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

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.

Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Superbowl Ad with FREE Glasses!

Roll up, roll up and grab your pair of free 3D glasses from Pepsi/SoBe Life Water displays at 28,000 locations including grocery, drug and electronics stores and big-box retailers.

A taste of things to come?
Word is that NBC will distribute 150 million pairs of Monsters vs. Aliens branded 3D glasses in preparation for the 3D advertisement broadcast during the Superbowl on February 1st.

My Bloody Valentine 3D Trailer. Movie released January 16th!

Billed as the most frightening 3D motion picture event to tear through the screen, My Bloody Valentine 3D certainly looks set to be a film that will make an impact, even if it is then forgotten almost right away.

Feast your eyes on this shock and awe trailer, if you haven’t caught it already, and prepare to rock along with a lady friend to the theatre on the 16th; because nothing says “date movie” like a 3D ride to hell!

I’m interested in seeing the reaction of the crowds after Jan 16!

Because nothing says “date movie” like a 3D ride to hell!

The Great 2009 3D Movie Timeline

Update: The Great 2010 3D Movie Timeline has just been posted!

With 2009 shaping up to be a big year for 3D movies and technologies we bring you this summary of the most anticipated 3D movies scheduled for release in the upcoming year. A big list of movie release dates for 3D films coming out in 2009.

Cast your eyes upon this list of all-encompassing 3-dimensional glory!

My Bloody Valentine 3D

Release Date: January 16 2009

More: My Bloody Valentine 3D

Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger (Jensen Ackles), an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden (Richard John Walters), into a coma. But Harry Warden wanted revenge. Exactly one year later, on Valentine’s Day, he woke up and brutally murdered twenty-two people with a pickax before being killed.

Ten years later, Tom Hanniger returns to Harmony on Valentine’s Day, still haunted by the deaths he caused. Struggling to make amends with his past, he grapples with unresolved feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Sarah (Jaime King), who is now married to his best friend, Axel (Kerr Smith), the town sheriff. But tonight, after years of peace, something from Harmony’s dark past has returned. Wearing a miner’s mask and armed with a pickax, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. And as his footsteps come ever closer, Tom, Sarah and Axel realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who’s come back to claim them…

My Bloody Valentine is a completely 3D film, using new Real D 3D technology, as seen in films such as Journey to the Center of the Earth. The film will also be available in 2D for theaters that are not equipped to process new digital 3D technology.

Coraline 3D

Release Date: February 6 2009

More: Coraline (Single-Disc Edition w/ 3D)

Coraline is an animated stop-motion horror fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman’s novella of the same name. Directed by Henry Selick, it is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 6, 2009.

The film is about a young girl, Coraline (Dakota Fanning), who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home and enters into a parallel reality, a fantastical and thrilling imitation of her own dull life. In this world, Coraline finds a new version of her real mother (Teri Hatcher) and father (John Hodgman), her off-kilter neighbors, Miss Forcible (Jennifer Saunders), Miss Spink (Dawn French) and Mr Bobinski (Ian MacShane), and the Cat (Keith David). However, this other world soon begins to unravel and she becomes a prisoner to her Other Mother and must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home.

Monsters vs. Aliens 3D

Release Date: March 27 2009

More: Monsters vs. Aliens

Monsters vs. Aliens is an upcoming 2009 computer-animated 3-D feature film from DreamWorks Animation. The release date was moved up to March 27th, 2009 to prevent competition with James Cameron’s upcoming Avatar.

When California resident Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) mysteriously grows to 49 ft 11 in, she is labelled a monster and taken in by the military to a institution housing four other monsters: Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D., an insect-headed mad scientist (Hugh Laurie), the Missing Link, a thousands-of-years-old fish-man (Will Arnett), B.O.B., an indestructible gelatinous mass (Seth Rogen) and Insectosaurus, a fuzzy 350-foot bug that makes even Susan look tiny by comparison. When a UFO lands and aliens demand that Earth be given to them, General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) suggests to the President (Stephen Colbert) that the monsters can provide the firepower to defeat the aliens.

Up in 3D

Release Date: May 29 2009 in the USA, October 16 2009 in the UK

More: Up

Up is an upcoming computer-animated 3-D film being produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The film is directed by Monsters, Inc. director Pete Docter and features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and John Ratzenberger. It is the first Pixar film to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D.

Carl Fredricksen (Edward Asner) is 78 years old. When Carl was a child, he met and eventually married a girl named Ellie who grew up in a small midwestern town. Ellie always dreamed of exploring the mountains, but she died before she got a chance. Now, when developers threaten to move him into an assisted living home, Carl decides to fulfill his promise to Ellie. To accomplish this, he befriends a chubby eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell.^[4] The two opposites match up for thrilling adventures as they encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains, and all the terrifying creatures that wait in the jungle.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D

Release Date: July 1 2009

More: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs also known as Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is an upcoming 2009 computer animated film to be the third installment of the Ice Age film series.

