Metallica have plans to release a 3D movie later this year.
James Hetfield, Metallica. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.
Metallica, who has a history of bucking new trends in music and technology, are going where few have so far and putting out the 3D film.
Some media sources have mentioned the movie over the last couple of months and, now, the group have gone onto their website to confirm the project:
As you know, we generally make it a policy not to comment on gossip or rumors, but we also pride ourselves on being first with ‘TALLICA news. So, with that said, the more astute of you may have noticed a couple of mentions in trade publications, and most recently in the new issue of Rolling Stone, that a METALLICA 3D movie is in the works. We’re here to tell you that, yes, there is indeed a 3D project in the very early stages of production! We wish we could tell you more right now, but we don’t have all the finer points nailed down just yet. What we can tell you is that we are planning on being in a theatre near you sometime in 2013 and as you hear us say ever so often, this will be the space for all the details as we finalize them.
At this time, nobody is saying whether this is a documentary, a concert film or some other type of project.
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