The much anticipated 3-D version of Michael Jackson's 1983 game-changing "Thriller" video directed by John Landis had its world-premier at the Venice Film Festival.
Landis and Michael Jackson estate co-executor John Branca termed the video as a preamble to bigger announcements regarding upcoming Jackson legacy projects.
"Now we have 'Thriller' 3-D, and two more announcements are coming up in the next couple of weeks.
"Michael had an expression: 'The quality goes in before the name goes on.' So we are not ready to announce them yet," Branca told Variety.
Landis recalled that one of the most surreal things about making the zombie-ridden "Thriller" video was Jackson's friends.
"He introduced me to Spanky Mc Farland and to Marlon Brando," he said.
Landis went on to recount the most surprising encounter he made on the "Thriller" shoot.
"We were shooting the cemetery scene in a meat-packing plant in a bad part of LA... Mike asked to see me, so I stepped up to his Winnebago. I knocked, and he said: 'John, do you know Mrs Onassis?' I was, like, what? It was just the last person I expected!"
Landis said at first he thought the new 3-D conversion would be a gimmick, and was keen about the project primarily because it would allow the negative to be restored. But in the process of doing the conversion, he realised that 3-D "really enhances it, especially the dance" aspect of the video.
The short has not been re-edited or re-cut, but the sound has been enhanced.
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