The teaser trailer was released with the film Horton Hears a Who!, and features the films’ familiar saber-toothed squirrel, Scrat. The trailer reveals that a population of dinosaurs have survived extinction, living beneath thick layers of ice in a tropical habitat, and are released when the ice thaws. The trailer first appeared on the official website in May 2008, 14 months before the film’s release in theaters.

The first trailer opens amidst a blizzard. Scrat is trying to get through it, when he notices his acorn. During his struggles to reach it, he is engulfed in snow and frozen. He manages to pop open his eyes, using them to lean himself toward the acorn. He successfully pulls it out, releasing warm gases from beneath the ice, which thaws Scrat. Feeling around with his foot, he discovers he has made a large hole in the ice, and falls through. After hitting a few trees, he slides down to the tip of a scaly back and tail, losing his acorn. He slides down to the tip of the tail as it rises, coming face to face with a Tyrannosaurus rex. The end of the trailer shows the Tyrannosaurus rex roaring at Scrat and cuts to the inside of the dinosaur’s mouth, where Scrat is seen, his eyes twitching before the Tyrannosaurus rex’s mouth snaps shut.

G-Force 3D

Release Date: July 24 2009

G-Force is an announced film to be produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures.

The film revolves around a team of trained secret agent guinea pigs that take on a mission for the US government to stop an evil billionaire, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances.

Piranha 3D

Release Date: July 24 2009

Piranha 3-D is an upcoming 2009 3D horror film to be directed by Alexandre Aja. It is a remake of the 1978 film Piranha, and is currently scheduled for release on July 24, 2009.

The film takes place in Lake Havasu, Arizona where every year the population of the lake ranges from 5,000 to 50,000 for the 4th of July. Havasu sits in the crater formed by a prehistoric volcanic eruption, and when earth tremors tear open a crack in the lake floor, piranhas are unleashed. Unstoppable killing machines acting blindly under one primeval impulse: to hunt down anything that moves and strip it to the raw, bleeding bone.

Final Destination 4: Death Trip 3D

Release Date: August 21 2009

Final Destination 4: Death Trip 3D is the upcoming installment in the Final Destination supernatural thriller franchise.

On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O’Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave…escaping seconds before Nick’s frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they’ve cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one–in increasingly gruesome ways–Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. The film marks the latest in the highly popular “Final Destination” series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.

Toy Story 3D

Release Date: October 2 2009

The original Toy Story is set for re-release this October in Disney Digital 3-D!

Old-fashioned cowboy doll Woody is coordinating a reconnaissance mission around his owner Andy’s birthday party in the days before Andy’s family move to their new house. To Woody’s dismay, Andy receives a new action figure in the form of space ranger Buzz Lightyear, whose impressive features soon see Buzz replacing Woody as Andy’s favorite toy. Woody - the former de facto leader of Andy’s toys - is disappointed by his replacement and resentful towards Buzz. For his part, Buzz does not understand that he is a toy. Instead he believes himself to be an actual space ranger, seeing Woody as an interference in his ‘mission’.

Astro Boy 3D

Release Date: October 30 2009

Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man’s expectations, Astro Boy embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him

Christmas Carol 3D

Release Date: November 6 2009

Christmas Carol is a 2009 film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 story of the same name.

A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the course of one night. Mr. Scrooge is a financier/money-changer who has devoted his life to the accumulation of wealth. He holds anything other than money in contempt, including friendship, love and the Christmas season.

Planet 51 3D

Release Date: November 20 2009

Planet 51 is an upcoming animated film directed by Jorge Blanco and written by Joe Stillman.

The film follows a human astronaut who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first to set foot on it. However, he discovers it’s inhabited by little green people who live in a white picket-fenced world reminiscent of 1950s America.

Avatar 3D

Release Date: December 18 2009

A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population. Revolutionary filmmaking techniques and a $190 million budget. Avatar is an upcoming 3-D science fiction film directed by James Cameron, due to be released on December 18, 2009.

In director James Cameron’s original script treatment of Avatar, a man tries to make his way as a miner by combining with an alien during an interplanetary war in which aliens can make themselves manifest by possessing human bodies – avatars.

When Avatar was titled “Project 880″, a casting call was put out in June 2006 with a plot description provided, saying, “In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na’vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.”

In December 2006, Cameron described Avatar as “a futuristic tale set on a planet 200 years hence [...] an old-fashioned jungle adventure with an environmental conscience [that] aspires to a mythic level of storytelling.” The January 2007 press release described the film: “Avatar is also an emotional journey of redemption and revolution. It is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in biodiversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival,” and “We’re creating an entire world, a complete ecosystem of phantasmagorical plants and creatures, and a native people with a rich culture and language.”

And there we have it. Stay tuned for our list of announced far future releases, and a look at Pixar’s recent announcement that they will be releasing all future feature films in full Disney 3D.

Update: The Great 2010 3D Movie Timeline has just been posted!