http://www.giantscreencinema.comThe Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA®) is the professional development network to advance the international business of producing and presenting giant screen experiences for the public. GSCA was formed in January 2006 with the unification of the Giant Screen Theater Association and the Large Format Cinema Association. Its nearly 300 member organizations include giant screen filmmakers, distributors, exhibitors, suppliers, and students from around the world. en-USCopyright 2006 by Giant Screen Cinema Associationkellygermain@giantscreencinema.comMay 9, 2012—IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Rock of Ages, based on the hit Broadway musical, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released for a limited domestic engagement in select IMAX® theaters, day-and-date with the film's release on June 15, 2012. Directed by Adam Shankman, the film stars Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Paul Giamatti, Russell Brand, Mary J. Blige, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 09 May 2012 14:47:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1374&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 7, 2012—IMAX Corporation, Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Studios today announced that the epic Super Hero adventure Marvel's The Avengers has surpassed IMAX's domestic opening weekend box office record by generating $15.3 million of the film's record-setting domestic gross of more than $200 million, resulting in an IMAX per-screen average of approximately $56,000 in 275 digital IMAX® theaters.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 07 May 2012 18:29:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1372&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 7, 2012—IMAX Corporation, in partnership with Indomina Releasing (Indomina), today announced the release of Bona Film Group's blockbuster Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, starring Jet Li, for an exclusive, limited engagement across North America in September in the immersive IMAX® 3D format.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 07 May 2012 13:50:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1371&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 27, 2012—IMAX Corporation today reported first quarter 2012 revenues of $55.6 million, adjusted EBITDA as calculated in accordance with the company's Credit Facility of $16.4 million, adjusted net income of $4.0 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, and reported net income of $2.6 million, or $0.04 per diluted share. In the first quarter of 2012, the company incurred a charge of $0.7 million to enable certain theaters to play movies, such as The Dark Knight Rises, in either digital or analog format. For reconciliations of adjusted net income to reported net income and for the definition of adjusted EBITDA, please see the tables at the end of this press release.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 27 Apr 2012 13:53:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1367&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 25, 2012—Christie Duo™ combined with the new RealD XL-DP Cinema System today to project Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Sneak Peek” of The Hobbit in 3D, presented at High Frame Rates (HFR) of 48 frames per second, achieving an unprecedented combination of uniformity and brightness. Christie®, a global visual technology company, and RealD, a leading global licensor of 3D technologies, powered today’s major studio presentation in the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 25 Apr 2012 19:01:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1365&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 18, 2012—IMAX Corporation and 20th Century Fox today announced that the 3D release of James Cameron's Academy Award®-winning film Titanic set an opening weekend box office record for IMAX in China. Since opening in China on Tuesday, April 10, the film has grossed an estimated $74 million in China during its opening week, of which approximately $7 million was generated in 64 IMAX® theaters across the country, for a per-screen average of approximately $109,375.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 19 Apr 2012 14:56:07 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1358&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 18, 2012—IMAX Corporation, MacGillivray Freeman Films, and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the documentary adventure To The Arctic will debut exclusively in 50 select IMAX® theaters in North America, beginning Friday, April 20. Additional theaters will be added as the footprint expands domestically and internationally over the coming months.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 19 Apr 2012 14:34:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1357&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 9, 2012—3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that its new theatrical release Air Racers 3D narrated by actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise, Takers) opened this weekend at select IMAX theaters, including the Naval Aviation Museum (Pensacola, Florida), Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Hutchinson, Kansas), National Infantry Museum (Columbus, Georgia) and U.S. Space & Rocket Centre (Huntsville, Alabama).http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 09 Apr 2012 14:56:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1348&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 30, 2012—D3D Cinema is excited to announce the conversion of the giant screen theater at the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) 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 15/70 mm film projection to a state-of-the-art digital 4K 3D system showcases their commitment to remaining at the forefront of the industry.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 02 Apr 2012 16:18:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1341&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 30, 2012—From 1984 to 1998, IMAX cameras accompanied astronauts on 17 space shuttle missions. These 70-mm large-format cameras, operated by astronauts, captured a visually stunning view of our planet from space and offered an up-close look at living and working in a weightless environment.  The result—a series of six giant screen films, including The Dream Is Alive, Blue Planet, and Mission to Mir.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 30 Mar 2012 21:03:55 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1338&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 30, 2012—IMAX Corporation has 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.