February 2, 2010--American Suzuki Motor Corp. has announced details for the world premiere of The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D film for IMAX theaters, which features nine-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater and Raimana Van Bastolaer surfing one of the world's most challenging waves, Tahiti's Teahupo'o (pronounced Tee-ah-hoo-poh-oh). On February 8, invited guests will be treated to a private screening of The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D and a Tahitian-style after-party, with live performances by Mason Jennings and DJ Chris Holmes at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.
February 2, 2010--3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce it will launch its new underwater film from the dinosaur age, Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World, beginning May 7, 2010. Available both in 3D and 2D at select IMAX theaters, this new edutainment and story-driven film will have a staggered IMAX theatrical release across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
February 1, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that James Cameron's Avatar, which has received Golden Globe awards for Best Picture and Best Director, has passed the $150 million mark at IMAX theaters worldwide during the weekend from Friday, January 29, 2010, through Sunday, January 31, 2010.
January 19, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that James Cameron's Avatar, which just received Golden Globe awards for Best Picture and Best Director, continued to deliver strong box office results in IMAX theaters during the four-day weekend from Friday, January 15, through Monday, January 18. The IMAX release grossed $9.6 million from 179 IMAX theaters domestically, representing 17.7 percent of the film's total domestic four-day weekend gross of $55 million on less than 2 percent of the screens. Internationally, the IMAX release grossed $5.6 million from 83 IMAX theaters, bringing the four-day weekend's global IMAX total to approximately $15.3 million and the film's overall IMAX global total to more than $116.4 million.
January 19, 2010--Monday evening, January 11, 2010, Edwin Abbott’s beloved mathematical adventure novel, Flatland, was prominently featured as part of a major storyline on the top-rated CBS Television comedy, The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon, one of the key characters in the series, declares Flatland to be one of his choice destinations. “Sometimes, when I feel stifled and want a change of scenery, I use my imagination. One of my favorite places to visit is the two-dimensional world described in Edwin Abbott’s mathematical fantasy, Flatland . . . I am now a hexagon in two-dimensional space and can only perceive the edges of other objects. . .” RPG Productions (Burbank, California), and producing partners, Objects In Motion Pictures (Charlotte, North Carolina), are currently in production of a 3D animated version of the classic Abbott novella. Flatland: Search for the Third Dimension is designed for both Giant Screen cinemas and 3D Digital venues.
January 18, 2010--BIG & Digital, LLC and Foxfire Interactive Corporation announced today that Freefall: Exploring the Extremes of Gravity (working title), will be distributed worldwide by BIG & Digital to the network of IMAX and Giant Screen Theaters. The film is being produced by Foxfire Interactive and is expected to release in 2013.
January 14, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures today announced that Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr., will be released to digital IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's worldwide release on May 7, 2010. Iron Man 2, the sequel to Marvel's Iron Man, will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Associate Professor Lim Tit Meng, 49, from the Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, will be appointed as the Chief Executive of the Science Centre Singapore with effect from 16 January 2010. He will take over from Dr. Chew Tuan Chiong, 52, who will be moving on to pursue other interests.
January 13, 2010--Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation today announced that three-time Academy-Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio will narrate Hubble 3D. The latest IMAX 3D film from the award-winning team behind Space Station 3D and other successful IMAX space films, led by producer/director Toni Myers, is scheduled for release to IMAX theaters beginning March 19, 2010. Hubble 3D will combine awe-inspiring IMAX 3D footage shot in space with breathtaking, never-before-seen 3D flights through Hubble imagery from the Orion Nebula to the far reaches of the cosmos. The film is the fourth IMAX 3D co-production between the two companies.
January 11, 2010--MacGillivray Freeman Films announced today the appointment of Craig Thompson to the newly created position of Senior Director for Business Development. Thompson, a 25-year veteran of the sponsorship world, joins the company’s business development team and is responsible for developing strategic partnerships and sponsorship opportunities for the company’s film projects.