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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