Fox has revealed plans today to continue ramping up the number of 3D films that they release.  This year, they are releasing two films in 3D: Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Avatar.  Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos announced, at ShoWest today, that they plan on releasing three films in 3D in 2010.

What he didn’t mention are the names of those three films.  In 2010, they have a few films that would make great potential 3D releases, that we know of.  One of those is the remake of Fantastic Voyage, which is about a scientist with a potentially fatal health problem takes a risk on his only chance of survival: for five of his colleagues to be miniaturized in a ship and injected into his bloodstream.

The other film on the list of 2010 releases includes The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  Does that mean we have the potential to see a Narnia film in 3D?  Definitely!

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ShoWest, the annual convention of movie theater owners, is held in a town famous for creating thousands of losers — and a handful of winners — every minute. Against that backdrop, [PressDemocrat] decided that the annual National Association of Theatre Owners gathering was the perfect place to stage our own game of chance.

The rules were simple: With a reminder list of the summer’s most prominent releases in hand, more than a dozen exhibitors, producers, studio executives, marketing experts — and even a filmmaker — were asked to handicap the May-August movies. All were told to predict the summer’s biggest success, its most surprising sleeper hit and its largest bomb.

Because many people interviewed were handicapping (and slamming) films, filmmakers and studios with whom they might have business dealings, everyone was allowed to comment anonymously — you know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

One more thing: Studio employees could not vote for their own movies. And although choices were all over the board, it was clear that attendees were bullish on Paramount’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and far less excited about Marvel Studios and Universal’s “The Incredible Hulk.”

Studio executive

Hit: “Hancock” — “For total lack of imagination, I’m picking it — but maybe ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.’ ”

Online movie advertiser

Hit: “Prince Caspian” or “Indiana Jones” — “They have built-in awareness. You don’t have to spend a dime marketing them.”

Theater manager

Hit: “Prince Caspian” — “The timing is right. It has the precedent to build on and has broad audience appeal.”

Studio executive

Hit: “Indiana Jones” — “It’s either that or ‘Narnia,’ which looks like it might be in the realm of ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ ”

Studio executive

Hit: “Prince Caspian” or “Hancock” — “The three films with the best pedigree are ‘Indiana Jones,’ ‘Narnia‘ and Will Smith.”

Visit Press Democrat for the rest of the list. It’s really interesting.

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ComingSoon.net visited ShoWest, where Disney previewed their 2007-2008 film line-up. The 2 1/2 hour International Distribution Marketing Presentations culminated with Disney/Buena Vista batting clean-up with an impressive line-up of footage and trailers, many of them having never been seen previously. It included never-before-seen footage from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Ratatouille, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Enchanted and even a preview of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

They then showed an impressive production reel for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which will open on May 16, 2008, including concept art for the sequel’s new characters and soundbites from director Andrew Adamson and make-up FX supervisor Howard Berger, talking about the differences with the sequel and how they’ll get a chance to show how the different creatures fight, and there was accompanying battle pre-vis to demonstrate what they meant.

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