Is the future in movies going tobe sci fi?

many people in the movie industry are predicting that the future in movies will be mostly sci fi movies. I found a site that is giving peopl the oportunity to make their predictions of the type of movies that will be around. I thought that it would be interesting to make our predictions then later find out who's right.
www.arstechnica.com/old/content/2006/09/7816.ars

Holograms movies are comming

technology is in the works for hologram movies.Holograms are being developed of many different aspects of life . for us its movies but there are so many other uses for holograms.But down the road there is another type of hologram in the works....reallife holograms, like the ones that were portrade in star wars a long time back , but now its going to be a reality. It will be a common place thing in all homes as the technolgyy is better developed
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18757574 -

free movies!!!!!

who doesn't like free anything?
well there are sites that you can down load free movies. with all the constant changes in how are tv's work. the possiblity of free movies is a very good one. i know that i wouldn't want to spend money to buy movies that i really like to not be able to watch them because tv's and dvd player are no longer the same.
so is free the way to go?
i think so but i don't know if the movie industry will will like it, they don't the money on free movies that they get when we buy them.

flo tv is here

FLO TV is a new product from verizon
its tv on the go. You can watch full legnth movies anywhere anytime you want.since everyone well almost everyione is on the go they have cell phones with internet, gps, and now movies.
www.flotv.com/

HD TV

HD TV
the change is comming!
hurry get your converter boxes, or all you'll see on your tv screen is fuzz.
All tv stations are chaning their formats to hd tv
as of june 12 , 2009. this date was extended because so many people were not ready.


For more information about hdtv
go to
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/hdtv.htm

interactive movies

this the wave of the future
soon all movies will be interactive. That means a movie may never have the same ending ever because evertime there is a part that you or someone else interactes with it it will continuosly change. This clink from youtube give a preview of a movie thats just been released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8pl4AzeqZ4

imax theaters

IMAX

the wave of the future> It's whats new in 3d movies. Imax has been around for a while now, but didn't really catch on , but with the new way of making 3d movies and the new digital animation thats available there are more and more imax theaters being built.
this is the site to go to for the full article
seekingalpha.com/article/128830-imax-is-the-future-of-movies - 61k

3d or not 3d: that is the question

I found this article about 3d movies at one point 3d movie were thought of as a thing of the past ......not anymore.
Jeffrey Katzenberg of the DreamWorks animation studio said
" as sound (which revolutionized movies within three years in the 1920s) and color (introduced around the same time, and ubiquitous from the mid-'60s). As a TIME story trumpeted in 1990, the last time the revolution was proclaimed: "Grab Your Goggles, 3-D Is Back!" The combination of the old version 3d movies now with the new animation of today makes the newer version of 3d movie amazing! this is the link to the artickle scroll down to the bottem of the page for the link to this and other simular articles
www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1172229,00.html

The movies of the future are very interactive. There are new dvd's that are being released that you can talk to other people watch the same movie. Here is a part of the article, you can read the rest by following the link.
Get ready for a lot more ways to catch a movie. Hollywood studios and tech companies are rolling out a host of innovations that will change the way we experience films at home and in theaters. They'v...
Get ready for a lot more ways to catch a movie. Hollywood studios and tech companies are rolling out a host of innovations that will change the way we experience films at home and in theaters. They'v...
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so simple even a two year old can do it

the vertual world is the normal thing now for everyone, or at least those born in this generation. it's so common that children or i should say even toodlers know more about it than me. My two year old grandson even gets it, to him it's whats real. An example of this is he can follow along and play video games, and even on guitar hero! he's good at it too! Me i'm still trying to figure out how to turn it on. My point is that it's such a normal evrry day thing for this generation, what will our future bring with it . This generation is at the begining of what is most likely the biggest of all technological advances that will ever be made. the virtual world isn't just video games, or internet sites that are interactive, the movies of the future are going to be interactive. That means virtual reality is and will be a big part of everything. Some of the movies that are being released are interactive .

new terminator movie with robot technology

3D Movies, the Wave of The Future

DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg expects there to be 12 to 18 3D feature films by 2010. 3-D is clearly the future of cinema, at least for the near future. Here is a list of the latest and upcoming 3D movie releases.
2009:

March 27th 2009: Monsters vs. Aliens: A reinvention of the classic ’50s monster movie.

May 22nd 2009: James Cameron’s Avatar: A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population. Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi star. $190 million budget.

October 2009: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Disney has said they plan to rerelease the film around Halloween as long as it remains profitable.

