John Landis‘ 3D version of Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller,” will debut at the Venice Film Festival along with a documentary of the making-of. Landis, known for directing Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London and of course, the original “Thriller” music video, told Billboard Magazine, “All of the copies of, “Thriller” out there now are duped…and it used to drive me crazy. I’d been trying to get to the negative for a long time as the new digital technologies are amazing at restoring films. And Michael and I always intended for people to see, “Thriller” in a movie theater.”
Landis believes he didn’t just restore the music video but enhanced it with the additional 3D. The Venice Film Festival takes place at the end of the month and Thriller is expected to arrive in a limited release in theaters after.