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 30 Mar 2012 14:29:26 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1332&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 15, 2012—IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox announced today that James Cameron's Oscar®-winning film Titanic will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released for a limited engagement in 149 select IMAX® theaters worldwide.  Titanic will open in 79 domestic IMAX theaters simultaneous with the film's wide release on April 4, 2012 and a total of 70 international IMAX theaters, 63 of which will open on April 4.  Additional international playdates will be added as pending bookings are confirmed. Since its initial release on Dec. 19, 1997, Titanic has grossed $1.8 billion globally and remains the second-highest grossing film of all time.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 16 Mar 2012 08:00:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1328&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 8, 2012—IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures today announced that John Carter, the action adventure film from Academy® Award-winner Andrew Stanton, will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format on Friday, March 9.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 Mar 2012 21:16:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1324&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 26, 2012—Sony Pictures Classics is proud to have been the recipient of two Academy Awards® for Best Original Screenplay for Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Best Foreign Language Film A Separation.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 29 Feb 2012 21:16:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1319&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 21, 2012—3D Entertainment Distribution announced today that actor Paul Walker (The Fast and the Furious franchise, Takers) will narrate Air Racers 3D, the first‐ever IMAX 3D theater film devoted to the fastest race in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. With stunning aerial photography filmed entirely in 3D and unprecedented access granted to the course, Air Racers 3D takes audiences into Nevada’s Valley of Speed to experience the intensity and high‐speed thrills of a sports event like no other combined with spectacular air show entertainment.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 21 Feb 2012 15:15:58 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1312&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 20, 2012—IMAX Corporation and Broadway Theatre Company Ltd. have announced two agreements to install a total of four digital IMAX® theater systems into new multiplexes across Greater China, bringing Broadway's total IMAX commitment to six theaters. With today's agreements, there are 217 IMAX® theaters open or contracted to open in Greater China.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 20 Feb 2012 15:43:39 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1310&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 16, 2012—National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) announces the release of Meerkats 3D, the first in a series of films developed for digital cinemas in museums worldwide. Meerkats 3D, which will roll out to theaters internationally this spring and summer, was developed through a partnership between National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and SKY3D in the U.K. NGCV will distribute a 40-minute and a shorter version of Meerkats 3D, both adapted specifically for the cinema.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 16 Feb 2012 15:46:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1309&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 2, 2012—Today, One World One Ocean (OWOO), the largest, most far-reaching, for-purpose media campaign aimed at restoring the world’s oceans, revealed a video sneak peek and first five episodes of its 2012 original digital programming (watch here). The OWOO campaign was launched last year by Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray of MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF)—the world's best-selling independent producer of IMAX® theater films and mastermind behind blockbuster documentaries such as Everest and The Living Sea—as an initiative of the new One World One Ocean Foundation.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 03 Feb 2012 22:23:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1303&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 2, 2012—IMAX Corporation and Lionsgate today announced that Lionsgate's The Hunger Games, the first installment of the trilogy based on Suzanne Collins' bestselling novels, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released in IMAX® digital theaters in North America day-and-date on Friday, March 23, 2012.  The film will have a limited one week engagement in IMAX theaters.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1299&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 31, 2012—IMAX Corporation, Marvel Studios, and The Walt Disney Studios today announced that the epic super hero adventure Marvel's The Avengers will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released in IMAX® digital theaters worldwide day-and-date on May 4, 2012.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 31 Jan 2012 22:56:07 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1296&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 23, 2012—IMAX Corporation, MacGillivray Freeman Films, and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that two-time Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep will narrate To The Arctic 3D. The film will be released exclusively to select IMAX® theaters starting April 20, 2012.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1291&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 19, 2012—D3D Cinema is pleased to announce that its latest giant screen digital 3D theater conversion is underway at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa. Twin state-of-the-art Barco 4K projectors and industry-leading Dolby Digital 3D technology will replace 15/70 film projectors as the Putnam, which plays host to the largest screen in the Quad Cities area, becomes the newest member of an ever-growing list of theaters to make the switch to digital in partnership with D3D Cinema.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 19 Jan 2012 15:02:46 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1286&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 17, 2012—IMAX Corporation today announced that it has restructured its master license agreement in South America with Giencourt Investments S.A., a member of the RACIMEC International Group (RACIMEC), in order to both play a more active role in the market and accelerate the roll-out of IMAX® theaters across South America.