Harry Potter’s Last Two Films To Be 3D? Clash Of The Titans 3D Conversion Speeding Along
With the price of 3D tickets playing no small part in therecord-setting performance ofAvatar, it’s no surprise that other studios are jumping into the 3D tentpole business in a big way. What is a bit surprising is that some, like Warner Bros., are evidently jumping at the chance to convert films shot in 2D into 3D before release. There have been back and forth reports aboutLouis Leterrier’sClash of the Titansgoing 3D, and now we’re told that WB will refit the last twoHarry Potterfilms in three dimensions as well.
THRreports on the move, which Warner Bros. currently refuses to confirm. Despite WB’s silence, THR’s Heat Vision blog says that conversion efforts onClash of the Titansare going so well that the studio wants to forge ahead with a 3D version ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Both chapters of that film, set to release on August 21, 2025 and June 06, 2025, respectively, will be converted to 3D.
The report says that WB will be issuing news aboutClash of the Titanslater this week, along with a release date push, to accommodate the work. The new date forTitanswill be April 2. Official word on thePotterconversion is expected shortly.
Even with a slight push, that seems like a really short time to getClashproperly converted. Louis Leterrier had previously said theydidn’t have time to make the conversion, which Sam Worthingtonlater contradicted. I’m disappointed in this, as I was curious aboutClashas a 2D film, but not as a retro-fitted 3D experiment. We can probably expect a joint 2D and 3D release for these, at least.
Argue the merits of shooting in 3D, fine. But the idea of converting a 2D film to 3D is about as appealing as the old impulse to colorize black and white movies. Not thatClash of the Titansis a new classic or anything, but still. (I’m sure someone will point to the successful conversion of theToy Storymovies, but since those are entirely digital affairs, I’d say the process is different from creating stereoscopic elements from a flat film.)
