James Cameron Reveals He Might Be Converting Aliens Into 3D Using New Tech
Cameron said better depth-map tools could make the 1986 sequel a likely candidate for stereoscopic 3D, building on his past conversion work.
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In the seventh art there is a great list of authors who, with their talent behind the cameras, have ended up marking the narrative and audiovisual trends of the entire industry. However, there are not so many whose merits combine that good to do authoral with a technological implication that shakes Hollywood. James Cameron’s innovative look guides the future of special effects and the capture of movements with the Avatar saga, but now as he has …
James Cameron wants to give his 40-year-old sci-fi thriller masterpiece a controversial upgrade
Some directors just can't stop futzing with their own work. George Lucas may be the most famous tinkerer, thanks to Special Edition re-releases and subtle edits to his Star Wars films over the past 50 years. But James Cameron is also a proud perfectionist; he's delivered multiple director's cuts of films like Terminator 2: Judgment Day and The Abyss, and in 2023 defended the controversial AI-upscaled 4K transfers of True Lies and Titanic.
James Cameron Reveals He Might Be Converting Aliens Into 3D Using New Tech
It's no secret that Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron is a fan of 3D, and in a recent interview, he spoke about plans to apply the technology to one of his most beloved movies, Aliens. "Aliens is a creature of its time," he said in a Letterboxd interview. "We are thinking about converting Aliens [to 3D], because I know now that the tools are so much better than they were for creating depth maps. We’re probably going to wind up converting…
Aliens | 40 years on, James Cameron is considering converting his 1986 hit to 3D
James Cameron wants you to wear 3D glasses to watch a new version of his 1986 sci-fi classic, Aliens. More on his thoughts below. Oh, how time flies. It’s been a whopping 40 years since Sigourney Weaver called the xenomorph queen a bitch, but director James Cameron is still thinking about what else can be done with Aliens. Promoting his first concert film, Billie Eilish — Hit Me Hard And Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D), Cameron spoke to Letterboxd …
Cameron Considering An "Aliens" 3D Conversion
With his “Avatar” franchise, filmmaker James Cameron has been one of the pioneers of 3D in cinema – those movies still to this day being the gold standard use of the technology. In his time, he has also seen 3D conversions done of some of his past films – most notably “Titanic 3D” in 2012 in a conversion that cost $18 million and took over a year. In 2017, a 4K scan of “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” landed a 3D conversion and again took around a …
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