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 17 Jan 2012 14:43:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1284&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 12, 2012—IMAX Corporation and Cinemas Guzzo have announced a joint revenue sharing agreement to install four digital IMAX® theater systems throughout the greater Montreal area in Quebec. This agreement brings the total number of IMAX theaters open or contracted to open in Canada to 30.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 12 Jan 2012 22:21:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1280&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 9, 2012—D3D Cinema (D3D) is pleased to announce the hiring of museum industry veteran Jolie Kass as Director of Theater Sales and Business Development. Kass comes to D3D by way of Arts and Exhibitions International, where she directed the operations of AEI’s blockbuster exhibitions, most notably Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs. In this role, she collaborated closely with museum colleagues around the world to achieve record-breaking attendance. Additionally, Jolie was actively involved in AEI’s pioneering of the first touring D3D exhibition theaters, which ran D3D’s film Egypt 3D: Secrets of the Mummies as the official companion film to AEI’s Tut and Cleopatra exhibits. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 09 Jan 2012 22:47:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1278&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 4, 2012—Just as the crippled Russian satellite, Phobos-Grunt, threatens to fall from our sky, the film Space Junk 3D will open in IMAX® and other giant screen theaters in both 2D and 3D, beginning January 13th. The movie is the first to explore the exponentially expanding ring of manmade debris that threatens the safety of our planet's orbits.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 04 Jan 2012 15:25:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1275&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 29, 2011 (Lake Anna, VA)—The White Oak Institute and the GSCA announce GSCA’s stewardship of the NSF-funded Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications (DIGSS 1.0). By a unanimous Board vote on September 22, 2011, the GSCA accepted the role of stewardship of DIGSS 1.0 with a goal of further developing the recommendations, announced Tammy Thurmon, Executive Director of GSCA. John Jacobsen, principal investigator of the Digital Immersive Screen Colloquium for Unified Standards and Specifications (DISCUSS NSF-ISE 0946691) said, “GSCA’s stewardship will enable the refinement and administration of DIGSS 1.0+, its screen testing and its global buy-in.” http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 29 Dec 2011 20:22:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1272&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 29, 2011—Sincerest condolences to our friend and colleague Tammy Thurmon, GSCA’s executive director, and her family. Tammy’s mother, Gail Martin, died in a car accident on Friday, December 23. Her father, Bill Martin, was also in the accident and is expected to be released from the hospital next week. A Celebration of Life service for Gail Martin will be held on Saturday, January 7, at 3:00 pm at the Lake Anna Rescue Building, in Lake Anna, Virginia.

http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 29 Dec 2011 15:20:56 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1271&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 23, 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. Mark Katz will also continue to report to Truitt as president of distribution. National Geographic Feature Films will see more comprehensive changes.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 23 Dec 2011 15:21:46 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1269&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 9, 2011-- IMAX Corporation has announced an agreement to install three digital IMAX® theater systems across China between Sichuan Lumiere Pavilions Company Limited (Lumiere Pavilions), one of the fastest-growing private movie exhibition chains in China and IMAX Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, IMAX China.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSat, 10 Dec 2011 01:16:40 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1258&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 28, 2011—Magic Journey to Africa 3D has been given a Special Mention Award by the European Observatory on Children’s TV (OETI) for having an exceptional educational value to an international children’s audience.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 28 Nov 2011 16:51:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1254&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 10, 2011—The Board of Commissioners of the Saint Louis Science Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Bert Vescolani as president and chief executive officer. The announcement was made following a ten-month, nationwide search. Vescolani replaces Douglas R. King, who resigned from the Saint Louis Science Center in December 2010.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 10 Nov 2011 22:31:58 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1246&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 8, 2011—IMAX Corporation and SMI Corporation Limited, a leading Chinese entertainment and media company that operates theaters under the name Stellar Cinemas, today announced an agreement to install up to seven new digital IMAX® theater systems between IMAX Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, IMAX China, and SMI International Cinema Ltd.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 08 Nov 2011 17:06:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1245&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 3, 2011—“We are currently compiling our strategy for the next three years and have been looking at the IMAX operation and assessing its contribution to our business,” said Bristol Aquarium Park Director David Waines. “As the IMAX brand is increasingly moving away from documentaries and into mainstream Hollywood movies we no longer believe it fits in to our ambitious plans and we have therefore taken the decision to stop screening IMAX films."http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 03 Nov 2011 14:38:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1240&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 26, 2011—Beginning next month, white will be the new red.  