November 6th 2009: A Christmas Carol: Has not been publicly confirmed as a 3D release, but the film will use the same performance capture technique Robert Zemeckis also used in Polar Express and Beowuld. The classic retelling will star Jim Carrey as Scrooge and the three ghosts. Tom Hanks, Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Bob Hoskins are also rumored to be on board the project.

November 20th 2009: How to Train Your Dragon: Based on the 2003 children’s novel by British author Cressida Cowell, about the adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III - The teenage son of a Viking chieftain, who must capture a dragon for a rite of passage.

Crood Awakening: A comedy set in the stone age directed by Chris Sanders

TinTin: Directed by Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg. The adventures of popular Belgian comic strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.

Tim Burton’s Alive in Wonderland: Screenplay by Linda Woolverton based on the Lewis Carroll classic. Film will be combine performance-capture technology with live-action footage.

Deep Sea-quel: As the name suggests, a sequel to the popular 2006 3D documentary Deep Sea 3D. An underwater look at the diverse coastal regions of Southern Australia, New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific areas and the impact of global warming on the oceans. IMAX.

2010:

May 21st 2010: Shrek Goes Fourth: The further adventures of the giant green ogre, Shrek, living in the land of Far, Far Away. We will discover how Shrek arrived in that swamp.

October 2010: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Disney has said they plan to rerelease the film around Halloween as long as it remains profitable.

Fall 2010: Master Mind: A satirical take on superhero movies, in which a notorious villain loses his oomph after he accidentally kills his nemesis.

Tintin Sequel: Directed by Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg. The continued adventures of popular Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.

Puss in Boots: A Shrek spinoff starring sword fighting cat voiced by Antonio Banderas.

2011:

TinTin 3:. The continued adventures of popular Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy.

In Development:

Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie: A feature length remake of his 1984 short film.

Star Wars: George Lucas has announced plans to remaster all of the Star Wars films in 3D. When this might actually happen is anyones guess.

www./films.com/2007/11/20/upcoming-3d-movie-release-schedule/

The Future of Movie Making??

It’s been over 10 years since the highest grossing film of all time Titanic cleaned up at the Oscars, but whatever happened to the film’s director James Cameron? Well, he has been planning and making his 200 million dollar 3-D/CGI/motion capture/live action sci-fi blockbuster Avatar.

Apparently one of the reasons for Cameron’s long absence from feature-film directing is because he has had to wait for the technology to become advanced enough to match up with with his ideas for this mammoth project. The movie pioneers technologies such as a new advanced e-motion capture which uses images from tiny cameras attached to the actors head to replicate their expressions in extraordinary detail and digital 3-D. All of this is used to create the alien world in which the story is centred. Cameron has created a living breathing world with its own languages, cultures and ecosystems. The story is about earth’s colonisation of this planet in the distant future and revolves around an injured ex-marine who is torn between the two planets because he falls in love with one of the native inhabitants. It stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana along with more established actors such as Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver. When it comes to the Science Fiction blockbuster there are few better equipped to handle the task of Avatar than James Cameron. Cameron’s resume includes such Sci-Fi classics as the first two Terminator films and Aliens, the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien, which many believe exceeded the original. Cameron is creating something original. Whether it will be merely an empty visual feast or something more is yet to be seen. It could be the best Sci-fi since The Matrix

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1886541-3,00.html

Will We Smell Our Movies in The Future

‘Smellovision’ is a technology which allows you to smell the movie as you watch it. Back in the 1950s, a tubing system transmitted odors to each seat during specific smell tracks within the film.The technology made a return in the remake of “Willy Wonda & the Chocolate Factory". Weird Al Yankovic thinks smellovision could make a comeback with new and improved technolgy.

WHAT'S AFTER BLUERAY??

As a group, we discussed the future of our dvd's and our blueray's. We think one day movies will be put on a piece of hardware such as a flashdrive or a memory card. This would allow for convience and movies being able to be played in more places. We also thought that televisions would begin to have USB ports in them, in order for the flashdrives to play in TV's.

FUTURE of Film : According to Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif talks about the future of film making in the Middle East.

The day the movies died

With the ease of downloading movies in today's digital age, what is the fate of the movie theater industry?
"Call it the Digital Revolution. The iPod Age. Whatever you like. A generation where everything is on-demand, portable and downloadable within minutes. YouTube, Netflix, MySpace, iTunes, Movielink, CinemaNow, Tivo, Vlog Central, etc.- they're all changing the way films and video are distributed to audiences."
Will there be a place for the movie theaters in such a rapidly changing enviorment?
I don't like going to the movies and paying $10 to sit in one of the front rows. If i pay for two tickets I would rather wait until the movie came out on DVD and buy it, and have it forever being able to view it as many times as i want. I propose that we pay $15 dollars for a ticket and we get a copy of the movie on our way out the door. What do you think about this idea?

http://www.moviemaker.com/distribution/article/judgement_day_for_movie_theaters_3397/

360 Degree TV - The Entertainment of the Future

Where will you watch the movies of the future? How about a 360 degree TV that lets you have a center seat wherever you are sitting? Here it is and it might not be as far off in the future as you may think.

