It’s a 3D Revolution
Once the domain of schlocky 1950s horror movies, 3D movies will once again be leaping off the screen at a theater near you
By Andy Rose
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/editing/article/3d_revolution_journey_to_center_of_earth_eric_brevig_20080710/
An exciting resurgence in 3D moviemaking indicates that what was once a fad is now a growing trend. Over the past few years there has been a huge increase in the production of 3D films. More than a half-dozen live-action and a dozen computer animated 3D films are currently in the studio pipelines—with more to come.

One reason for this surge in development is the availability of state-of-the-art digital technology. “It was always possible to show 3D, but never possible to show it in a reliable manner,” says Eric Brevig, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist and director of this summer’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, the first live-action narrative feature to be shot and released in digital stereoscopic 3D. “It’s a convergence of technology,” he says. The problems of former 3D imaging simply no longer exist.