Archive for December, 2008
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
We've posted the teaser to the film, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, the sequel to the 2006 film.
Directed by Shawn Levy, the film sees the return of Ben Stiller as bumbling night watchman, Larry Daley.
The film opens May 22, 2009 to conventional and IMAX theaters.
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
The trailer to the upcoming Dreamworks' film, Monsters vs. Aliens, is now online.
Directed by Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon and starring Reese Witherspoon, the film follows a rag-tag group of monsters enlisted by the government to defeat an alien invasion and save the earth from imminent destruction.
The film opens March ...
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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
ComingSoon.net has posted a behind-the-scenes image from James Cameron's upcoming film, Avatar.
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
An IMAX theater is in the works to be built in Mani Square Mall in Kolkata, India. The Times of India reports:
"Apart from Dark Night, King Fu Panda, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Eagle Eye that were released last year, we should screen Transformers 2, Madagascar 2, ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
The Free Lance-Star takes a look at the Science Museum of Virginia's Ethyl IMAX Dome theater, the largest movie screen in Virginia:
Putting films like "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa" on the IMAX Dome requires more than an ordinary projector to produce its massive, ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
New images to the film Watchmen have been added to BMZ.
Billy Crudup as Dr. Manhattan
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. The film opens March 6, 2009 in IMAX and conventional ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
The Orlando Sentinel's entertainment blog writes about a disappointing visit to AMC Altamonte's 18 digital IMAX theater:
But not all IMAX screens are created equal. The company is expanding its big screen reach, but it's doing it without spending the money to put bigger screens in place.
Thus, does Doug in Orlando ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Associated Press reports:
Shares of Imax Corp. rose Tuesday as consumers seem to be increasingly embracing the Canadian company's large-screen format, an analyst said.
Imax's average per screen sales are three and a half times the national average, according to Morgan Joseph & Co.'s Jeffrey Blaeser. The weekend's No. 1 film at ...
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Maya Cinemas has signed a development agreement with the San Bernardino City Council to renovate and expand the closed CinemaStar movie complex. The renovation will include a 3D IMAX screen. The Press-Enterprise reports:
[Maya's president and chief operating officer Frank] Haffar said he plans to open the new IMAX ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that The Day The Earth Stood Still, which opened number one at the domestic box office, generated an estimated $31 million, with 123 IMAX® theatres contributing approximately $3.7 million to the domestic total. From Friday, December 12, through Sunday December 14, the ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
We’ve added a few more images to the Under the Sea 3D photo gallery.
The new IMAX 3D adventure will transport moviegoers to some of the most exotic and isolated under sea locations on earth, including Southern Australia, New Guinea and others in the Indo-Pacific region and allow them to experience ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Warner Bros. and IMAX Corporation will run an experiment at the IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center in West Nyack, New York by offering tickets via Bluetooth. The Times Herald-Record reports:
Patrons can go to the large-format theater and, using the Bluetooth connection on their cell phones, download an exclusive 30-second ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
The Boston Business Journal reports:
The New England Aquarium will receive 20 percent of its electricity for free, donated by its electricity provider.
Suez Energy Resources NA said Monday that it would purchase 1.6 megawatt-hours of renewable energy credits on behalf of the New England Aquarium and provide an equal amount of ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Financial Post reports:
Investors Cliff Cohen and Marvin Neil Silver are asking Justice Katherine van Rensburg to allow them to bring a class action on behalf of shareholders against 10 IMAX officers and directors, including CEO Richard Gelfond and chairman Bradley Wechsler.
The plaintiffs want to sue over information related to the ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Jennifer Connelly stars as Dr. Helen Benson, a noted scientist who tries to unravel the mystery surrounding the arrival of an alien being. Photo credit: Doane Gregory. ™ and © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All right reserved.
Twentieth Century Fox's The Day the Earth Stood Still topped ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
The Australian takes a closer look into the Hoyts-IMAX deal that will develop new digital IMAX screens at Sydney's Moore Park, Maribyrnong in Melbourne, Cannington in Perth, and a to-be-determined fourth location in Melbourne.
The partnership is part of a global push for Imax, which is expanding in the US, Britain, ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego will open its newly renovated IMAX dome theater this weekend. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports:
“Where do you begin? It's a totally new theater. This is now the world's best IMAX dome theater. It's not the biggest; it's just the best,” ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
North Count Times reports:
North San Diego County is scheduled to get its first IMAX movie theater in early 2009, when the large-format projection system will be installed at the Regal Escondido Stadium 16, a company official said Thursday.
The theater was chosen because of its popularity, said Robbie Arrington, marketing manager ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
J.J. Abrams' Vision of the Greatest Space Adventure of All Time to Run in Select IMAX Theatres
Paramount Pictures and IMAX Corporation today announced that Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams ("Mission: Impossible III", "Lost" and "Alias"), will be simultaneously released to both IMAX® and conventional theatres worldwide on May 8, ...
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Friday, December 12th, 2008
Bradley J. Wechsler to Become Sole Chairman of the Board of IMAX Effective April 1, 2009; Richard L. Gelfond to Become Sole CEO and Remain Member of the Board
Wechsler to Focus Primarily on Corporate Strategy, Governance and Business Development; Gelfond to Lead Execution of Business, Strategy and Operations
IMAX Corporation today ...
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