Archive for January, 2010
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
In this new featurette from Alice in Wonderland, stars Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway take viewers into the strange world of Wonderland.
Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, the film follows a 19-year-old Alice who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Days after it was announced the Bournemouth IMAX would be demolished, there are now plans by the Sheridan Group to reopen the facility. BBC News reports:
A part-empty 3D Imax cinema building, blocking a Dorset seafront view, could be set to reopen just days after plans were revealed to pull ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
PCWorld takes a look at the 3D technology, movie releases and consumer products ready to come out this year:
3D is back. And this time, it's making a big statement. The concept isn't new, of course--the first 3D motion picture dates back to the turn of the twentieth century. But a ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
New images from Alice in Wonderland have been released.
Directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, the film follows a 19-year-old Alice who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl. The film opens in 3D and 2D in conventional and IMAX ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The Vancouver Sun writes:
An Ontario court's certification of a class action launched against Imax Corp. by disgruntled shareholders is being touted as a wake-up call for publicly traded companies.
While the certification approval is being appealed by IMAX, law firms that defend companies against class actions are advising clients to revisit ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
The Orange County Register reports:
The owners of a movie theater inside a struggling Disney-area mall have filed for bankruptcy reorganization.
GardenWalk Cinemas LLC, which owns the theater inside the Shops at Anaheim GardenWalk mall, submitted the petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Thursday. The cinemas owes about $3.6 million, according to ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Composer Howard Shore has been tapped to score The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The film is the third in the franchise, and will be released in IMAX theaters June 30, 2010. FirstShowing.net writes:
No matter how much hate is thrown at The Twilight Saga, you can't deny that the franchise ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
FirstShowing.net reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released in 3D, though no word whether an IMAX 3D release in the works:
It's getting to the point that we can pretty much assume every big blockbuster will fill an IMAX screen, go digital 3-D, or even be dashing ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
- Suzuki presents 'The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D' with Quiksilver, Tahiti Tourisme.
- 'The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D' features nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater and award-winning Grand Vitara.
BREA, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- American Suzuki Motor Corp. (ASMC) today announced details for the world premiere of "The Ultimate Wave Tahiti ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Beet.TV has posted this interview with Discovery CEO David Zaslav discussing the 3D network venture with Sony and IMAX:
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
SmartMoney takes a look at 3 stocks with estimates rising ahead of earnings including IMAX:
IMAX
Quarterly Report Date: March 11
A year ago, Ontario’s Imax (IMAX: 13.17, -0.02, -0.15%) lost 79 cents a share in its fourth quarter. A month ago, it was expected to report six cents in earnings per share ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Paramount Pictures has released a new image from its upcoming film Iron Man 2.
Based on Marvel's iconic Super Hero, Iron Man 2 continues the story of the 2008 summer box office blockbuster Iron Man. The film opens in IMAX and conventional theaters May 7, 2010.
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
The new website for Hubble 3D has launched. Check it out here: Link >>
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, the film recounts the amazing journey of the most important scientific instrument since Galileo's original telescope and the greatest success in space since the Moon Landing -- the Hubble Space Telescope.
Hubble 3D ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
From the Redding Pilot:
The IMAX Theater at the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk will host a brief return visit of the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight, with Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as The Joker, this weekend. Shows will be at 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Jan. 29-31.
Other ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
A new featurette from Alice in Wonderland has been released online. The clip features Johnny Depp who talks about his character The Mad Hatter.
The film follows a 19-year-old Alice who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl. The film opens in 3D and 2D ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
DVD Talk gives their review of the DVD release of Ride Around the World, a film that explores the global cowboy culture that has shaped Western civilization for a thousand years.
"Ride Around the World" progresses nicely and at a quick pace, especially considering it only runs 40 minutes. It's nice ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
MTV has posted a new image of the Lightcycle from Tron: Legacy. The film comes out in IMAX 3D December 17, 2010.
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UPDATE: Some commentary on the new image:
News in Film: New Look at the Lightcycle in ‘Tron Legacy’
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
The Huffington Post analyzes Avatar's box office in regards to its 3D and IMAX numbers:
Much of the discussion of Avatar's record-run has focused on the 'asterisk factor'. In that, no matter how much Avatar has made right now, it doesn't really count as impressive because A) inflation means older ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
The Atlantic reports on the pulling of Avatar from China screens:
Google isn't the only American commodity being driven out of China. Avatar, James Cameron's highly successful and critically acclaimed sci-fi epic, will be pulled from all 2-D screens in China by this weekend, according to Chinese media outlets.
Although 3-D and ...
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
MTV has posted their interview with Tron: Legacy's director Joseph Kosinski who offers a bit more info on the Tron IMAX release:
MTV: How immersive is the 3-D? Is it start to finish, or does it pop up in key sequences?
Kosinski: Our approach is not like "Avatar," which I think is ...
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