Archive for November, 2008
Monday, November 24th, 2008
USA Today has posted a photo gallery of the upcoming film, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.
The sequel to the 2006 film sees Ben Stiller returning as night watchmen Larry Daley. Directed by Shawn Levy, the film will be released to IMAX and conventional theaters May 22, ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Wall St. Nation takes a look at IMAX stock following their 5-picture deal with Walt Disney Studios:
Right now if you try and buy shares of IMAX on Scottrade you have to call your broker to execute the trade, they want to know who's buying. Makes you wonder.
The short float ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
FirstShowing.net is reporting the J.J. Abrams helmed film, Star Trek, will be receiving an IMAX release:
If things couldn't get any better then they were, it looks like J.J. Abrams' Star Trek will be showing in IMAX theaters next year. While it wasn't necessarily shot with IMAX cameras, the film will ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
The beautiful Evergreen Aviation Museum facility is situated just off Highway 18 on the outskirts of McMinnville. The 121,000 square foot facility is home to the Hughes Flying Boat Spruce Goose and more than fifty other historic aircraft. Credit: Katherine Huit / Evergreen Aviation Museum.
Aero-News.Net reports:
The Evergreen Aviation & Space ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Pass Provides Opportunity To See Unlimited IMAX 3D Films
Myrtle Beach, SC (PRWEB) November 20, 2008 -- IMAX® 3D Myrtle Beach, located at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach, S.C. is offering an annual pass for $35. The pass can be ordered online at https://secure.ticket-ops.com/Imax_Myrtle_Beach/eDirect.
The annual pass includes:
Unlimited admission to ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 24, 2008 – After three and a half months of extensive renovations and technology upgrades, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center plans to reopen its Space Theater on Saturday, December 13, 2008, with three new IMAX films showing daily on the 76-foot tilted dome screen. Audiences ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
The Light Before Christmas, a stop-motion animated film by Tandem Motion Picture Studios, has been released to IMAX and other Giant Screen theaters.
The film follows two children, Katie and Makean, who after losing their way on a cold, blustery Christmas eve, are rescued by their friend, The Candleman, an old ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
An IMAX theater may be coming to Charleston, South Carolina. According to Southeast Cinemas, a Charlotte-based company, an IMAX theater may be installed at the currently-in-development Citadel Mall Stadium 16. The Charleston City Paper reports:
Bryan Smith, Southeast Cinemas spokesperson, would not confirm or deny that an IMAX would ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
IMAX Chairman and President of Film Entertainment, Greg Foster, recently spoke with Monsters and Critics about IMAX's upcoming film slate:
Will documentaries that are action tinged outweigh films for future distribution?
Foster: We are very committed to the original documentary business which is an essential part of IMAX’s history.
We select films ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
The Zion Canyon Giant Screen Theatre in Springdale, Utah is now capable of showing 3D films. The St. George Spectrum reports:
Using 3-D technology that can only be described as cutting edge, the theater now boasts a projection system that "didn't exist a year ago" and is "the first one ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
John and Siena Harlin. (Photo courtesy: MacGillivray Freeman Films. Copyright by: Holcim.)
The recently released Blu-ray edition of MacGillivray Freeman Films' The Alps gets positively reviewed on DVDTown.com:
The Alps: IMAX is the first IMAX feature that I've seen in a home setting. I was worried that the experience would be diminished ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
With the recently signed five-picture deal between Disney and IMAX, analysts look at how Hollywood has come to view IMAX. The Associated Press reports:
Marla Backer of Soleil Securities Group Inc. said the Disney agreement, which follows a deal Imax signed with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., shows the studios understand ...
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Epic Fantasy From Director Robert Zemeckis Aan Starring Jim Carrey Leads Impressive Line-Up
Disney's A Christmas Carol, the spectacular 3D 2009 holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, will be the first film from The Walt Disney Studios slated for IMAX ® theatres under a new five-picture arrangement ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at the upcoming Giant Screen film, Van Gogh: Brush with Genius.
This Imax Theater documentary, from MacGillivray Freeman Films, provides the visceral thrill of seeing numerous masterworks by the painter in visually dazzling fashion, even if its narrative style leaves something to be desired. The ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
The fourth production webisode for Under the Sea 3D has been posted on the film's official website.
The video features footage shot in The Great Barrier Reef along with behind-the-scenes footage of filmmakers Howard and Michelle Hall, and the Under the Sea film crew.
The sequel to Deep Sea 3D will ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
IMAX Corporation today announced that Bradley J. Wechsler, Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of IMAX Corporation, will present at the Imperial Capital's Global Opportunities Conference on Tuesday, November 18th at 2:45 pm Eastern Time. The conference is being held at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City.
The presentation is being ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
The Associated Press reports:
The Duluth Omnimax Theater will probably close when its lease is up in 2011.
Dan Russell, the director of the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, says another shortfall is predicted for this year. That would mean the theater has operated in the red for several years.
The Omnimax opened in ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
MTV has debuted the newest trailer for upcoming film, The Day the Earth Stood Still.
In 20th Century Fox's contemporary reinvention of its 1951 classic, Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. The film opens December 12 in IMAX and conventional theaters.
BMZ ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov. 17 - Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation today announced that Jim Carrey will narrate Under the Sea 3D, the third IMAX(R) 3D co-production between the two companies. Scheduled to be released to IMAX(R) theatres beginning on February 13, 2009, Under the Sea 3D will ...
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Up on BMZ is a short featurette from DreamWorks Animation on the upcoming film, Monsters vs. Aliens. The clip features the directors of the film, Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon, and has behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the film.
The film will be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience® ...
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