The 3-D update of the animated Disney classic Beauty and the Beast has been pushed back to sometime in 2011.
Disney-Pixar animation chief John Lasseter told MTV that no date had been chosen for releasing the film, which was originally due out Feb. 12. Next year will be the 20th anniversary of the original release of Beauty and the Beast, which was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
The new 3-D version of the film has been in the works for some time, and preview footage was shown last summer at Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Lasseter says that while he’s very enthusiastic about 3-D, updating the studios’ classic films to the new format is not a top priority.
“We don’t have any plans yet for further 3D-izing of our older films,” he told MTV. “But it’s always a possibility. I’m excited that people are loving 3-D and it seems to be not just a fad, but something that will stay.”
Pixar released in October 3-D versions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in advance of this summer’s Toy Story 3 in 3-D.
