Hey, Zombie Fans! ‘Dawn of the Dead’ Goes 3-D

George A. Romero’s classic zombie flick Dawn of the Dead is headed into theaters in as a 3-D movie!Zombie fans around the universe are shouting a big woo-hoo on that.

The 3-D company, In-Three, will use its proprietary process to turn the 1978 indie horror flick into 3-D.

How it works: Patented software tools and techniques are used to create a second image from a 2-D image. Each frame is then “dimensionalized,” meaning that all objects are moved forward or backward from the screen or in relation to one another to achieve the desired effect.

The project is expected to be completed within the year.

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So far the only legacy 2-D film that’s been converted and re-released in digital 3-D is Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, which Disney released in October 2006 in 168 theaters, grossing $8.7 million. Disney reissued the film in October and plans to repeat this year and in 2009.

There are slightly more than 1,000 3-D-ready digital screens in the domestic market, and that number is expected to grow.

Image: Dawn of the Dead, United Film Distribution Co., 1978

Source: The Hollywood Reporter