Michael Jackson s Thriller video in 3-D released

Venice Sep 5 (IANS) The much anticipated 3-D version of the 1983 "Thriller" directed by John Landis has been unveiled at the Venice International Film Festival.

Landis and late king of pop Michael Jackson estate co-executor John Branca called it a preamble to bigger announcements regarding upcoming Jackson legacy projects reports variety.com.

"Now we have ‘Thriller 3-D and two more announcements are coming up in the next couple of weeks " Branca said declining to elaborate further.

"Michael had an expression: ‘The quality goes in before the name goes on. So we are not ready to announce them yet " Branca added.

On whether there may be an album coming of unreleased recordings from the vaults Branca said: "I don t foresee us releasing any more unreleased music for quite some time."

"That doesn t mean there won t be interesting (new) record releases in the very near future " he added.

Landis said at first he thought the new 3-D conversion would be merely a gimmick and was keen about the project primarily because it would allow the negative to be restored reports variety.com.

But in the process of doing the conversion he realised that 3-D "really enhances it especially the dance" aspect of the video. The short has not been re-edited or re-cut but the sound has been enhanced.

How and when the 3-D "Thriller" short will be released is still being kept under wraps. However Landis assured that it would be a "cinematic experience".

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