Disney going 3D Re-Release crazy

Anyone who follows movies should have seen this coming. Following a smash re-release of The Lion King in 3D, which opened to a #1, $30 million, September weekend. Disney has let loose a slate of 3D re-releases coming at us over the next few years. Announced today are limited engagement 3D updates to four more Disney(and Pixar) classics. Beauty and the Beast starts things off on January 18, 2012. Followed by Finding Nemo bowing on September 14, 2012 followed by Monsters, Inc. on January 18, 2013 and finally The Little Mermaid on September 13, 2013.

So get ready for a 3D re-release of your insert-blank classic animated movie. Oh and expect every other studio to do the same, and not just with animated movies.