Archive for November, 2010
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
The Daily News reports:
Batavia native Tim Pastore will lead development and production for a new 3-D television network.
Sony, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corp. are collaborating on the joint venture, which aims to be one of the first fully-programmed, around-the-clock 3-D television networks
Pastore, as vice president of development and production, will ...
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Filmmaker Sean Casey talks with blogger Kate O'Hare on his Discovery Channel show "Storm Chasers" and his upcoming Giant Screen film Tornado Alley.
Q: What does your relationship with Vortex 2 - which seemed strained at best - look like for the future?
A: The people in V2 are my friends, some ...
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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Jean-Michel Cousteau presents a unique underwater 3D trilogy in Blu-ray™ 3D originally exhibited at IMAX Theatres this Christmas
London (UK), Paris (France) & Los Angeles (Calif.) -- November 30, 2010 // PR NEWSWIRE / 3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Universal Pictures ...
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
Walt Disney Pictures has released more images from 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 IMAX ...
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Monday, November 29th, 2010
The Special Edition of James Cameron's epic 3D adventure, Avatar, is currently playing at The Kramer IMAX Theatre in Regina's Saskatchewan Science Centre. Global Toronto reports:
Avatar, the Oscar-nominated film that took movie technology to the next level, is now coming to the Saskatchewan Science Centre’s IMAX Theatre in 3D.
The ...
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Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Walt Disney Pictures has released a new featurette and three clips from 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: ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Walt Disney Pictures has released the trailer and new images for Mars Needs Moms.
Based on the 2007 children's book by Berkeley Breathed (best known for his long-running comic strip "Bloom County"), the story features a young boy who must come to his mother's rescue when she's kidnapped by martians.
The film ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures has released two new images from upcoming IMAX 3D film, Born to Be Wild.
The film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them — saving endangered species one life at a time.
Born to Be Wild 3D opens in IMAX theaters April ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first image from Part 2 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
In Part 2 of the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the Wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The first images have emerged from Zack Snyder's upcoming film, Sucker Punch.
Set in the 1950s, the film follows Babydoll (Emily Browning) who is confined to a mental institution by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The Shenzhen Post reports:
On November 20, the world-renowned cinema brand UA Theatre originated in Hong Kong finally landed at KKMALL in Shenzhen. The UA KKMALL, the first UA IMAX cinema in Shenzhen with large sum of investment will soon unveil its mystery and open to the customers. By then, as ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
Record Global Opening Weekend Box Office of $16.1 Million in IMAX Record Opening Day Results in IMAX
Sets New Record for IMAX Midnight Performance Grosses
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, ...
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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
NEW YORK, Nov 23, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe's largest exhibitor, today announced an agreement to install two new digital IMAX(R) theatre systems under joint venture agreements in Mallorca and Milan, marking IMAX's first JV theatres in Spain and ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Disney has released a few more images from 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 IMAX ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Warner Bros. Pictures has released five extremely short clips from their upcoming film, Sucker Punch.
Set in the 1950s, the film follows Babydoll (Emily Browning) who is confined to a mental institution by her stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While there, she imagines an alternative reality ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Hollywood in HiDef compares the latest IMAX 3D Blu-ray releases from Warner Home Video and Image Entertainment with the latter edging out Warner in quality:
Image Entertainment’s three Dec. 7 Blu-ray 3D releases of IMAX movies from Big Pictures Digital Productions look far better as authored by Imagion of Germany.
The best ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Here are the latest reviews for the IMAX version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. More reviews to be added here as they get posted.
UAB Kaleidoscope: "Because of the very nature of IMAX, certain things can’t help but be hovering around one’s peripheral vision, for better ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Benzinga reports on IMAX's stock winning streak:
Shares of Imax (NASDAQ: IMAX) traded at a new 52-week high today of $24.94. Approximately 530,000 shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 1.2 million shares.
Imax is currently trading at $24.89, approximately 31.8% above its 50-day moving average of $18.89. SmarTrend ...
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Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1: The IMAX Experience generated $12.4 million on domestic IMAX screens with a total take of $125.1 million its opening weekend. The UK's Guardian writes:
How about that Harry Potter? Nearly a decade after the franchise first arrived in theatres, it continues to ...
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports:
Metro Atlanta is getting its fifth IMAX Theatre.
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), is adding an IMAX Theatre to its Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16 by December, according to company information.
IMAX Theaters are already at Fernbank Museum in Atlanta, AMC Barrett Commons in Kennesaw, AMC Southlake Pavilion ...
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