Archive for June, 2008
Monday, June 30th, 2008
MacGillivray Freeman Films is in current production for the upcoming Giant Screen films, Arabia 3D and To the Arctic 3D.
This past winter and spring, the MFF film crew spent a four-month sojourn in Arabia, filming everyday life in Arabia as well as historical reenactments. Co-producer Shaun MacGillivray says, "We ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Environmentalist Robert Kennedy, Jr. recently spoke on water conservation in the Grand Canyon and Colorado River following a screening of MacGillivray Freeman Films' Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog has a short write-up on the event:
The highlight of the evening, for me, though, was hearing ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Here's even more news on The Dark Knight. BMZ has posted the UK/international trailer to the film revealing more footage:
BMZ Film Page >>
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
In a recent article, The Baltimore Sun takes a look at the upcoming slate of 3D films, commenting on the genre's move away from gimmicky stunts to depth of storytelling. Among the films covered is nWave's upcoming, Fly Me to the Moon, which follow three houseflies as they hitch ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Per a New York Post article, The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience is selling out shows three weeks in advance. The AMC Loews IMAX theater in Lincoln Square is reporting three sold-out showing for the July 18 opening of the film.
"It makes sense that there's a rush for tickets -- ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The Detroit News has a short feature on the Giant Screen film, Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs, currently showing at the Detroit Science Center's IMAX Dome Theatre.
Keith Melton, the film's director, says he and the film crew ventured to Egypt and Morocco, chronicling the archaeological journey.
"Honestly, I learned so much." ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the IMAX theater in Colleyville, Texas will re-open in mid-August. The theater originally closed on January 18 when its previous operator, MC Colleyville, filed for bankruptcy.
Schulman Partners has struck a deal to operate the former Metro Cinema theater and may eventually buy it from ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
ComingSoon.net has posted a full photo gallery for upcoming film, The Dark Knight.
They also note huge ticket sales for the film on Fandango:
Fandango reported today that pre-sales are huge for the film so far and that extra night screenings have been added!
Fandango is reporting dozens of showtimes for The Dark ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight received its first public screening at the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam's Pathe IMAX Theater. In a recent article from Variety, IMAX's Greg Foster elaborates on IMAX's involvement with the film:
"In these days when it is harder and harder to get people out of the ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Blu-ray.com reports:
Warner Home Video has announced that they will bring the two IMAX features 'Cosmic Voyage/Destiny in Space' and 'Space Station/Mission to Mir' for Blu-ray on October 14th. Both releases will come on BD-25s featuring 1.66:1 1080p video and a Dolby Digital soundtrack. There are no extras for either release ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter features the unveiling of Sony's new 4K projector at Cinema Expo 2008 in Amsterdam:
Sony has unveiled a 4K digital projector with easy adaptability to 3-D projection. Previously, two of the pricey projectors were necessary to rig an auditorium for 4K 3-D, preventing the wide use of the ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Up on BMZ is a clip from The Dark Knight featuring an enticing glimpse of villain, Two-Face, played by Aaron Eckhart.
Watch the clip:
Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight comes out July 18 to IMAX and conventional theaters.
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Anchorage Daily News reports:
In addition to a Target and several other stores new to the Anchorage retail scene, a new mega-mall rising out of the gravel in Muldoon will offer up the state's first IMAX theater and possibly a new hotel.
Regal Entertainment Group plans to build a 17-screen cinema -- ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Wired recently posted an extensive interview with The Dark Knight director, Christopher Nolan, where they discuss Nolan's preference to real stunts over digital effects, as well as his experience filming in IMAX:
Nolan had an ally in [Director of Photography Wally] Pfister, his collaborator on every film since the 2000 sleeper ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
National Geographic's Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure will be released to DVD and Blu-ray formats tomorrow, Tuesday, June 24.
The film takes viewers back to the Late Cretaceous, when a great inland sea divided North America in two. The film follows a curious and adventurous dolichorhynchops -- familiarly known as a ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
The Niagara Falls Review reports on the latest development between competing attractions IMAX Niagara Falls and Niagara's Fury. Although, the IMAX Niagara Falls had proposed a cross-promotion between the IMAX theater and the Fury, the Niagara Parks Commission dismissed the proposal saying they won't play favorites:
In a private meeting ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Oceans 3D, the latest project from brothers and filmmakers, Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (Dolphins & Whales 3D, Sharks 3D), has entered the digital 3D post-production phase. The film tells the story of Aris the sea turtle who embarks on a journey across the oceans in search of the origin ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
BMZ has recently posted the trailer to the upcoming Giant Screen movie, Outside In. The film journeys from the big bang to the Cassini-Huygens Mission at Saturn, and is composed entirely of still photographs using innovative visual techniques developed by the filmmaker.
Watch the trailer:
More information on this film can ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Tickets are now on sale for The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience at 18 Regal Entertainment locations throughout the United States. The film opens Friday, July 18, and will feature six sequences filmed with IMAX® cameras including the opening six minutes. This marks the first time ever that ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at the IMAX's upcoming switch from 70mm film projection to digital:
Next month, the company will roll out the first three digital Imax installations with exhibitor AMC Entertainment -- two in Washington and one in Baltimore. Three more will debut in August in Philadelphia. Imax ...
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