The DataDirect systems can also handle more post-production digital intermediate work, Tran said, allowing artists to do color correction and add special effects in real time. Altogether, the upgrade to 4Gbit/sec. cost between $1.2 million and $1.3 million, Tran said.

Other recent or upcoming movies the company is working or has recently completed include The Wicker Man, John Tucker Must Die and the next Sylvester Stallone Rocky movie. But making movies happen doesn't mean getting to sit down with the end product: Tran notes that he can't remember what he saw the last time he went to the movies, which was several months ago.