Over 30 films to be presented at 2008 GSCA Conference

The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) will host its annual International Conference and Trade Show from September 9 to 12 in Jersey City and New York City. The conference will have over 30 films presented which are in production or in development for IMAX and other Giant Screen theaters.

See a full listing of the films after the jump.

IN PRODUCTION

ANIMALOPOLIS 3D
Release Date: September 2008 (2D), December 2008 (3D)
Singing lions, bears that waltz, sea lions turning somersaults. Otters pray, flamingos squawk, a calf who’d rather dance than walk. Children will want to watch it again and again. Animalopolis — a giant screen matinee film for a truly brand new audience. You’ll like it, too. With 12 hilarious segments, each featuring a different animal, Animalopolis will stimulate children’s imaginations and curiosity about the creatures they’re seeing.

ARABIA 3D
Release Date: June 2009
Arabia mystifies us, shimmering like a desert mirage. Follow the quest of a film student to photograph the real Arabia. Explore the ancient tombs of a lost city. Dive the Red Sea. Experience the largest, most visually amazing gathering of people on Earth. Open your eyes to unexpected Arabia.

AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 YEARS 3D
Release Date: September 2009
Around the World in 50 Years 3D tells the life story of a sea turtle from birth in 1959 to maturity in 2009. This computer-generated, animated tale is a coming-of-age movie about growing up and friendship. Spending 50 years in the oceans puts us in an unusual vantage point to witness some of the major changes that the ever growing human presence is having on our planet.

GRAND CANYON 3-D
Release Date: 2nd quarter 2009
Grand Canyon 3-D: The Hidden Secrets — Grossing over $250 million, this classic film is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a new enhanced 3D conversion of the original film. Audiences will fall in love all over again with the majestic beauty of one of the world’s most extraordinary natural wonders.

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Harry, Hermione, and Ron are up to mischief again as they start their sixth year at Hogwarts. Harry falls into possession of a potions book, full of scribbles and margin notes from the ancient Half-Blood Prince, which gives him powerful and dangerous tips for potions and spells.

IMAX DMR MARCH 2009 FILM
Release Date: March 2009

JOURNEY TO MECCA IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF IBN BATTUTA
Release Date: January 2009
Journey To Mecca In The Footsteps Of Ibn Buttutah tells the story of Ibn Battutah’s perilous and awe-inspiring journey from Tangier to Mecca in 1325, book-ended by extraordinary footage of the Hajj as it is experienced today by millions of people–footage never seen before on the giant screen.

LEGENDS OF THE SKY 3D
Release Date: March 2009
Fly in the cockpit of some of aviation history’s most amazing aircraft. See how the design challenges, financial risks, and many lessons learned from a century of aviation trial and error have brought us to the dawn of a new era of revolutionary aircraft: Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus 380.

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE
Release Date: November 7, 2008
This witty sequel to the much loved original film continues the New York Zoo animals’ adventure stranded on the island of Madagascar, where Alex the lion discovers his family, but communication is difficult and things have changed since his time in the Central Park Zoo.

THE MAGIC TALE 3D
Release Date: December 2009
Jana starts a fantastic journey to Africa searching for a friend. She meets other children, animals, and plants and finds out that the meaning of life resides in beauty and true love for others. A spiritual journey for adults and a magical one for kids.

MOLECULES TO THE MAX: A MOLECULARIUM ADVENTURE
Release Date: Fall 2008
This animated film brings audiences into unimaginably small places and fascinates them with big ideas. Blast through space on the Molecularium ship with Oxy and friends. Explore inside places you have never been: snowflakes, pennies, chewing gum, and the human cell. Tested high as a delight for families, teachers and kids. Entertaining and educational — to the MAX.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Susan Murphy was just a normal girl from California until a meteorite from outer space collides into her, transforming her into a giant monster. When aliens invade, she and a group of eccentric misfits are the world’s last hope for victory and survival.

QUANTUM QUEST
Release Date: September 2009
Quantum Quest is CGI, 3D, science, science fiction film initiated and sponsored by Cassini-Huygens NASA mission. It combines live footage from 7 ongoing space missions with a fantastic atomic journey. Cast includes Neil Armstrong, Samuel Jackson, Chris Pine, Amanda Peet, Sandra Oh, Jason Alexander, and many more.

RED CRABS 3D: AUSTRALIA’S CHRISTMAS ISLAND
Release Date: January 2009
Deep in the Indian Ocean is the tropical oasis of Christmas Island. The monsoon clouds signal the beginning of the wet season, and millions of Red Crabs march off to the ocean to breed. However, the Red Crab numbers have dropped from hundreds of millions to around thirty million in just over a hundred years of settlement. Join the Red Crabs on their epic journey not just to breed but for the survival of their species.

RETURN TO EVEREST 3D
Release Date: February 2011
An international team of doctors and scientists embarks on a three-month expedition conducting a series of medical experiments on the world’s tallest mountain. Return to Everest also reunites climbers Jamling Norgay and Araceli Segarra as they help the Nepalese Sherpa people and note what has changed since their successful 1996 climb.

SHARKWATER 3D
Release Date: March 2009
Sharkwater explores this beautiful, misunderstood, and now endangered predator. Rob Stewart’s heartfelt journey to understand why people are killing sharks takes him to the most shark-rich waters on Earth, and into the dangerous world of shark poaching. A 40-minute version of the multi-award winning film, made specially for the giant screen.

