You Can Revel In The 3D Version Of Michael Jackson's Superhit 'Thriller,' Which Will Hit The Market By 2015

Next year, Michael Jackson's 14-minute music video for "Thriller" will be reborn in 3D. The music video's director, John Landis, has finally settled a legal spat with the Jackson family and is now finally working on the 3D version of "Thriller." Landis hopes that the video could get released in Blu-ray and even in theaters, which is a totally new platform for the video, according to the New York Daily News.

The original video was rated as the "most expensive clip of its time" and "the greatest video of all time" by Rolling Stone readers. In 1983, as MTV was soaring in popularity, "Thriller" cost an astronomical $500,000, which was 10 times the cost of the average video. Yet, it sold over 51 million copies. "Thriller" was even inducted into the National Film Registry in 2009 by the Library of Congress.

Six months before Jackson died in 2009, Landis filed a lawsuit accusing Jackson of "fraudulent, malicious and oppressive conduct" in the "Thriller" video, according to Rolling Stones. Landis demanded 50 percent of the net profits of the video that was suspected to cost around $1 million.

Landis' lawsuit had dragged on for years, but finally, it got settled and he got paid. Landis, who also directed "The Animal House" and "Blues Brothers," and who lured Michael Jackson into hiring him for "Thriller," did not reveal more facts about the case, and is now turning his attention to revamping "Thriller" -- which he claims will be a "highly polished and three-dimensional way" that would excite everyone. The director has been "working non-stop" on the video for 14 months, according to Daily Mail.

Sources of the same publication also reported that Jackson had hoped to include a 3D version of "Thriller" into the "This Is It" London residency. The estate is also thinking of making a "Thriller" video game, either in a dance form or a "zombie-style, shoot-'em-up-style movie."