GSCA International
Conference and Trade Show
September 9–12, 2008
Jersey City and New York City
Host: Liberty Science Center, Jersey City
Co-host: AMC Lincoln Square IMAX Theatre, New York
Conference Hotel: Hyatt Regency Jersey City
These films in development will be presented at the GSCA Conference in Jersey City.
WT = Working Title
FT = Final Title
Films are listed alphabetically. Film descriptions are provided by distributors.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (WT)
Production Company: Principal Large Format, SK Films
Contact: Phil Streather, Jonathan Barker
Release Date: Spring 2011
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Mark Kresser
Release Date: February 2011
Film Format: 2D
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 (WT)
Production Company: Liquid Pictures
Distributor: Giant Screen Films
Contact Name: Melissa Roller
Release Date: TBD
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: Principal Large Format and SK Films, Inc.
Contact Name: Phil Streather
Release Date: Spring 2010
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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.
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (FT)
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Corporation
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Contact: Victoria Montoya
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Film Format: 2D
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.
HEART OF AFRICA (WT)
Production Company: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Contact: Harrison Smith
Release Date: Spring 2012
Film Format: 2D
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 (WT)
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, IMAX Corporation
Distributor: IMAX Corporation
Contact: Victoria Montoya
Release Date: 2010
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Contact Name: Chris Palmer
Release Date: Spring 2011
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: Giant Screen Films
Contact Name: Don Kempf
Release Date: Winter 2010
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: Day's End Pictures, Inc.
Contact Name: Jini Durr
Release Date: April 2010
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: Science North
Contact Name: Brenda Tremblay
Release Date: September 2010
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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 (WT)
Production Company: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Contact Name: Janna Emmel
Release Date: Summer 2012
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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.
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (FT)
Production cCompany: 20th Century Fox, IMAX Corporatoin
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Contact: Victoria Montoya
Release Date: May 2009
Film Format: 2D
Ben Stiller returns as Larry Daley, the unfortunate night watchman who continues to encounter living and breathing museum exhibits, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone's rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy's ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker's lounge chair.
RESCUE (WT)
Production Company: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Mark Kresser
Release Date: March 2010
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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.
SEA TURTLES 3D (WT)
Production Company: 3D Entertainment, McKinney Underwater Productions, Inc.
Contact Name: Francois Mantello
Release Date: February 2010
Film Format: 2D/3D
Sea Turtles 3D will take audiences across tropical oceans in discovery of one of Earth's most beloved and ancient creatures. From hatching through maturity, follow the life cycle of these endangered air-breathing marine reptiles and experience the aquatic world through their eyes in vibrant 3D.
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (FT)
Production Company: Paramount Pictures, IMAX Corporation
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Contact Name: Victoria Montoya
Release Date: June 2009
Film Format: 2D
Length of Finished Film: TBD
The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and Megatron's body is stolen and revived. Now Megatron is back seeking revenge and with Starscream and more Decepticon reinforcements on the way, the Autobots may have more to deal with then meets the eye.
ULTIMATE WAVE 3D (WT)
Production Company: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Mark Kresser
Release Date: October 2009
Film Format: 2D and 3D
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.