Archive for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures has released this new image from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The final chapter of the Harry Potter film series begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave Hogwarts behind and set out to find and destroy the Horcruxes, the secret to Voldemort’s power and immortality.
Part I comes ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Alamogordo Daily News reports:
THe Clyde W. Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater and Planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Space History will be closed Monday through Wednesday for maintenance on the Spitz starfield projector. The projector is capable of showing the night sky on any given date in history or ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Sudbury, Ontario's Science North IMAX Theatre will open The Twilight Saga: Eclipse beginning September 9. The Sudbury Star reports:
On Sept. 9, Twilight fans of all ages will be lining up at Science North to be among the first to sink their teeth into Twilight Eclipse: The IMAX Experience.
Advance tickets ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Bangkok Post reports:
Imax Corp and its exclusive partner in Thailand, Major Cineplex Group Plc, are projecting strong growth over the next several years thanks to the popularity of new digital and 3D technology.
"The trend has been spreading worldwide ever since Hollywood studios started trying to attract more viewers to ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Motley Fool think IMAX stock rocks:
Cheap stocks are great, but sometimes you get what you pay for. What's the use of a bargain-basement P/E ratio if the company can't grow? I have a long investment horizon and a high tolerance for risk, so I'm more interested in promising growth ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Walt Disney Pictures has released the IMAX poster for Tron: Legacy.
The film follows Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, who looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the digital world of Tron where his father has been living for 25 years.
Tron: Legacy comes to ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
WASHINGTON (Aug. 31, 2010) -- National Geographic Entertainment's Cinema Ventures (NGCV) group has acquired the film "Flying Monsters 3D," a new adventure from award-winning Atlantic Productions in association with Sky 3D. The film uses 3-D and CGI technology to immerse audiences in a prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs, flying vertebrates ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D took home the award in the Ocean Sports category at Monterey's Blue Ocean Film Festival.
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti follows nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater and Tahitian surfer Raimana Van Bastolaer as they seek out the best waves at Tahiti’s famed reef at Teahupo’o. The ...
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Largest IMAX Operator in Central and Eastern Europe Adds Locations in Israel
Exhibitor Also Upgrades Its Existing IMAX Locations With IMAX's Digital Projection Technology
NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced an agreement with Cinema City International, the largest exhibitor in Eastern Europe and long-standing ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Event Cinemas in New Zealand will open The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D beginning next week. 3 News writes:
Surfing fans are in for a treat next month when Event Cinemas play a 3D surf film on the Giant Screen.
The Ultimate Wave Tahiti is said to plunge audiences into the stunning ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
We've posted four new clips, two TV spots and a featurette from upcoming film, Resident Evil: Afterlife. Check them out below.
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice (Milla Jovovich) continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety.
The ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Coming up at IMAX Palisades Center: Avatar Special Edition, Dinosaurs Alive 3D, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, & Harry Potter
The IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center in West Nyack, NY is well known for hosting fun value-added promotions and offering movie-goers an exceptional movie experience on the biggest ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Illinois' The Peoria Journal Star reports:
Despite the overwhelming support, some council members expressed frustration with a recent lack of communication on several museum-related issues, namely IMAX.
Some council members questioned why the name "IMAX" - the Canadian-based company and the largest and most recognizable brand of large digital screens and immersive ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
St. Augustine, Florida's World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater will open two new IMAX films beginning September 3, Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean an Dinosaurs Alive!:
The World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theater is opening two new films, Dolphins & Whales: Tribes of the Ocean and Dinosaurs ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
The Hollywood Reporter has details on the Avatar re-release and special edition Blu-ray and DVD:
It's ba-a-a-ck ... and longer than ever.
James Cameron's sci-fi epic "Avatar" revisits global multiplexes this weekend in a quest to pad its record $2.74 billion worldwide boxoffice and hype DVD and Blu-ray Disc special editions planned ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
MUMMIES BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PAID EXHIBIT OPENINGS IN CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER HISTORY
Photo: A 6,420-year-old child mummy - one of the oldest ever discovered - is among those featured in Mummies of the World, the largest exhibition of human and animal mummies and related artifacts ever assembled, making ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Beginning September 3, Science Museum Oklahoma will host the Extreme Sports Expo, which will also feature 1999 Giant Screen film, Extreme and 1998's Everest. From the Oklahoman:
Brett Mahoney has a message for people about skateboarding, mountain biking, BMX stunt riding and other "extreme" or "action" sports: Definitely try this ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Film Would Mark IMAX's Second Confirmed Release in China
SHANGHAI, China, Aug 30, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that internationally acclaimed director John Woo and producer Terence Chang's next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, is set to be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience®. Woo ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
2004 Giant Screen film Vikings: Journey to New Worlds has been licensed by China's Legend International Company. From The Janson Media Pressroom:
Janson Media announced today that it has licensed broadcast rights for the documentary Vikings: Journey to New Worlds (1 x 40′) to Legend International Company (LIC) of China. ...
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
IMAX® 3D Release Features Approximately Nine Minutes of Never-Before-Seen Footage
LOS ANGELES, Aug 25, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) --Following the record-breaking IMAX® 3D release of the highest grossing movie of all-time, IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that Avatar: Special Edition will open in 175 IMAX® theatres ...
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