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Disney plans to release four more classic animations in 3D after the overwhelming success of <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">The Lion King</span> remake.</div>
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Although some were sceptical about the necessity of seeing Mufasa die in three heart-rending dimensions, the larger-than-life big cat conversion topped the US box office in September, taking over $100 million globally to date.</div>
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Next on the 3D make-over list is <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Beauty and the Beast 3D</span>, which will open in January 2012.</div>
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After that, you can look forward to <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Finding Nemo</span> in September 2012, <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Monsters Inc 3D </span>in January 2013 and <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">The Little Mermaid 3D </span>in September 2013.</div>
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"We're thrilled to give audiences of all ages the chance to experience these beloved tales in an exciting new way with 3D," said Alan Bergman, president of Walt Disney Studios, who is no doubt also thrilled about the massive box office receipts.</div>
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While original 3D features may be causing jitters in the movie industry, Disney has the perfect combination of nostalgia, marketing budget and pester power to ensure each 3D conversion is a success.</div>
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None of the proposed conversions are older than 1989, however; presumably converting the earlier hand-animated features like<span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs </span>and <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">Sleeping Beauty</span> will be a more labour-intensive matter.</div>
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Remaking <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">The Lion King </span>in 3D reportedly cost Disney under $10 million.</div>
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Disney plans more 3D classics after Lion King success

Disney plans to release four more classic animations in 3D after the overwhelming success of The Lion King remake. Although some w...

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="150" src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/TechRadar/Home%20Entertainment/Kinect%20Xbox%20360/product_005-200-200.jpg" width="200" /></p><br/>Microsoft has confirmed that its Kinect motion sensor has improved in accuracy since it launched in November 2010.<br/><br/>But that's not the end of it; the company says it has updates for both the Xbox 360 and its Kinect accessory in the works.<br/><br/>Speaking to EuroGamer, Xbox senior product manager David Dennis said, "I think like we showed at E3… a lot of that tech is the advancements we've made in the accuracy, the tracking... being able to show finger tracking in the sparkles demo he did.<br/><br/>"You saw too with Ubisoft's gunsmith demo [for <em>Ghost Recon: Future Soldier</em>] he was using his hand to fire in the firing range mode. I think that's the kind of thing we're going to continue to iterate on."<br/><br/><strong>Clever girl</strong><br/><br/>Speaking of the forthcoming Xbox 360 updates, he added:<br/><br/>"That's the beauty of Xbox. We've been doing that with Xbox 360, starting three or four years ago - continuing to deploy new software updates to improve the functionality, like enabling finger tracking and voice search, and also to bring new partners like Netflix on.<br/><br/>"These [updates] are very deliberate and planned and programmed.<br/><br/>"There are already people working on things for next year and the year after inside our secret bunkers, and we'll continue to bring amazing stuff that consumers love."

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