Taiwanese director Ang Lee wowed the film industry on Saturday with a clip from his upcoming movie "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk".
The 11 minute clip was unveiled at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas. The 3D movie was filmed in an unprecedented 4k resolution, with a 120 frames per second (fps) format.
Howard Lukk, standards director at the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers told the Hollywood Reporter, "It was the most compelling 3D film I have ever seen."
The Hollywood Reporter said the current standard format is 24 fps, while Peter Jackson, director behind "The Lord of the Rings" film franchise tried to push the envelope by adopting 48 fps in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" released in 2012.
Ang Lee’s upcoming film is an adaptation of a book by the same name, written by American writer Ben Fountain. It stars Kristen Stewart from the "Twilight" series and Vin Diesel known for the "Fast & Furious" franchise. A young British actor Joe Alwyn was picked to play the title role, Billy Lynn, a soldier who returned from Iraq and was used to drum up support for the military intervention. The film is scheduled for release in the US on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.