SLIT SCAN 3D
Release Date: December 2008
A spectacular, fully immersive, one-minute Slit Scan ride through time and space, culminating with a customized theater logo credit. Already leased by over 50 theaters in 2D, and now available in 3D.

TO THE ARCTIC
Release Date: February 2010
In the midst of calving glaciers and sub-zero water temperatures, scientists study under-ice reefs, prehistoric sharks and Beluga whales. Topside, polar bears, caribou, and local Inuit villagers struggle with the dramatic changes on their land and showcase how what’s happening there has global implications important to us all.

UNDER THE SEA 3D
Release Date: March 2009
Under the Sea 3D will capture the very strange and unusual sea creatures inhabiting some of the most isolated and exotic locations on Earth. These amazing sequences will be used to support an important underlying environmental theme.

IN DEVELOPMENT

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Release Date: Spring 2011
The great white, possessing extraordinary senses and lethal power, is the ocean’s ultimate predator. The whale shark, the world’s largest fish, feeds only on tiny life forms but grows to the size of a whale. Beauty and the Beast tells the story of these amazing animals and explores the intricate web of life that connects them.

COOL PLANET
Release Date: February 2011
For most, the debate about global warming is over. Focusing on solutions in association with Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment, Cool Planet uses the magic of IMAX to showcase innovative strategies and leading-edge science that will inspire and inform audiences of all ages. Diverse ecosystems worldwide serve as a backdrop in this timely film that delivers a crucially important message about solutions to a global problem.

DOLPHINS 3D
Release Date: TBD
Dive into a global adventure and the unseen realm of the dolphin. Audiences will witness ancient mysteries unravel as they travel into prehistoric time, explore advanced marine mammal research, cheer a dramatic dolphin rescue, and experience the most astonishing dolphin behaviors ever captured in 3D.

FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES
Release Date: Spring 2010
Flight of the Butterflies is the story of one of the most amazing animal migrations on earth–that of the monarch butterfly. This epic natural history saga is interwoven with the scientific detective story of the discovery of the monarch’s over-wintering sites in the remote mountains of Central Mexico.

HEART OF AFRICA
Release Date: Spring 2012
Heart of Africa 3D is being produced in association with GoodWorks International with the support of Ambassador Andrew Young. The film will showcase the striking stories coming from the significant cultural and environmental changes on the continent. Featuring the beautiful, seductive, and glorious culture, music and people of Africa.

HUBBLE 3D
Release Date: 2010
Experience the gripping and emotional roller-coaster of a story, full of hope, crushing disappointment, dazzling ingenuity, bravery, and triumph in Hubble 3D–the seventh awe-inspiring film from the award-winning IMAX Space Team vividly captured in IMAX 3D.

HUMPBACK WHALES 3D
Release Date: Spring 2011
Humpback Whales 3D will be an immersive, intimate portrait of these enigmatic animals. Incredibly curious, humpbacks have established a bond with man, their remarkable stewards and greatest threat. This highly tested topic is moving quickly from development to production in beautiful 15/70 after years of research and fundraising.

THE ICE AGE
Release Date: Winter 2010
Follow modern scientists and paleontologists in their efforts to uncover the mysteries of the Ice Age, exploring the climactic forces that shape our past, present and future as well as unearthing prehistoric animals that once roamed the planet. The film will absorb audiences in a fascinating interplay of science and history, and take them to stunning and remote locations around the world.

ICELAND
Release Date: April 2010
Iceland, land of fire and ice, has geography like no other place on earth. Join us on an adventure as we explore the extreme and majestic landscapes of this isolated island in search of the “hidden people,” a legend that has shaped the Icelandic culture since the time of the Vikings.

JOURNEY TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Release Date: September 2010
Journey to the Ends of the Earth leads audiences on an exploration of the world’s polar regions, home to polar bears, penguins, and a host of other unique wildlife. The film also features the intense scientific effort undertaken during the International Polar Year to understand the changes that are taking place as a result of climate change, and the impact those changes will have at both ends of the earth, as well as around the world.

NATIVE AMERICA 3D
Release Date: Summer 2012
Native America 3D will capture the resiliency of Native American communities, tribal sovereignty, and the bright future of the tribes. From the heartfelt teachings of respect for all living things, to rich cultural traditions, history and heroes, we will share this story of visual poetry of color, art and nature.

NEW IMAX ORIGINAL 3D FILM
Release Date: TBD

OUTSIDE IN
Release Date: October 2010
Outside In is a giant screen visual symphony that aims to artistically bridge science and spirituality as it journeys from the big bang to the Cassini-Huygens Mission at Saturn. Created entirely from still photographs animated to create full motion imagery, the films melds visual poetry, narrative, and documentary forms.

RESCUE
Release Date: March 2010
When disaster strikes, a global force of modern-day heroes responds to deliver relief on a massive scale, worthy of the giant screen. In a high-tech ballet of humanity, technology, and science, the race to save lives is on, as this real life drama unfolds.

TURTLES 3D
Release Date: February 2010

ULTIMATE WAVE 3D
Release Date: October 2009
Ultimate Wave will immerse giant screen audiences in the story of an ocean wave, and the lives it impacts and transforms. A wave can carry or sink a ship, sweep a surfer to victory or to crushing defeat, generate electricity for millions, or devastate a coastal city. From astounding 3D surfing action featuring eight-time world champion Kelly Slater, to the chaos of ocean storms, Ultimate Wave takes us on a global quest to understand and experience one of this planet’s most intriguing and dramatic phenomena.

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