Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
A few more pics from the film, Wild Ocean 3D, have been added to our BMZ film page. The photo above depicts an underwater fight between sardines and gannets.
The film explores the massive feeding frenzy that takes place every year in the oceans of South Africa as billions of fish ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Williams-Grand Canyon News reports on the ever-changing location of a proposed 3D theater in Williams. Developers working with MacGillivray Freeman Films are attempting to find a suitable location for the 3D theater which plans to show a special Williams version of the giant screen film, Grand Canyon Adventure: River ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
ComingSoon.net has posted an exclusive clip from Kung Fu Panda which features the prison escape of evil warrior Tai Lung.
Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po -- Kung Fu's biggest fan -- has his dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Though the most recent IMAX DMR releases have proven box office duds, The Money Times sees a brighter outlook for IMAX stock with the upcoming DMR films, Kung Fu Panda and The Dark Knight:
My favorite play in this sector is IMAX (Nasdaq: IMAX). The big-screen operator has been making headlines ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel reports on Regal Entertainment Group's plan to equip 1,500 of its screens with 3D technology. Their partnership with RealD has already equipped 130 Regal screens with 3D:
In the theater and film industries, 3-D and IMAX are viewed as the latest innovations that can continue to attract ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Eight-time world champion Kelly Slater will star in the upcoming 3D documentary film, Ultimate Wave 3D. Directed by Stephen Low, the film follows scientists and surfers as they seek to better understand and experience one of the planet's most intriguing and dramatic phenomena, the ocean wave. The film ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Another four production stills from the upcoming The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger have been posted on BMZ's DK film page. The movie features a number of scenes shot in IMAX and will hit theaters on July 18, 2008.
For all the production images, ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Forsaking the laws of physics and the Cartesian coordinate system in one fell swoop, India's first six-dimension (6D) movie screen was launched by Adlabs Cinema on Friday:
In the 6-D theatre, two digital video players play simultaneously and project a 3-D film on the screen. The visitors sit on Smart Motion ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The 3D film, Bugs!, returns to the Entergy IMAX theater located in the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans.
The film coincides with the June 13 opening of the Audubon Insectarium. Narrated by Judi Dench, the film magnifies the miniscule world of insects, and explores the miracle of ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
A special digital 3D presentation of Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D will be shown at the 2008 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival. The screening will be held on Sunday, May 25, followed by an in-depth panel discussion on water issues of the American Southwest.
With water as this year's Festival ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
ABC News interviews filmmaker and storm chaser, Sean Casey, on his quest to capture tornadoes on film. His latest project for IMAX and Giant Screen theaters, Tornado Alley, will examine tornadoes, the people they attract, the scientists who study them, and the awesome spectacle they create. His work ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
We've posted a few more production stills for Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience.
The film follows, Po, a big, enthusiastic and clumsy panda, who is unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy. He thus begins his Kung Fu training alongside his idols -- the legendary fighters Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
A short write-up of IMAX's upcoming digital systems appears in Yahoo Tech. IMAX's multi-theater deal with AMC Entertainment Inc. will install IMAX digital systems in 100 AMC screens throughout the country. A similar deal with Regal Entertainment Group will add IMAX's digital projection systems to 31 theaters:
USA Today reports ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
KOLR 10 reports Dickinson Theatres, Inc. will be adding an IMAX theater to the Springfield 8 Cinema in Springfield, Missouri.
[T]he company says it will remodel the existing theater and add a giant IMAX auditorium. Also, two of the existing auditoriums will get stadium seating.
Restoration of the current Springfield 8 ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Charlotte Huggins, longtime producer of Giant Screen films, discusses with the Kansas City Star her latest project, the 3D film Journey to the Center of the Earth. With a passion for 3D, Charlotte looks to improve on the genre especially with the advent of digital cinema. Here, after ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Bradford Telegraph & Argus profiles the 25th anniversary of the National Media Museum. In celebration the IMAX theatre will be showing the first film shown on its giant screen, To Fly!, first released in 1976 by MacGillivray Freeman Films. Dick Vaughan, Bradford's IMAX theater manager, recounts his experience ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Creative Loafing has a interesting write-up on the weekly event, Martinis & IMAX, held at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History:
Shaken or stirred, dirty or dry, mango or cosmo — no matter how you throw it in a glass, a martini is a classy way to get loaded. Add a ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Autoblog reports a Ferrari IMAX film is in production. No news of this film on the IMAX site or other industry sites, nevertheless, the film should prove of interest to Ferrari and automobile aficionados.
Maranello released these three images of a helicopter buzzing over Fiorano's surface, revealing only that they're ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Action News 24 Erie gives a brief preview of Mysteries of the Great Lakes. The film opens this Friday at the Presque Isle Big Green Screen Theater located in Tom Ridge Environmental Center.
Through several interlocking stories, the film journeys through the greatest lake system in the world, and showcases ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Dreamworks Animation has released an extended scene from Kung Fu Panda. The film comes out to IMAX and conventional theaters June 6.
Watch the dumpling battle below.
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