Marketsaw, Slashfilm, BleedingCool and others are reporting on a possible 3D re-release of the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962).

These reports are based on a listing at Blu-ray.com and an IMAX 3D mention at Moviefone.

While all of this sounds awesome (can't wait for Goldfinger!) there are just a few too many questionable bits to ignore.

Such as:

No mention or press release from the producers/owners of the film.

The awkward phrase "FILM IN THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST 007 FILM" on the Taiwanese packaging. 

The low-quality experience of taking 1962 filmstock, converting it to 3D and then blowing it up to IMAX.

And finally:

The abysmal pseudo-3D screen caps from a supposed BluRay rip (google it).

If this is an actual rip of the movie, and those screen caps are accurate, then this is what we can expect as far as 3D goes (converted to anaglyph for your viewing displeasure):

Crappy auto conversion at its worst.

Would an official Legend 3D quality release be super awesome? Yes. Is this it? No way.

The Hollywood Repoter:

Warner Bros. chairman Barry Meyer and other executives revealed the new 90th anniversary logo as well as multiple new DVD and Blu-ray Disc collections coming in 2013, including enormous 100-film DVD and 50-film Blu-ray collections.

One such classic The Wizard of Oz, will get special 3D treatment next year for its disc release, which includes a theatrical release to kick it off.

It will be interesting to see how they handle the sound stage backdrops (like the yellow brick road going off into the "distance"). Do they leave them as flat backdrops to recreate the sound stage experience? Or do they convert the backgrounds into 3D even though the audience knows they are looking at a flat painted wall? I'm torn.

Backdrop dilemmas aside, this is great news! Could Singin' in the Rain, It's a Wonderful Life or Marry Poppins be next?

Read the original article at THR.

Musician, filmmaker and software developer Jeff Boller (a.k.a Simple Carnival) has posted an entertaining video session from Hack Pittsburgh called Animated 3D Filmmaking (a crash course).

The video is largely a behind the scenes look at Smitten 3D, his self-recorded and self-animated musical film. He takes us through the process of recording music, to creating storyboards, to animation and editing.  

But there's more! To perfect the 3D effect in his film (animated in Anime Studio), he even wrote custom software to handle stereoscopic sync and inter-ocular alignment. 

The image above is from a Smitten 3D segment called Everything That Grownups Know.

Check out the Hack PIttsburgh video on YouTube or visit the Simple Carnival website for a list of all available videos.

One of only four mounted Triceratops in the entire world, this one at the Science Museum of Minnesota is also the largest on display. Stunning to see in real life, and not too bad in 3D!

Learn more about the dinosaur exhibit at the musuem website.

For more 3D Dinosaurs, check out:

UPDATE: Episodes 2 & 3 re-releases have been cancelled. While I'm super excited for J.J. Abrams' take on Episode VII, I also know this means we will wait much, much longer before getting the classic trilogy in 3D, if ever at all. Boo...

As reported by IGN and Marketsaw, Lucasfilm has pushed back the released date for Attack of the Clones 3D from Spring 2013 to Sept 20, 2013.

And in a surprise move they're releasing Revenge of the Sith 3D on October 11, 2013, just three weeks later. 

What does this mean and why would they do this? 

The original plan was to release one film a year back into theaters, for six years (2012 - 2017). Supposedly a Blu-ray 3D collection would follow in late 2017 or early 2018. 

That's right... 2018!

Who knows what the state of movie consumption will be in 2018? Will Blu-rays even exist? Will audience interest revert back to 2D (making the 3D versions a niche product for a niche market) or will we have moved on to Holographic projection of some kind (rendering simple 3D as outdated and old-timey)? Will we move to a streaming-only system where quality is restricted by insanely high bandwidth costs imposed by our service provider overlords of the future?

But seriously, they know that right now there is a market for 3D movies. Now it's just a race to get the 3D versions onto store shelves, while we still have store shelves to put them on.

The real news here is that we will probably get the Original Trilogy just a tad bit sooner. And that's what we're all waiting for right? They just have to get the Prequel versions released so they can include them later in the Star Wars Super Mega Ultimate 3D Blu-ray Collectors Edition Saga.

And that's fine with me.