To see more check out:

http://www.gizmag.com/go/4880/

3-D M0ViES & iMAX=FUTURE 0F M0ViE THEATERS

3-D and IMAX are the future of movie theaters
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Monsters vs. Aliens in 3-D opens today.In preparation for the onslaught of 3-D films debuting this year, and the recent Monsters vs. Aliens release on March 27, theaters around the nation are finally stepping up to the plate and making the switch to digital projectors capable of a 3-D movie watching experience.

Studios are jumping on the 3-D bandwagon as well -- or more likely -- are the catalyst for the recent evolution to digital theaters. All the major studios have plans to release blockbuster films in 3-D in the near future. Disney and Pixar recently announced it will release all of its films in 3-D. Dreamworks has pledged that all of its movies will be released in 3-D this year. And George Lucas even plans on remastering all 6 Star Wars films in 3-D.

Monsters vs. Aliens (from DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures) is just the first of many 3-D films coming soon to theaters near you. And it is also the first computer animated movie which will be produced in real 3-D, instead of converting the film into 3-D after it is finished (an extra $15 million cost to the film's budget). This cost is reflected in ticket prices. Currently, the average 2-D movie ticket is about $7, according to the National Association of Theater Owners. IMAX and 3-D films are generally double that price.

But while studios move full-steam ahead with 3-D production, there's one minor hitch. The chicken and the egg if I may? There still aren't a whole lot of 3-D movie theaters -- only about 1,000 out of 38,900 screens in the United States are 3-D.

IMAX in particular is pushing to build and convert more theaters as quickly as possible. However, some IMAX theatres are independently owned, and their operators make the business decisions on whether or not to show movies in 3-D. Additionally, some theatres are only equipped to play 2D movies.

Here is a list of where you can catch new 3-D films in eye-popping IMAX 3-D in your area: http://www.examiner.com/x-4907-Movie-Reviews-Examiner~y2009m3d27-Watch-Monsters-vs-Aliens-in-eyepopping-IMAX-3D-at-these-locations

FUTURE of Movies - On Your Cell ?

The website listed below predicts that live television will be coming to every cell phone in the near future. Also they say you will be able to buy movies on your cell phone as well. Since people wont be buying DVD's and Blue Ray's as much, and movies on your cell phone will cost as little as 9.95, The reporter states “We will still be seeing a lot of $200 million movies, and a lot of low budget movies, but mid range movies will go away.”





http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4011

FUTURE of Digital Media

On the website listed below it is stated that in ten years all televisions will be hooked up to internet connections.

They also talk about how films shot digitally bring in a lot more money than films that are not. Because of this they perdict that more theatres will be investing in digital projectors.

http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4011

FUTURE Of Movies - Everything On The Internet?

The article below talks about the future for DVD's and Blue Rays. It talks about how you will be able to watch and order movies from the internet instead of actually going out and buying them.

"The internet continues to change our lives and starting this year formidable opponents to packaged video intend to use the internet to try and change the way consumers watch Hollywood blockbusters. I will not go into the specific products or technical details here, as that information will be coming from our other authors soon enough. What I will tell you is that a number of these services are going beyond TV programs and DVD movies, and being hyped as delivering the HD Blu-ray experience in your home without the Blu-ray carrier, the disc.

While you will need the internet for these services, you don't necessarily need a PC. The new kids on the block will be providing hardware in the form of a box that sits in your rack just like any other consumer product you have in your home. Some are delivering this service in real time while others will have you wait on a download. Some will be selling ownership of the content to be exclusively stored on your box, which is also directly competitive with users seeking 100 disc carousel players or hours upon hours of content in a media PC. The new kids marketing departments are leaving the impression that they can deliver a performance envelope every bit as rich and detailed as Blu-ray. That's clearly wishful thinking when comparing Blu-ray bit stream bandwidth to that of the internet. The real question will be if the common user can see or hear enough of a difference to justify Blu-ray over one of these SD/HD movie services, especially if the convenience of these new services betters packaged media. "


http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/articles/2008/03/will_internet_video_replace_blu