'Journey' to 3-D rife with pitfalls

July 09, 2008 Expediting installations in dozens of sites during the past several weeks, 3-D vendor RealD will implement almost 100 additional screens in time for Friday's bow of the adventure film "Journey to the Center of the Earth." Yet it's been clear for some time that "Journey" distributor Warners, which now handles all of New Line's releases, would have to rely heavily on those conventional venues in trying to mount a decent theatrical run. [...] the film's extra-dimensional aspects have been more muted in recent marketing materials for the Brendan Fraser starrer.

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