Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC - News), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced today that tickets are on sale now for Michael Jackson’s THIS IS IT The IMAX Experience. Fans will begin lining-up Tuesday evening October 27 for special ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Forbes sees too many films plus lack of 3D screens as producing less than stellar results in the box office:
Nine months into the year it hasn't quite lived up to the hype, though it's far from a bust. So far, 11 3-D films have been released, earning $1.2 billion at ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC - News), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, announced today that tickets are on sale for A Christmas Carol: An IMAX 3D Experience and A Christmas Carol in DISNEY DIGITAL 3D. The film will be ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Splash Pensacola Beach takes a look at the Naval Aviation Museum's IMAX and simulator attractions:
Renown for its amazing collection of antique, historic and one-of-a-kind planes and aviation history displays, the National Naval Aviation Museum also adds a lot of energy and some high-tech fun to its offerings.
Between the IMAX® theater ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today commented that a false press release was issued that stated IMAX was being acquired by The Walt Disney Company. The Company has not been acquired, nor is it in discussions with The Walt Disney Company about a potential acquisition.
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UPDATE: More on IMAX's reaction to ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Director, producer and editor Toni Myers talks with MSNBC on her latest project, Hubble 3D, set to come out in IMAX theaters March 19, 2010:
Astronaut Drew Feustel looms large as he moves a corrective-optics package from the Hubble Space Telescope to a stowage position during May's final servicing mission. This ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
DVD Talk offers their review of the soon to be released Blu-ray edition of Dinosaurs Alive!:
Dinosaurs Alive! may look like a Jurassic Park type action film based on its cover art, what with the leering T-Rex jumping out at us, but it is in fact a documentary that mixes up ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
News from filmmaker Stephen van Vuuren has a new teaser and website in the works for his upcoming Giant Screen film Outside In. From the IMAX in a Basement blog:
Despite the coolness of the current film web-site and teaser trailers, it’s time to change and update everything. The teaser ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Apple has posted the full length trailer to Disney's A Christmas Carol as well as a new featurette of the film.
Disney's A Christmas Carol is director Robert Zemeckis' motion capture re-telling of the classic Charles Dickens tale. The film opens in 3D and 2D in conventional and IMAX theaters ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
GQ interviews director Spike Jonze on his latest project Where the Wild Things Are, set to open in conventional and IMAX theaters October 16, 2009.
MANY YEARS AGO, when he was a twentysomething skate kid turned video director, Spike Jonze was asked to direct a film adapted from the children’s book ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Blogging Stocks reports:
IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX) is a recent featured stock from Jim Oberweis, Jr. Here, the money manager and editor of The Oberweis Report explains why his clients own 600,000 shares.
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"In the company's latest reported second quarter, sales increased approximately 94% to $41.0 million from $21.2 million ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Miami Herald covers the events at Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Discovery & Science held for the opening of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs:
Michael Gagne said rainy days are best for hanging out with his children at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale.
"We love the playland inside, ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
If you follow the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center on Twitter, you can attend a free screening of Amazon before it opens to the public. The screening will be held Wednesday, September 30. Doors open at 5:15 PM and the first 300 people get in.
More information can be ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
Reality TV World reports:
Discovery Channel has announced Storm Chasers' third season will premiere on Sunday, October 18 at 10PM ET/PT.
Storm Chasers will continue to follow IMAX filmmaker Sean Casey as he attempts to go inside tornadoes to gather never-recorded scientific data and video footage using his self-designed and self-built "Tornado ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
The Vancouver Sun reviews SK Films' Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta, a film that focuses on the first epic journey of Muslim folk hero, Ibn Battuta.
Muslim worshippers pray at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on September 16, 2009. Photograph by: ...
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
We've posted the trailer and a clip from Michael Jackson's This Is It. IMAX recently announced the film will open in select digital IMAX theaters beginning October 28, 2009.
Trailer:
Why Why Clip:
The film offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, ...
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Release Includes Digital IMAX Theatres Internationally, With Evening Showtimes Domestically
Tickets Go On Sale This Sunday
IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that the highly-anticipated motion picture Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will be released for a special run in select digital IMAX® theatres worldwide during the film's ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Two new posters for Disney's A Christmas Carol have been released.
Robert Zemeckis takes the art of performance capture to the next level with the release of Disney's A Christmas Carol, a re-telling of the classic Charles Dickens story.
The film opens in 3D and 2D in conventional and IMAX theaters ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Via Giant Screen Cinema Association:
The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) presented its 2009 Achievement Awards this week at its awards gala held during the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in Indianapolis, Indiana. Film awards were announced and presented at the gala. The marketing award winners, which were announced in ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
The Sudbury Star reports:
Science North has won the Giant Screen Cinema Association's Best Theatre Launch Award for 2009.
"This prestigious, international marketing award celebrates the best execution of ideas in promoting giant screen films and theatres," the science centre said in a release.
In February, as part of the science centre's 25th ...
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