To Boldly Go Where Most Tentpoles Have Gone Before - Post Conversion 3D

For awhile there, we all bought into James Cameron's "Fuck 3D post conversion!" diatribe and while there is merit to that argument the fact that Cameron is supervising a theatrical rerelease of Titanic in post conversion whiffs of hypocrisy. We've also seen a fair amount of good work done on applying the 3D gimmick to big movies in post-production without the use of 3D cameras. Thor, Green Lantern (as terrible a movie it was) and Immortals come to mind.

You can add Star Trek 2 to the list as J.J. Abrams tells MTV:

"'We're shooting on film, 2-D, and then we'll do a good high-end conversion like the 'Harry Potter' movie and all that. Luckily, with our release date now we have the months needed to do it right because if you rush it, it never looks good.'"

Another possibility in the cards is lensing in IMAX, a move that will sit better considering how generally better accepted it is, and the fact that Christopher Nolan and Brad Bird have wowed audiences with the format.