Archive for February, 2011
Monday, February 28th, 2011
Blog Atlanta Moms recommends seeing Giant Screen film Animalopolis at Fernbank Museum's IMAX before it's gone:
The kids and I saw Animalopolis a couple of months ago and enjoyed the singing lions, waltzing bears, and sea lions that turned somersaults. Both of the kids cracked up at times and then ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
San Jose Mercury News reports:
A movie experience with an emphasis on experience will open this spring at the Streets of Brentwood. A new IMAX screen coming to the Rave Motion Pictures complex here will be the first of its kind in Contra Costa County.
In the coming weeks, the movie complex ...
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (February 25, 2011) -- The Kallisti Media crew of Cosmic Journey: Through Hubble and Cassini reports an amazingly successful shoot that captured the opening sequence of the film -- Space Shuttle Discovery's final lift off.
The breathtaking 3D footage was shot in real-time digital high speed at 500fps ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
We've posted a TV spot for the special television version of upcoming Giant Screen film Flying Monsters 3D.
Narrated by David Attenborough, the film will immerse audiences in a prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs, flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs.
Flying Monsters 3D is ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Check out the second trailer for upcoming animated film 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 opens in ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Tornado Alley is set to open at San Diego's Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Dome. The San Diego Union-Tribune writes:
Look out Dorothy.
The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center's upcoming IMAX film is about tornadoes. It's called, "Tornado Alley," and it promises to educate and thrill.
In it, you follow storm chaser ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
The Hollywood Reporter writes about IMAX's planned expansion in Asia market:
Imax is looking at releasing local films in Japan and South Korea after the successful release in China of Aftershock, the Chinese-language film.
“Japan has nine theatres and five in backlog, so we’re starting to look around for ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
IMAX Corporation has posted their fourth quarter and full year 2010 financial results boasting their highest annual revenue and earnings in their 43-year history. Check out the latest articles and analysis on IMAX's financial standing:
The Associated Press: Imax posts higher 4Q earnings, revenue
Zacks Investment Research: IMAX HAS THE BEST ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
IMAX Corporation recently announced their 2011 film slate which includes Kung Fu Panda 2. Check out the trailer, first TV spot and some images from the film.
In Kung Fu Panda 2, Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends ...
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Thursday, February 24th, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS
Company Reports Highest Annual Revenues, Earnings and EBITDA for Any Year in its 43-Year History
Annual Revenues Increased 45% to $248.6 million; 2010 Adjusted EBITDA Increased 73% to $101.4 million
Annual Gross Box Office from DMR titles doubled to $546 million in 2010
Fourth Quarter Revenues Increased 28% to ...
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