Sony Chief Nixes Michael Jackson in 3DDecember 3, 2009
 TOKYO: Neither Michael Jackson’s
videos nor the next Spiderman movie will be among Sony’s upcoming 3D releases
the company’s top executive said. Wire services quoted Sir Howard
Stringer saying that releasing Jackson’s material in HD didn’t make any sense.
“I don’t think it will reveal anything else about Michael Jackson we would want
to be see,” Stringer is quoted as saying. Sony produced the film about the late
singer’s final performance rehearsals, “Michael Jackson’s This Is It.” It has
grossed more than $70 million at the box office in the United States, pre-DVD
release.
Stringer is also passing on a 3D Spikey, but a 3D version of the wildly popular
sci-fi comedy “Men in Black” is being considered. Other titles in the Sony
library may get the 3D treatment, though no other specifics were mentioned in
the article that appeared on The
Street.com.
Stringer recently predicted that 3D was going to become a $10 billion business
for Sony. The company is rolling out 3D-compatible capture and display
technology across its divisions. new
single-lens 3D camera technology was announced in October, a month after a 3D
home initiative was announced. A new 3D-capable Bravia LCD TV set from Sony is
due to hit the shelves next year.
More
on Sony’s strategy:
November 23, 2009"Sony’s Stringer Sees
$10 Billion in 3D”
October: “Sony’s Single Lens 3D
Technology”
September 2, 2009: “Sony Announces 3D Home
Initiative”
June 9, 2009: “Sony Issues $2.24
Billion Bond Sale”
May 15, 2009: “Sony Posts Predicted
Loss”
March 18, 2009: “Sony Freezes Wages for
a Year”
| COMMENTS (2) | | 12/05/2009 | | I love Michael Jackson... I've watched a movie in 3D before and it was cool. Wearing 3D glasses and watching a movie before going to sleep, or on the weekends, What can be better than that? On top of that, it being about Michael Jackson. To me, Michael Jackson proves that anyone can excel at anything they put their mind into and we can all amaze the world with our talents. It's about L.O.V.E. |
| | 12/04/2009 | | Ummm I want more Michael Jackson footage to be released. Hopefully the estate will realise how many MJ fans there are out there and that releasing more MJ footage would be a smart move for the estate and for the fans. |
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