Archive for December, 2011
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
National Geographic Entertainment is undergoing reorganization, it was announced today by Tim Kelly. National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) will continue as a division of National Geographic Society and will develop, produce, acquire and distribute large format, digital, speciality and 3D films under the leadership of NGCV president, Lisa Truitt. ...
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Film Breaks Record Global and Domestic Results for December Grossing $14 Million Globally and $10.5 Million Domestically Over Opening Weekend in IMAX Early Release Window
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Paramount Pictures today announced that Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol The IMAX ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
3D Entertainment has released the poster for upcoming Giant Screen film Air Racers 3D.
Fly into Nevada's "Valley of Speed" for a breathtaking exploration of the fastest race in the world combined with spectacular air show entertainment: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. Join today's elite pilots as they fight ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
Epic Martial Arts Tale Marks the First-Ever 3D Chinese-Language Feature Film to be Presented in the IMAX® 3D Format
BEIJING, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Bona Film Group (Nasdaq: BONA), a leading film distributor in China, today announced that the 3D martial arts motion ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Walt Disney Pictures has released the IMAX poster for upcoming film John Carter.
The film, set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars), tells the story of war-weary former military captain John Carter. He is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Mobile, Alabama's Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center will open Giant Screen film Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World along with a new exhibit featuring the Megalodon shark. The Press Register writes:
The Exploreum announced last week that it will open “Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived,” opening Jan. 28.
The ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Ontario, Canada's London Free Press writes:
IMAX theatre back in London? Mission Impossible?
Well, it seems not.
Six years after the IMAX at Western Fair was closed, Londoners have a new IMAX theatre at Silver City which opens Friday with Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
A digital and 3D compatible version of the big-screen, big-sound ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
The Daily Press writes:
The troubled Virginia Air and Space Center in downtown Hampton has been racking up losses for the last four years and its deficit has now reached more than $3 million, according to auditors reports.
Those financial reports highlight the scale of the challenge ahead for Brian DeProfio, interim ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
China.org.cn writes:
A demonstration of China's first digital IMAX system digital Giant Screen system was held on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 in Beijing.
The system, called DMAX, was co-developed by the China Institute of Film Science and Technology and China Film Group. It has been in service in Beijing's UME Shuangjing Cinema ...
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
Malay Mail Online reports:
THE latest large-screen cinema viewing experience that was opened to the public by TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd at the Sunway Pyramid mall yesterday marks a new business focus for its provider Imax Corp.
While the focus may now be on the first digital Imax screen in Malaysia, Imax ...
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