The herculean effort to make James Cameron’s groundbreaking Avatar: The Way of Water and deliver the movie to theaters around the world for its Dec. 16 day-and-date release was the subject of a day-long series of panels and presentations, Tuesday at the Hpa (Hollywood Professional Association) Tech Retreat.
A sold-out crowd of 750 Hollywood tech leaders, developers and suppliers got a look at the unprecedented initiative to deliver the movie to theaters undertaken by Disney, 20th Century Studios, Cameron and producer Jon Landau’s Lightstorm Entertainment, and their suppliers.
With digital cinema, theaters vary greatly in their screening capabilities, and Cameron and Landau were bullish about delivering the best possible experience to each individual theater. In the case of Avatar: The Way of Water, this involved the creation of a whopping 1,065 unique delivery versions of the movie. This unheard-of number of deliverables included combinations of 2D, 3D, Hdr, 4K, varying light levels,...
A sold-out crowd of 750 Hollywood tech leaders, developers and suppliers got a look at the unprecedented initiative to deliver the movie to theaters undertaken by Disney, 20th Century Studios, Cameron and producer Jon Landau’s Lightstorm Entertainment, and their suppliers.
With digital cinema, theaters vary greatly in their screening capabilities, and Cameron and Landau were bullish about delivering the best possible experience to each individual theater. In the case of Avatar: The Way of Water, this involved the creation of a whopping 1,065 unique delivery versions of the movie. This unheard-of number of deliverables included combinations of 2D, 3D, Hdr, 4K, varying light levels,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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