Fang Zei said:
Jaitea said:
Fang Zei said:
The only thing this Atlanta screening might've been the "first" of is a dcp made from the 2011 version, which in any event is still based off the 2004 Lowry master.
I agree that the RMW job was probably in preparation for the 3D conversion of the OT, which I would bet Disney is still gonna do.
It costs about $10 million to convert a two-hour movie to 3D. Each of the OT movies would at least do the same box office as TPM 3D, so I don't see Disney passing up that opportunity.
Don't forget it was Disney that pulled the plug on the 3D re-releases
.....hopefully they have better plans for the new scans
J
They "pulled the plug" (not how they phrased it) for obvious reasons when they announced Ep7 was happening in 2015. They were gonna put out one movie a year, then it was gonna be AotC and RotS a few weeks apart in September/October 2013, then the Disney deal happened and priorities changed.
All they ever technically said was that the rest of the 3D re-releases were being postponed indefinitely.
I still think they'll at least do a 3D theatrical re-release of the OT at some point between now and Ep7. They'll make serious money off of it anyway and it makes sense from a nostalgia standpoint. Yeah, it'll be the SE again, but from a new scan and with better-looking picture and colors. Like we've discussed in this thread, a lot of people out there don't really care about the different versions of the movies. Hell, the $40 million or so that TPM 3D pulled in shows that people apparently don't even care which installment it is.
But a 3D trailer from a well-done conversion job of a nice new 4k master would blow audiences away, I think. Disney is undoubtedly considering this, at the very least.
I don't think they'll do a 3D re-release.
I think a cinema release of a 4K remaster (like Taxi Driver/Jaws etc) in 2D before episode 7 is more likely, because episode 7 is being shot on film. What better way to build trust with the OT audience than to release the original trilogy remastered in 4K? It also lines up with their marketing efforts for episode 7 (i.e. life sized ships/models, filming on proper sets/locations, shooting to both 35mm and 65mm like the original film (Lucas used 65mm for the visual effects shots to maintain better image quality)).