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The Monkey King character from Chinese folklore will be revived in a $60 million 3-D blockbuster starring Donnie Yen and Chow Yun-fat, as local filmmakers try to match the massive success of "Avatar" by launching their own productions in the new format.

By purchasing the company, Microsoft will have access to chips that, when combined with a digital camera, allow things like cars, toys and computers to perceive the world in three dimensions.

Johnny Knoxville and his "Jackass" gang are even bigger hits in three dimensions. Jackass 3D," their latest big-screen collection of crazy stunts and antics, opened with a whopping $50 million, soaring past the debuts of their first two movies, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Wow, looks like stupidity is even better in 3-D. At least that’s what Johnny Knoxville and his crew of American idiots proved yesterday, pulling in an astounding $20 million on Friday for a weekend that’s bound to hit $40 million even if moviegoers drop off after Jackass 3D‘s opening night. The Bruce Willis-Helen Mirren-starrer Red also had a solid beginning, earning approximately $7 million on Friday for a three-day that could reach $20 million.

In an unexpected move, Warner Bros. announced today that "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1" will only be released in 2-D in both conventional and IMAX theaters.

As if the gun-toting action in Call of Duty: Black Ops wasn t expected to feel real enough in high definition, Activision Blizzard Inc. announced Tuesday that the latest entry in its successful first-person-shooter video game franchise would be released in 3-D.

Ceatec doesn't officially start until tomorrow, but Toshiba is already getting the lion's share of the buzz here on the show floor, with its Glasses-less 3D TV.

Exclusive: Date could put Cameron's "Titanic" in theaters mere weeks after the 3D reissue of George Lucas' "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace."

George Lucas is set to re-release the six "Star Wars" films in 3-D, beginning in 2012 with one film annually led by "The Phantom Menace."

Nintendo said it will launch its 3-D hand-held videogame system in February, damping speculation that it would launch the product in time for the year-end holiday shopping season.