- PACIFIC RIM
Guillermo del Toro's is currently in post-production stage
with his new film, Pacific Rim, targeting a July 12, 2013 release with a cast
that includes Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Idris Elba, Ron Perlman and
Charlie Day.
Recently it was reveleaed that the studio wants Pacific Rim
to be post-converted into 3D, much to the dismay of del Toro.
However it would seem now that the Hellboy director has had
a change of heart as he explains that certain factors had to be agreed to get
him to change his mind on the post-conversion.
"What happened was, in the weeks and months following
Comic-Con, what I asked from the studio was to agree to four points that I
wanted to do," he says.
"The more the ILM shots arrived, the more I realized
that there were only a few shots that would miniaturize. I asked the studio,
number one, that we would not hyper-stereo-lize the thing. That we would not
force 3D on the beauty shots.
That we would keep the giant dimensions. They agreed. Number
two, they agreed to something very unusual. Normally a conversion takes a few
weeks. I asked to start it immediately so we could take the full 40 weeks to do
the conversion. As an example, 'Titanic' took about 50 weeks to convert. The
final thing that I asked that they agreed to, which was amazing, was that I
asked them to give me an extra budget, which is considerable, to actually have
ILM composite the shots that are CG native 3D. We're not giving elements. ILM
is giving the composite in 3D from the get-go. That's a huge, huge element. Now
I'm going to be involved in supervising it. What can I tell you? I changed my
mind. I'm not running for office. I can do a Romney."
He then revealed that Pacific Rim's post-production is
moving along magnificently.
"It's going great," del Toro continues,
"We're about 40 weeks away from opening but, nevertheless, the pace is
breakneck. So far, though, it's been the best experience I've ever had."
This is definitely one of those movies that I’m amped up to
see!
Let us know what you think about this whole post 3D
conversion thing, and comment below!
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