Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
The website to upcoming 3D Giant Screen film, Ultimate Wave Tahiti, has launched.
Featuring nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater, the film will immerse audiences in the story of an ocean wave and the lives it impacts and transforms. From astounding surfing action to the chaos of ocean storms, the film ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
USA Today has posted its first look at Shrek Forever After coming to conventional and IMAX screens in 3D and 2D May 21, 2010.
Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) and Rumpelstiltskin (Walt Dohrn) in Shrek Forever After. Rumpelstiltskin returns for the final film after making brief pop-ups in Shrek 2 and ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
IGN has posted an extended clip of the Thanator chase sequence from the film Avatar.
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The official movie site has also released an interactive trailer which you can download here: Link >>
The film tells the story of a reluctant hero who embarks on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
AMC Tyler Galleria 16 in Riverside, California will be adding a digital IMAX theater. InlandSoCal.com reports:
Big-time blockbusters coming to Riverside are about to get a little bit bigger.
The AMC Tyler 16 movie theater at the Galleria at Tyler is adding an IMAX screen.
IMAX uses digital sound, theater geometry ...
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
TechDirt covers the recent lawsuits between IMAX and Cinemark over theater conversion patents:
IMAX theaters have become an increasingly important part of the movie business's continuing success over the past few years, as theaters have realized that (1) you can't "pirate" the IMAX experience and (2) people are often willing to ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
60 Minutes gets an inside look at director James Cameron's upcoming 3D epic, Avatar.
The film tells the story of a reluctant hero who embarks on a journey of redemption, discovery and unexpected love, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
It opens December 18, 2009 in 3D and ...
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
WDIV Detroit reports:
The stop-animation film, "The Light Before Christmas" opens Friday at the Detroit Science Center's Chrysler IMAX Dome theatre.
The film is about two children named Katie and Makean who end up as characters in the poem "The Night Before Christmas" while it is being read to them by their ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
New images from How to Train Your Dragon have been released.
Also check out the official blog to the film here: Link >>
The film is an adventure comedy set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell.
It opens in conventional and IMAX ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Starting this Friday the 27th, the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Patriot Park presents -- The Polar Express- in 3D Imax!
In addition, Santa will arrive on Saturday at 10am to greet children of all ages!
The Polar Express will run through out the Holiday and Santa will have a ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
WalesOnline reports:
WALES’ first Imax 3D cinema is set to open in Cardiff Bay next month.
The 16.8m wide, 7.7m high screen promises to deliver “the most immersive 3D movie experience ever created”, according to its designers.
The new cinema will offer crystal-clear 3D images and laser-aligned surround sound clear enough for the ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
The UK's Journal Live reports:
THE region's first digital IMAX cinema screen is due to open at Gateshead MetroCentre on December 16.
In the fast developing world of cinema technology, there are always novelties around the corner – but the people behind the new Odeon Gateshead are confident they are going to ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Den of Geek gives the latest news on Avatar in IMAX:
We were suspecting that the running time of the film might push the three hour mark, but The Hollywood Reporter has now said that, due to the limitations of IMAX technology, there are maximums in place for how long the ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
The Reno-Gazette Journal reports:
The Sparks Redevelop-ment Agency voted this week to sign off on $6 million in bond financing for further Legends and Sparks Marina construction. (Provided to the Reno Gazette-Journal)
With redevelopment agency funding in place for further Legends at Sparks Marina construction, the promise of 250 construction jobs is ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Francis Toribiong, star of 1995's The Living Sea, will will be inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in January 2010. SF World Travel Examiner reports:
To date, there are only 54 individuals in the world that have been so honored, including such obvious inductees as Jacques-Yves Cousteau ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Sigourney Weaver talks about the mind-blowing experience of Avatar, James Cameron's epic coming to IMAX and conventional theaters December 18, 2009. Coventry Telegraph writes:
When Sigourney saw a screening of the finished film, she says she and castmate Stephen Lang "were nervous as two kittens."
She added: "About a third of ...
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Inside Tucson Business reports:
An “Extreme Digital Cinema” theater — think Imax — opened at Century Park Place 20 last week giving local moviegoers the market’s first large-screen format. Tucson is one of 14 cities, and the only one in Arizona, where Cinemark is introducing what it’s calling XD technology.
The ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
We've posted the teaser to MacGillivray Freeman Films' upcoming Giant Screen movie, Arabia 3D.
The film reveals a unique culture, a history full of adventure, an environment of extreme challenges, a people of strong faith, and a chance for a film to bridge cultures and reduce misunderstanding between peoples.
It is set ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
All aboard! The holidays are here and this season, IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills has your ticket to the best in holiday films. Beginning Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, Nov. 26 – through Dec. 31, IMAX Theatre Arizona Mills will offer regular showings of the classic The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports:
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its junk ratings on Imax Corp. (IMAX, IMX.T), saying the Canada-based film-projection and sound-system maker is lowering its financial risk by reducing debt that matures next year.
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UPDATE: More ...
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
The AMC Quail Springs Mall 24 in Oklahoma City will soon be getting a new digital IMAX theater. The Oklahoman reports:
The eye-popping effects of Hollywood movies will begin appearing next month on a new IMAX screen set to open in the AMC theater inside Quail Springs Mall.
One of the ...
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