Re-rendering the film is expected to take 10 months and will be handled in-house at Walt Disney Feature Animation, headed by Sara Duran-Singer, senior vp worldwide postproduction.

“By going back to the original animation files, which have been carefully archived for 17 years, and using the separate background, effects and character animation elements, we’re able to come up with a fun and unique 3-D experience for existing and new fans of the film,” Hahn said.

Disney’s digital 3-D lineup for 2009 includes “Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Movie,” to be released on Feb. 27; Disney/Pixar’s “Up” (May 29); “G-Force,” from Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films (July 24); the newly re-rendered Disney digital 3-D debut of Disney/Pixar’s “Toy Story” (Oct. 2); and “A Christmas Carol,” from Robert Zemeckis (Nov. 6), starring Jim Carrey in multiple roles. 

In 2010, the studio will roll out a 3-D version of “Toy Story 2″; Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland,” starring Johnny Depp; “Toy Story 3,” from Disney/Pixar; “Rapunzel”; and, from Touchstone Pictures, “Step Up 3.”