Archive for May, 2011
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Independent Weekly writes:
If you talk to the theater chains' corporate offices (reps for IMAX couldn't be reached for comment), they'll explain simply that audience demand for these [digital] IMAX auditoriums made them launch new ones. "It's about demand," says Chad Browning, director of marketing at Regal, explaining how the Crossroads ...
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
One Hour Special To Feature 100th Anniversary Events, Superstars Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves, Rookies Simona de Silvestro and James Hinchcliffe, Race Day Action and More
CULVER CITY, Calif., May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- 3net, the joint venture 24/7 3D network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX will give viewers an all-access pass ...
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
The Gaithersburg Patch reports:
With the rising price of movie tickets, wouldn't it be nice to actually get more movie, too?
Now customers at the AMC Loews Rio Cinemas 18 can get just that at the new IMAX theatre, which opens today.
It will be the fourth IMAX screen in Maryland, with the ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Paramount Pictures has released a new international poster for Super 8.
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The Laguna Beach Independent reports:
Laguna Beach filmmaker and longtime ocean conservationist Greg MacGillivray received the International Wildlife Film Festival’s lifetime achievement award last week in Missoula, Mont., where he was honored for his life’s work producing and directing 36 award-winning IMAX theatre films that promote understanding and awareness of science, ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Chinasaurs Exhibit and Sea Rex IMAX® Film Open May 26 for short summer run at Museum of Nature & Science
DALLAS, May 26, 2011 /NEWS.GNOM.ES/ – The Museum of Nature & Science is launching a double dinosaur deal that offers a comprehensive look at the Mesozoic Era, through the opening of ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The Hollywood Reporter has posted their review of MacGillivray Freeman Films' Arabia 3D:
As movie sets go, you can’t beat the Arabian Peninsula. And Arabia 3D has this movie set all to itself. The film is not only in 3D and in Imax’s large screen format, but this evidently is the ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
2007's Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia is set to play Milwaukee Public Museum's IMAX Dome beginning May 31. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes:
Dinosaur-lovers have a chance to join a veritable dino dash at The Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater, 800 W. Wells St., when the film "Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia" opens ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The Bedford Times Register reviews Tornado Alley currently playing at the Great Lakes Science Center's Omnimax Theatre:
Usually, when people hear that a tornado is heading their way, they will immediately find the nearest and safest shelter possible.
But a team of researchers and a filmmaker, armed with specialized equipment, head right ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
The Hartford Courant writes:
On Friday, Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk changes its IMAX film lineup, removing "Whales" and replacing it with "Dolphins" and "T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous."
"Born To Be Wild," about orphaned baby orangutans and elephants, will remain at the theater, with fewer screenings daily.
"Dolphins" features Meriden native Kathleen Dudzinski ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Filmmaker Terrence Malick is interested in creating "Voyage of Time" an IMAX spin-off from his recently released film "The Tree of Life." /Film reports:
The past couple years have been slightly confusing with respect to Terrence Malick‘s slate of new films. We knew he was making The Tree of Life, ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
TORONTO, May 26, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that Carrie Lindzon-Jacobs has joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Reporting directly to IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond, Ms. Lindzon-Jacobs will lead IMAX's global human resources team, focusing on strategies and initiatives that ...
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
NEW YORK, May 26, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that Marc de Grandpre has joined the Company as Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. de Grandpre, who will lead IMAX's global brand and marketing initiatives, will report directly to IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond.
"Marc has the ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
New character posters have been released for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow: Part 2.
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 is safe. But ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Check out these new clips from Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has to come to the aid of his robot friends.
The film opens in IMAX 3D theaters ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Paramount Pictures has released new images from Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) has to come to the aid of his robot friends.
The film opens in IMAX 3D ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Paramount Pictures has released four clips and two new images from J. J. Abrams' upcoming film Super 8.
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an ...
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 2 Kicks Its Way Into Select IMAX 3D(R) Theatres Starting This Wednesday
Prepare for the Return of Awesomeness When This Animated Family Comedy Releases in EMEA in Digital IMAX Theatres
LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
IMAX Box Office of $16.5 Million is Biggest Opening in Company History
LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and The Walt Disney Studios announced today that the action fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides posted global opening weekend record results for ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Film Journal International talks with Mark Welton, IMAX executive VP, corporate and digital development and theatre operations, on the company's overseas theater growth:
“Our exhibitor partners are great. All over the world, they are enthused about IMAX,” declares Mark Welton, the company’s executive VP, corporate and digital development and theatre operations. ...
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