News - Martin Scorsese
Manny Pacquiao; multi-award winning musician, lyricist and poet Erykah Badu; and film-making visionary and philanthropist Martin Scorsese
3D, Inc., the leading innovator in 2D-to-3D conversion technology, is pleased to announce its role as a primary conversion partner for two of the films honored in the 2012 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects category. Legend3D was selected as the sole conversion partner to seamlessly convert invaluable vintage scenes for Martin Scorsese's stereoscopic debut film, Hugo, which collected three International 3D Society Creative Arts Awards on Feb. 1. Tasked with working with Michael Bay to utilize conversion technology, Legend3D
HUGO makes its highly-anticipated debut on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD, all with UltraViolet(TM), On Demand and for Digital Download on February 28, 2012 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Recipient of more Academy Award nominations than any other film, HUGO was honored with 11 total--including Best Picture and Best Director--and has already won Martin Scorsese the Golden Globe for Best Director, was named the best film of 2011 by the National Board of Review, and was cited by more than 150 critics as one of the top 10 films of the year including writers for Associated Press, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Time, Entertainment Weekly, New Yorker, New York Daily News and The Hollywood Reporter, among others. Called "magical and enchanting" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times) and "one of the wonders of the world you need to see" (David Edelstein, New York Magazine), HUGO
Leonardo DiCaprio and Olivia Harrison will present "Hugo" director Martin Scorsese with the Critics' Choice Music+Film Award, in addition to a special musical tribute from Bob Dylan at the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. Hosted by comedians Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel
