoming year. 2010, man. It’s the future. So in the second annual post here at All 3D TV we present the definitive guide to 3D movies coming out in 2010 The Great 2010 3D Movie Timeline.

Feast your focals on this sumptuous list of all-encompassing 3 Dimensional glory!

Beauty and the Beast 3D

Release date: 12th February 2010

Alice in Wonderland 3D

Release date: 5th March 2010

Alice in Wonderland is an upcoming fantasy-adventure film directed by Tim Burton. It is an extension to the Lewis Carroll novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film will use a technique combining live action and animation. Mia Wasikowska plays the role of Alice, alongside Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, and Crispin Glover as The Knave of Hearts.

A sequel to Lewis Carroll’s original stories, the movie has Alice Kingsley, now 19, attending a party at a Victorian estate, only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited many years before, though she doesn’t remember it. The White Rabbit claims to have come back for Alice because she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen’s empire. Alice remains completely unaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that she had once visited Wonderland years before. She then embarks — assuming both large and small sizes — on an adventure of self discovery and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.

How to Train Your Dragon 3D

Release date: 26th March 2010

Shrek Forever After 3D

Release date: 21st May 2010

Retitled from Shrek Goes Fourth, directed by Mike Mitchell (Duce Bigelow, Surviving Christmas, Sky High). The original all-star cast is set to return, including Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas

Toy Story 3 3D

Release date: 18th June 2010

It is the third installment in the Toy Story series and is scheduled for release on June 18, 2010, in the United States.[1] Lee Unkrich, who edited the previous films and co-directed the second, takes over as director. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen have been confirmed to return to voice the characters of Woody and Buzz respectively.

Andy is departing for college, and his toys, including Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen), are going to be put in the attic. Before they can be put in the attic, they are accidentally thrown away and are picked up by the garbage men. The toys find themselves at a local day-care center, where they must try to survive the playful but careless pre-school children. Woody attempts to save his friends and find themselves a new home, but matters are further complicated when Buzz is damaged during an escape attempt. The toys try to reset Buzz, but end up causing him to revert to a Spanish version of his delusions of being a space ranger, much to the other toys’ discomfort.

Despicable Me

Release date: 9th July 2010

In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon (Yes, the moon!) in Universal’s new 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me.Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad.The world’s greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Release date: 30th July 2010

Directed by Brad Peyton and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment to theaters on July 30, 2010. The film is a sequel to the 2001 box office hit, Cats & Dogs and features the voices of Chris O’ Donnell, Jack McBrayer, and Roger Moore. Cats and Dogs are forcibly teamed together when renegade cat Kitty Galore sets up her plan for global domination.

Step Up 3D

Release date: 13th August 2010

When the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA) goes to Paris for an international dance competition, one of the dancers - Moose - misses his flight back to Baltimore. He soon makes friends with an American away from home and a beautiful French sophisticate. They introduce Moose to the red-hot Parisian underground dance scene, and before long he is wowing the local dancers with his unique moves as they prepare for an underground dance competition. With time running out before the big event and their routine stolen by a rival crew, Moose turns to his loyal MSA crew in Baltimore for help. Can Moose, the MSA crew and the French crew pull together a new dance number at the last minute? And will it be good enough to beat the world’s best street dancers?

Guardians of Ga’hoole

Release date: 24th September 2010

Zack Snyder’s animated film adaptation of Kathryn Lansky’s children’s book Guardians of Ga’Hoole (part of a 14 book bestselling kids series) has been described the tone as more “Harry Potter” “than Happy Feet.” The story follows a young barn owl named Soren, who is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s,where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga’Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie’s. The voice cast includes Jim Sturgess (21), Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean), Rachael Taylor (Transformers) and David Wenham (300). It has been rumored that Hugh Jackman, Hugo Weaving and Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) will make-up the voice cast lead roles, but that has yet to be officially confirmed.

Alpha and Omega

Release date: 1st October 2010

Directed by Anthony Bell (My Rugrats Vacation), this animated family adventure comedy is about two mismatched young wolves thrown are together by circumstance. Featuring the voice talent of Heyden Panettiere, Justin Long, Christina Ricci, and Dennis Hopper.

OoberMind

Release date: 5th November 2010

When super villain MegaMind (Will Ferrell) defeats his archrival Metro Man (Brad Pitt), the world should be his oyster. But instead, MegaMind falls into total despair. It turns out that life without a rival is life without a purpose for him. So he creates a new superhero rival, Titan (Jonah Hill). Unfortunately for him and the world, the new hero wants to be a super villain too. The new villain begins his rampage, and MegaMind sets out to stop him, beginning a path to redemption in the process.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Release date: 15th November 2010

Part 1 of the 2 part finale of the Harry Potter franchise.

Rapunzel

Release date: December 2010

Directed by Glen Keane and Dean Wellins, this new telling of the classic fairy tale, will transport audiences “to a stunning CG fantasy world complete with the iconic tower, an evil witch, a gallant hero and, of course, the mysterious girl with the long golden tresses. Expect adventure, heart, humor, and hair, lots of hair.” Keane wants this computer animated film to look and feel like a traditional hand-drawn Disney Classic, but in 3D.

The Smurfs 3D

Release date: 17th December 2010

Tron 2 3D

Release date: Late 2010

Tron 2 is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

Here  Be Monsters

Release date: Late 2010

Based on the novel by Alan Snow, and produced by Henry Selick (Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas), this family adventure tells the story of a young boy tries to save his town from an evil takeover.
Hubble 3D

The Hole 3D

Winter’s the Gate

Sony to Launch 3D TV by Late 2010

Sony plans to be selling 3D tv sets by late 2010, the Financial Times reports.

