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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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- GHOST PROTOCOL THE IMAX EXPERIENCE
See it First in IMAX December 16
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --AMC Theatres (AMC), a leading theatrical exhibition and entertainment company, announced today that guests visiting AMC Showplace Rockford 16 and AMC Showplace Edwardsville 12 can now enjoy The IMAX ...
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Epic Martial Arts Tale Marks the First-Ever 3D Chinese-Language Feature Film to be Presented in the IMAX® 3D Format
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 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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Monday, December 12th, 2011
The Vancouver Sun reports:
Victoria’s new IMAX theatre will be opening with a bang on Friday — quite a few, in fact.
Cineplex Entertainment confirmed today that IMAX movies will be shown in either 2D or 3D starting Dec. 16 at SilverCity with the release of Paramount Pictures’ holiday blockbuster Mission: Impossible ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Rumors around the web have Director Christopher Nolan stating there will be 50 minutes of IMAX footage in The Dark Knight Rises. From /film:
Tonight at the Hollywood presentation of The Dark Knight Rises prologue, I got an opportunity to speak briefly with director Christopher Nolan. He reiterated part of ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
The UK's Bournemouth Echo reports:
“ARCHITECHTS, urban designers and leisure experts” have been asked to come up with ideas for Bournemouth’s Waterfront Building.
The Waterfront, home of the former Imax cinema, failed to attract suitable interest from private developers after the council bought it for £6.5 million.
Deputy leader Cllr John Beesley updated ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
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Award-winning director/producer Melissa Butts will release her next film SPACE JUNK 3D to IMAX, Giant Screen and specialty theaters January 2012. The film explores the ever-growing problem of space debris surrounding Earth's orbit.
Thanks for taking the ...
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
[Evanston, IL (December 9, 2011)] - D3D Cinema is pleased to announce the opening of new digital 3D theaters at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, NY and at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, NC. Outfitted with state-of-the-art Barco DLP projectors and industry-leading Dolby Digital ...
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
We've posted the trailer for upcoming Giant Screen film Space Junk 3D.
After 50 years of launching our dreams into space, we’re left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that casts a shadow over the future of space exploration. SPACE JUNK 3D is a visually explosive, ...
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Director David Lickley scouted locations in the Harrisburg, PA area for filming the upcoming Giant Screen 3D movie Expedition Chesapeake. The Patriot-News writes:
Water keeps getting in the way of Whitaker Center’s Expedition Chesapeake project. Canadian film director David Lickley was in Harrisburg on Wednesday to scout locations along the ...
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Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Five new clips have been released from The Adventures of Tintin.
The film stars Jamie Bell ("Billy Elliot," "Defiance") as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig ("Quantum of Solace," "Defiance") as the nefarious Red ...
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