Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
CNBC talks with IMAX Corporation's co-CEO Richard Gelfond at ShoWest:
Gelfond says the company hasn't seen any negative effect from the recession, despite the fact that Imax theaters charge $13 or $14 per ticket, about five dollars more than the average multiplex. Gelfond points out that as home theaters get better ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Via GSCA:
The board of trustees of the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center announces the retirement of Mike Sullivan, effective June 30, 2009. "The Exploreum has achieved so much with Mike at the helm that we are saddened to see him go," says Ron Snider, Exploreum board president. "We wish him ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Sci-Fi Wire talks with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, co-writers on the upcoming film, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The film opens in conventional and IMAX theaters June 24, 2009.
When you say the central character's put to the test, clearly we're talking about Sam [Shia LaBeouf] here, right?
Orci: And ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
cNet reports:
On Tuesday the company announced that theater exhibitors will now be able to play Dolby 3D Digital Cinema content on screen sizes of up to 70 feet (42 feet was the previous cap).
If you went to the "Jonas Brothers 3D Concert Experience!" on a 42-foot screen thinking, "You know ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
In their latest newsletter, MacGillivray Freeman Films celebrates the work of director of photography Brad Ohlund:
MFF's longtime director of photography, Brad Ohlund, is not your typical cinematographer. In 2007 he donned an Inuit caribou parka for the -30°F 10-hour sled ride to the edge of the Arctic Circle's ice floe ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
MacGillivray Freeman Films is finishing up a rough cut of upcoming film, Arabia 3D, for test screenings beginning this summer. MFF has posted images of the Arabia shoot on their news blog:
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Filming a butter lamp ceremony in front of a Nabataen tomb at Madain Saleh.
Follow the link below to ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Studio Confirms Third of Five 3D Releases with IMAX
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX Corporation today announced that Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, will be released to IMAX® ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Blooloop talks with MacGillivray Freeman Films' Steve Judson and Chris Palmer on their work in the Giant Screen industry.
On the heels of the recent Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) film expo in Los Angeles, Blooloop's Judith Rubin and Charles Read connected with Steve Judson (Vice President of Film Production and ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
XpanD, the international authority in 3D cinemas and technology platforms, has equipped six theaters in the US with digital 3D systems at five Premiere Theatres locations operated by United Entertainment Corporation (UEC) in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Tennessee, and at Camelot Cinemas in Greenville, South Carolina.
Featuring the ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
ComingSoon.net has posted their Day 1 report at ShoWest 2009 which includes info on IMAX's presentation at the convention:
Day 1 of the ShoWest Exhibitors' Conference in Las Vegas was fairly uneventful but generally optimistic, as it kicked off a day earlier than normal with the Opening Day Luncheon sponsored by ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
2009 marks the Fifth Anniversary of Digital 3-D Technology Invented by DLP Cinema
Texas Instruments (TI) DLP Cinema® announced plans for the next generation DLP Cinema electronics platform at ShoWest, the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry. Scheduled to be released by the end of 2009, the next ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Via AME Info:
To be shown on April 1 at the Grand Cinemas in Ibn Batutta Mall, Journey to Mecca is an IMAX feature-length docu-drama filmed in Saudi Arabia and Morocco in both English and Arabic.
The film tells the amazing story of Ibn Battuta, the legendary 14th century traveller, explorer ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
George “Pinky” Nelson, William M. Shepherd and James D. Wetherbee will join an elite group of American space heroes as they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® during a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Saturday, May 2, 2009. They will be welcomed to ...
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
A fan created video has been posted on YouTube of IMAX's upcoming films presentation at ShoWest 2009. Not sure how long this will stay up, so get a peek at it now.
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Via ComingSoon.net:
The Opening Day Luncheon for ShoWest was sponsored by IMAX, who showed a sizzle reel of recent and upcoming IMAX movies. They didn't show any footage from James Cameron's highly-anticipated Avatar, which will be opening in IMAX 3D on December 18, but they did reveal a new tagline for ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Paramount Pictures has released the "final" theatrical poster for Star Trek.
Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Trek chronicles the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.
The film opens in conventional and IMAX theaters May 8, 2009.
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
With the weekend box office success of Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D some are proclaiming 3D as the savior and future of cinema. Here's the latest:
The Motley Fool: How 3-D Movies Will Save Theaters Link >>
San Diego Union Tribune: The future of film in 3D Link >>
Fast ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Highlights Include:
Largest IMAX(R) 3D opening at $5.1 million
IMAX's 143 screen release contributed nearly 9% of the box office on less than 2% of the screens
18 of the top 20 locations include IMAX screens
Largest IMAX Saturday at $2.02 million
IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Reuters looks into the economy's effect on the theater transition to digital, and how IMAX's digital transition fits into the mix:
Large-format exhibitor Imax is going through a major technical transition from analog to digital, including digital 3-D, as well as a rapid expansion. It has a deal with AMC, among ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Big Picturue Big Sound give a not-so-hot review for Africa's Elephant Kingdom Blu-ray edition:
What begins with great potential with spectacular aerial views of the African plains forests of Kenya then settles down into rather mundane footage of elephants playing in mud and trekking over arid lands in search of water. ...
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