UPDATED: Exhibitors aren't likely to react well to Sony letter saying the studio will stop footing the bill for RealD glasses, which can cost studios $5 million to $10 million per blockbuster release.

Sony Pictures doesn’t want to pay for 3D glasses anymore, and is telling movie theaters that starting next May, they’ll have to cough up the cash, TheWrap has confirmed.

Last week, Sony Pictures and theatrical exhibitors broke into a fight over who would pick up the tab for 3D glasses on Men in Black 3.The film studio eventually backed down after executives at ...

Sony has filed a US patent for 3D glasses that can be used with any 3D TV set. The glasses use a variety of downloadable software and interchangeable modules that hold out the promise of cheaper ...

Sony issued a heads-up Tuesday to exhibs and theatergoers: Next summer, its 3D pics will be BYOG. The studio announced plans to stop subsidizing 3D glasses next May with “Men in Black III” and ...

Sony wants to work with Nintendo to promote 3D gaming, but says Nintendo needs to quit “bashing” Sony’s glasses-based technology first. Nintendo’s 3DS made a pretty big splash when it ...

By May of next year, Sony will no longer provide theaters with 3D glasses for its movies—including The Amazing Spider-Man and Men in Black III. Skip to main content Menu ...

Sony has of course bet big on stereoscopic 3D, investing heavily in the tech for its TVs, movies and gaming on the PlayStation 3. But for many, having to wear active-shutter glasses to see 3D ...

Sony; Sony: Please Be Nice to 3D Glasses, ... President of Sony's Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida is happy that Nintendo has joined Sony aboard the 3D train with its reveal of the 3DS handheld.