Disney Digital 3-D

Disney Digital 3-D was a brand name used by the Walt Disney Company to describe 3D films made and released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, mostly under the Walt Disney Pictures label, and shown exclusively using digital projection.

Disney Digital 3-D in itself is not a presentation or a production format or technology, but rather purely a marketing concept. Films advertised as Disney Digital 3-D come from a number of sources, film, digital camera as well as animation software, and can be presented using any Digital 3D technology, including RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, XpanD 3D and MasterImage 3D. There is no specific handling involved.

History Pre-2005 Disney 3-D films Disney had previously released two 3D animated shorts in 1953, Adventures in Music: Melody, the first American 3D animated short, and Working for Peanuts, starring Donald Duck and Chip 'n' Dale.

Disney also produced 3D films for its theme parks, including Disneyland's 3D Jamboree (1956), featuring the Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeers and including Melody and Working for Peanuts; Magic Journeys (1982), Captain EO (1986), Muppet*Vision 3D (1991), Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (1994), It's Tough to Be a Bug! (1998), the film portion of Tokyo DisneySea's Magic Lamp Theater, and Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003).

Between 2003 and 2005, Dimension Films (formerly owned by The Walt Disney Company) had made a couple of 3D films. Two of them were Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D.

Post-2005 Disney 3-D films The first Disney Digital 3-D film was Chicken Little, which was released in late 2005. For the release, Disney collaborated with RealD to install RealD's 3D digital projection system featuring Christie CP2000 2K DLP projectors along with silver screens for 100 screens in AMC Theatres, Regal Cinemas, and Cinemark Theatres.

The animated film Chicken Little was followed by a re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas on October 20, 2006, a 1993 stop-motion film, distributed by Touchstone Pictures, was originally shot in 2D on 35 mm film to digitally remastered, with the 3D version generated by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) from this source using computer technology.

In 2007, Disney re-released the film Working for Peanuts with the theatrical release of the 3D version of Meet the Robinsons.

The first live-action Disney Digital 3-D release was Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which followed in 2008. In 2009, G-Force became the first film in Disney Digital 3-D from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, also produced by Bruckheimer as well as directed by Rob Marshall, was one of the first big adventure films to shoot in 3D on location in jungles, beaches, and the streets of 18th-century London rather than against green screen or entirely on soundstages.

On May 29, 2009, Disney released Pixar's Up, the first Pixar film to be presented in 3D. This film was then followed by a 3D double feature re-release of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 on October 2, 2009, although neither of these films' animations was altered. Subsequent Pixar films, such as Toy Story 3 and Cars 2, were also released in Disney Digital 3-D.

Two of Disney's traditionally animated films were reissued with 3D conversions in 2011; The Lion King – released on August 26 internationally and on September 16 in North America, and Beauty and the Beast – limited to 13-day run in September at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles for North America, as well as short runs in New Zealand, Japan, Australia, India and Spain in 2010. These re-releases were being supervised by Don Hahn, who produced both films. Beauty and the Beast in 3D received a wider release on January 13, 2012. Two more films were reissued in 3D in 2012; Finding Nemo on September 14 and Monsters, Inc. on December 19. The Little Mermaid was going to be re-released in 3D on September 13, 2013, but was cancelled due to the underperformance of the other Disney 3D re-releases. The 3D version of The Little Mermaid did, however, play for a limited engagement at the El Capitan Theatre from September to October 2013.

The latest film to utilize the Disney Digital 3-D name was Ralph Breaks the Internet, which released in November 21, 2018. The brand has quietly retired since.

List of Disney Digital 3-D films Feature films Original releases Title Release date Chicken Little November 4, 2005 Meet the Robinsons March 30, 2007 Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert February 1, 2008 Bolt November 21, 2008 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience February 27, 2009 Up May 29, 2009 G-Force July 24, 2009 A Christmas Carol November 6, 2009 Alice in Wonderland March 5, 2010 Toy Story 3 June 18, 2010 Tangled November 24, 2010 Tron: Legacy December 17, 2010 Mars Needs Moms March 11, 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides May 20, 2011 Cars 2 June 24, 2011 John Carter March 9, 2012 Frankenweenie October 5, 2012 Wreck-It Ralph November 2, 2012 Oz the Great and Powerful March 8, 2013 Monsters University June 21, 2013 Planes August 9, 2013 Frozen November 27, 2013 The Pirate Fairy February 13, 2014 (International) April 1, 2014 (Vudu) Maleficent May 30, 2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue July 18, 2014 Big Hero 6 November 7, 2014 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast March 3, 2015 (Vudu) Inside Out June 19, 2015 The Good Dinosaur November 25, 2015 The Finest Hours January 29, 2016 Zootopia March 4, 2016 The Jungle Book April 15, 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass May 27, 2016 Finding Dory June 17, 2016 The BFG July 1, 2016 Pete's Dragon August 12, 2016 Moana November 23, 2016 Beauty and the Beast March 17, 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales May 26, 2017 Cars 3 June 16, 2017 Coco November 22, 2017 A Wrinkle in Time March 9, 2018 Incredibles 2 June 15, 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms November 2, 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet November 21, 2018

Reissues Title Release date The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) October 20, 2006 Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999) October 2, 2009 Toy Story (1995) September 12, 2025 The Lion King (1994) September 16, 2011 Beauty and the Beast (1991) January 13, 2012 Finding Nemo (2003) September 14, 2012 Monsters, Inc. (2001) December 19, 2012 The Little Mermaid (1989) September 13 - October 13, 2013 (El Capitan Theatre)

Short films

Original releases TitleRelease dateReleased withKnick Knack (Pixar Animation Studios)October 20, 2006The Nightmare Before Christmas (Skellington Productions)Working for PeanutsMarch 30, 2007Meet the RobinsonsTokyo Mater (Pixar Animation Studios)December 12, 2008Bolt (Walt Disney Animation Studios)Partly CloudyMay 29, 2009UpDay & NightJune 18, 2010Toy Story 3Hawaiian Vacation June 24, 2011Cars 2Air Mater November 1, 2011Cars 2 Blu-rayTangled Ever After January 13, 2012Beauty and the BeastLa LunaJune 22, 2012BraveSmall FryJuly 26, 2012Vudu releasePartysaurus RexSeptember 14, 2012Finding NemoPapermanNovember 2, 2012Wreck-It RalphFor the BirdsDecember 19, 2012Monsters, Inc.The Blue UmbrellaJune 21, 2013Monsters UniversityGet a Horse!November 27, 2013FrozenFeastNovember 7, 2014Big Hero 6LavaJune 19, 2015Inside OutSanjay's Super TeamNovember 25, 2015The Good DinosaurPiperJune 17, 2016Finding DoryInner WorkingsNovember 23, 2016MoanaLouJune 16, 2017Cars 3Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Walt Disney Animation Studios)November 22, 2017Coco (Pixar Animation Studios)BaoJune 15, 2018Incredibles 2

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