Deseret News examines the future of 3D cinema

Deseret News examines the future of 3D cinema, and takes a look at the latest 3D film to hit theaters, Fly Me to the Moon 3D. Fly Me director, Ben Stassen, predicts 3D as “the next big step in cinematic evolution.”

Fly Me to the Moon director Ben Stassen. (Summitt Entertainment)

“Fly Me” is opening on more than 1,000 screens in the United States, which according to Stassen makes it the biggest, purely 3-D release to date.

“It’s very exciting. We get to be on the forefront of this new filmmaking movement,” he said from Los Angeles, where he was helping promote the new movie.

“Fly Me to the Moon” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” which was released in both 2-D and 3-D versions, may be the first of many 3-D movies to come.

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UPDATE: In other Ben Stassen news, his upcoming projects include Horror Tour and Around the World in 50 Years. The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop:

[Ben Stassen] is beginning preparations on a stereoscopic live action film titled “Horror Tour.” He expects to shoot next spring or summer.

Additionally, through Illuminata Pictures and his nWave Pictures–which made “Fly”–he is also helming a second 3-D computer animated feature titled “Around the World in 50 Years,” which tells the story of a sea turtle.

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