Archive for March, 2012
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Movieline takes a look at IMAX 2D screens based on the success of The Hunger Games:
After years of foisting dashed-off 3-D — and its inflated ticket prices — on movie audiences, studios may have found their most reliable ally yet in shoring up box office: IMAX. And not just the ...
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
BBC News reports:
The Imax Waterfront building has been described as an eyesore by residents who have campaigned to have it removed.
In 2010 the council bought the leasehold and wanted to lower the building's height to reclaim views, but got "no suitable bids" from developers.
The 10-year-old building, which houses a former ...
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
Evanston, IL (March 30, 2012) – D3D Cinema is excited to announce the conversion of the giant screen theater at the Houston Museum of Natural Science to digital 3D. The giant screen at HMNS has long offered one of the finest motion picture experiences in the world, and the upgrade from ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
The National reports on the upcoming IMAX theater at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai:
A seven-storey cinema screen is set to open at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, showing blockbuster movies alongside the traditional horse racing.
The 29 metre wide by 22 metre high Imax cinema screen is currently in the middle of ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Two new featurettes for Skyfall have been released.
Daniel Craig is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in SKYFALL, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Check out the ensemble cast poster for Tim Burton's upcoming film, Dark Shadows.
In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Tech Rader writes:
Post converted 3D can be as good as the real thing, according to IMAX, and that it's the quality of the filmmaking that should determine the quality of the 3D.
This is according to Julian Stanford, general manager, theatre development, IMAX, who was speaking at the PEVE conference in ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
allAfrica reports:
Kenyans will be able to enjoy cutting-edge motion picture and sound technologies starting Friday March 30 when the country's first digital IMAX theatre system opens at the 20th Century Plaza in Nairobi.
IMAX Theatre Development Vice President John Schreiner said they will showcase only the best Hollywood blockbusters and educational ...
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012
TORONTO, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced the appointment of Mark Welton as President of IMAX Theatres, reporting directly to IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond. Welton most recently served as the Company's Executive Vice President of Corporate and Digital Development & Theatre Operations.
In ...
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
San Diego, March 27, 2012 -- Take a trip as we ROCK THE DOME - get whirled on animated flights through space and fantasy landscapes, spinning abstract art and never-ending tunnels and passageways, all synched to awesome classic rock music. The dazzling imagery of mesmerizing retro graphics and full-dome ...
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Epic Action/Fantasy Adventure Marks Global Record for IMAX Opening Weekend Runs
LOS ANGELES, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the fantasy action adventure Wrath of the Titans will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format in 482 IMAX® ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
Strong IMAX Per-Screen Average Drives $10.2 Million Domestic Opening Weekend Box Office
LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX; TSX: IMX) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) today announced that the limited release of The Hunger Games: The IMAX Experience grossed $10.6 million in IMAX® theatres worldwide during its ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
Cinema Online reports:
Following the opening of Shaw Theatres Lido IMAX in Singapore in May last year, Singapore exhibitor Shaw Theaters has inked another deal with Toronto-based IMAX Corporation to install a second IMAX digital screen in the new JCube Entertainment Complex this coming 5 April.
The IMAX screen will be an ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Five clips have been released from Wrath of the Titans.
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington)—the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)—is attempting to live quietly as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year-old son, Helius.
But unbeknownst to Perseus, a struggle for supremacy ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Check out the IMAX trailer for upcoming Ridley Scott film Prometheus.
Ridley Scott, director of “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Giant Screen film Tornado Alley is set to play at the Orlando Science Center:
Want to experience what is billed as an epic weather chase? Then head over to the Orlando Science Center, which will offer special screenings of “Tornado Alley” over the weekend.
The film will play Saturday on the giant ...
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Columbus, Georgia – March 22, 2012: The IMAX Theatre at Patriot Park will premiere Air Racers 3D: The Ultimate Air Show Experience on Thursday, April 5. The film, narrated by Fast and Furious co-star Paul Walker, showcases the breathtaking exploration of the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races.
With spectacular aerial ...
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
3D TV gives this great review on the 3D Blu-ray release of Legends of Flight currently playing in IMAX, Giant Screen and other specialty theaters:
This movie started in IMAX theaters, and has made it’s way to Blu-ray and DirecTV. I have tried to point out great 3D demo discs, and ...
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
USA Today reports:
Hollywood's biggest screens are generating big money.
Despite tickets that can run more than $15 each, IMAX box office is leading the industry's rebound in revenue and attendance. Through the first six weeks of the year, IMAX reports, ticket sales hit $55 million, a 45% increase over the same ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Film Journal International takes a look at the latest crop of Giant Screen theaters:
After much study over the past three months, the FJI Class of 2011 is headed for the final stretch. Our eighth annual survey of new cinemas concludes by taking a close look at and listening intently to ...
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