Heat Vision: Beauty and the Beast 3D Delayed Indefinitely

It's getting a limited release in New Zealand shortly, but it's been delayed till 2012 or later in the States. According to the Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, it's all part of a bigger plan:

After all, converting pics to 3D costs $15 million or so per movie and theatrical prospects are limited for any re-release. So the campaign is really all about the eventual release of “Toy Story 3D,” “Beauty and the Beast 3D” and other converted animated features on Blu-ray disc.

A mercy killing.