Sony will also add 3D technology to it’s Vaio laptops, PlayStation 3 console and its blu-ray players.

Howard Stringer, Sony CEO said that, “…the 3D train is on the track, and we at Sony are ready to drive it home.”

There are no industry agreed standards for 3D technology so it appears we may be in for yet another format war akin to the recent blu-ray hd-dvd battle.

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Footage to be Shown In 3D

When I was told that there was unseen footage of the Queen’s coronation in 3D I didn’t really believe it at first. – David Glover, Channel 4 Specialist Factual Commissioning Editor

A great find for Channel 4 – unseen footage of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation from 1953 in 3D. I suppose it goes to show how long a desire for 3D television has been present in the broadcast arena.

Word is that Channel 4’s “3D Week” will feature the coronation footage as well as other programs including Derren Brown’s 3D Magic Spectacular along with greatest 3D moments from the history of 3D television film and pop video.

You’ll need 3d glasses for this week so where can you get them?

Sainsbury’s.

Channel 4 to beat Sky to 3D with it’s own 3D TV Week

Channel 4 has announced it will host a “3D Week” sometime this Autumn, beating SKY’s 2010 launch of their 3D TV Channel.

The move is little more than a gimmick, however, since Channel 4 plans to use a very simple implementation of 3D: ColorCode Technology. This basically enables Channel 4 to broadcast a vaguely altered picture which when viewed through the amber and blue filters on the cardboard glasses will give a vague 3D effect.

Channel 4 plans to air “The Queen in 3D” and Derren Brown’s “3D Magic Spectacular” during the 3D fest.

While viewers will still need some kind of glasses for SKY’s offering they will also need a particular type of television to support the new technology. Keep your eyes open for 3D ready television’s to start popping up everywhere.

Avatar Day - 3D IMAX 15 Minute Teaser Trailer

James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ has been described by directors as "the future." It’s said to be an equivalent leap in experience to the first movie with sound or the first in technicolour. Whether viewers will agree remains to be seen but the team are certainly performing well in generating hype around the feature.

These outlandish claims will be put to the test in this week’s 15 minute IMAX preview teaser of the new Avatar movie.

"Neurologists at the screening wondered if the movie had activated parts of the brain that were previously untouched by conventional, two-dimensional films."

Many believe the attraction for studios to the realm of the 3D lies cynically in the belief that 3D movies are more difficult to copy and thus the technology provides a glimmer of hope for an industry ravaged by digital piracy.

The new camera technology James Cameron invented to shoot the movie is known as "fusion camera system 3-d technology" combining hi definition camera tech with special, motion capture techniques that can pick up high levels of detail including almost all subtle features of an actors face.

Polarised 3d glasses will still be required to watch the movie, however the old school 2-colour specs are now safely considered a thing of the past.

"…it felt as if you were not just watching something but immersed within it. You felt as if it surrounded you."

The studio has reportedly invested $200,000,000 into the project, so there is surely determination to say anything to ensure the film is successful at the box office, as with no proven home 3d television market yet visible DVD sales cannot be relied on to bolster revenue.

Be prepared for the hype machine to snap into high gear in the run up to the release date this christmas.

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3D Television Standard to be Proposed?

The Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers is to start detailed work in June on its proposed standard for 3D television. Peter Symes, SMPTE’s director of engineering and standards says it isn’t likely that the 3D standard will emerge until 2010.

SMPTE’s concept is for an all-embracing 3D Home Master that covers not just broadcast TV but Blu-ray, console games, cable and IPTV transmission and even mobile phone delivery. The problem is that each of these methods have their own standards bodies dealing with their respective formats. However, it is looking increasingly likely that Blu-ray’s 1080p and 60Hz ‘standard’ will form the bedrock for 3D.

“A number of proposals have been put forward [for example] of how to do this for Blu-ray. But the important point is that the different distribution platforms will have one deliverable [the 3-D home master] as their starting point. It will allow for the efficient production of stereoscopic content because everyone will have a common target without worrying about the delivery or the display mechanism,” Symes told Multichannel News.

First Dedicated 3D TV Network Startup in the US?

“We fully plan to have, as soon as we can acquire the library, the first full-time 3-D network in the country,” Donaldson told Daily Variety.

Despite many set top boxes not supporting 3D technology, many Hi-Def Televisions do come ready to support 3D broadcasting as it becomes available.

The company hopes to ship 3D ready set top boxes for around $50 including glasses.

The move follows Japan’s Nippon Broadcasting who launched a limited schedule of 3-D programming over a satellite channel in 2008.

The plan is for AMG to be broadcasting in 3-D several hours a day by year’s end.

Terry Elaqua, prexy of AMG TV, said, “I think in the baby stages of this you’ll see a series of specials” that would be released on the network and made available elsewhere.

Sky puts UK’s first live 3D broadcast up on the smallish screen

The broadcast, a performance by the band Keane, was part of a 3D music event co-produced by Sky, specialist 3D production company Nineteen Fifteen Productions and Island Records, to coincide with Keane’s performance at London’s Abbey Road studios.

The three-screen 3D event involved Sky broadcasting a simulcast of the gig and displaying the event on a 46-inch high-definition 3D TV screen. It also comprised a 3D webcast using anaglyph (red/green) glasses, as well as a live test broadcast via a satellite downlink to a Vue cinema kitted out with 3D equipment.

Sky said last night’s broadcast did not mark the launch of a 3D TV product, but was “another stage in Sky’s ongoing research and development into the technical possibilities and potential demand for 3DTV in the UK”.

The broadcaster added that it was working with TV manufacturers, broadcasters, studios and other content owners to establish the potential for commercial 3D TV services.

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