3D might be slowly overcoming its gimmicky status in cinema (though we're still not 100% convinced), but it seems to be leading to another issue - lengthy post-production periods delaying movies. The latest apparent victim? Resident Evil: Afterlife.
Yes, with Paul WS Anderson shooting the latest Resident Evil franchise outing in 3D, Sony is now likely to delay the film's release from the planned August 2010 US date to give the director and his post-production team more time to finish the thing.
Ironically, the rumoured move to January 2011 would put it into direct competition with Joss Whedon's horror Cabin In The Woods, which itself was delayed so 3D tweaks could be applied.
Star Milla Jovovich, however, immediately jumped onto Twitter to downplay the likelihood of the move: "RE Afterlife IS NOT officially pushed. There have been talks of pushing it as they are not sure they can have it ready by July. We are trying as hard as we can to still meet the summer deadline though, so for the moment it's still on for August."
Not to pour cold water on Milla's opinion (she is, after all, married to the director and in a position to know), Empire spoke to a studio rep today who had heard about the planned shift.
Can you wait that little bit longer for more zombie action? Or are you sitting back and grinning at the schadenfreude?