Coca-Cola and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are joining forces in a bold new campaign to help protect the polar bear’s Arctic home.  For the first time ever, Coca-Cola is turning its iconic red cans white in celebration of the polar bear and committing up to $3 million to WWF’s polar bear conservation efforts. The company is also asking fans in the U.S. to join the “Arctic Home” campaign by texting donations.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 26 Oct 2011 17:40:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1232&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 25, 2011—Immersive experience innovator, Global Immersion, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Isaacs as Head of Operations, a role that marks the latest in an ongoing series of strategic developments which form a critical part of Global Immersion’s rapid and ongoing international expansion plan.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 25 Oct 2011 14:07:38 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1230&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 24, 2011—Regal Entertainment Group, a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theater circuit in the United States, announces grand opening details for an all-new Regal Cinemas in Nashville, Tennessee. Opry Mills Stadium 20 & IMAX replaces the original Opry Mills theater, which was destroyed during a devastating flood in 2010. The official grand opening will be Friday, November 18, with first-run features including Twilight: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 and Happy Feet 2 in IMAX 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 25 Oct 2011 13:56:36 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1229&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 18, 2011--IMAX Corporation has announced a joint revenue sharing agreement with TGV Cinemas Sdn Bhd (TGV Cinemas) to install a new digital IMAX® theater system at the Sunway Pyramid Shopping Centre, TGV's highest-grossing multiplex. The theater is expected to open by Dec. 15, 2011, in time for the release of Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol The IMAX Experience, which opens globally Dec. 21, 2011. This agreement brings to 294 the total number of IMAX theaters contracted to open in the Asia region, 95 of which are currently in operation.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 18 Oct 2011 12:42:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1226&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 17, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Eastman Kodak Company announced today a relationship that will broaden the application of digital cinema technologies in theaters and enhance the consumer's movie-going experience. The companies announced that IMAX has licensed from Kodak certain exclusive rights in the digital cinema field to a portfolio of more than 50 patent families covering fundamental laser projection technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 17 Oct 2011 11:52:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1225&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 14, 2011--Greg MacGillivray, Academy Award-nominated producer/director and president of MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF), the world’s best-selling independent producer of films for IMAX® Theatres, has announced the official launch of One World One Ocean (OWOO), a multi-year, multi-platform nonprofit campaign that will harness the power of film, television and new media to generate greater global awareness of the ocean’s importance to society and spark a global movement to restore a healthy ocean.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 14 Oct 2011 19:51:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1224&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 10, 2011--The 25-year old nonprofit Institute for Learning Innovation (www.ilinet.org) has concluded a nationwide executive search with the appointment of Dr. Emlyn Koster as its new President and CEO. ILI advances the philosophy and practice of informal education, the abundant form of learning that arises from experiences at times and places outside of formal education.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 10 Oct 2011 16:34:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1223&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 7, 2011--National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) received four awards at this year’s Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, one of the world’s top competitions for wildlife and environmental film and television production. Flying Monsters 3D, a new giant-screen and digital 3D film produced by Atlantic Productions in association with Sky 3D and distributed by NGCV, took home the honors for Best 3D Film. The Last Lions, a feature-length documentary produced and distributed by NGCV and directed by National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert, received awards for Best Theatrical Film, Best Music and Best Editing.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 07 Oct 2011 19:11:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1222&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 7, 2011--3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that its latest IMAX theater release, Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World, won the award for Best Earth Sciences Program yesterday at the prestigious 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. The biennial 6-day conference considered by many to be the "Oscars of Wildlife Filmmaking" is an unmatched international industry event drawing international leaders in science, conservation, broadcasting and media.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 07 Oct 2011 19:06:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1221&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 5, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Paramount Pictures today announced that Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol will begin previews in IMAX beginning Friday, Dec. 16, and playing through the film's run at the box office, which begins worldwide on Dec. 21, 2011. This marks the first time a domestic feature release has been released early in IMAX® theaters and reinforces the event nature of this highly-anticipated film. Directed by Academy Award(®-winner Brad Bird, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Paula Patton.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 05 Oct 2011 22:16:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1219&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 5, 2011--D3D Cinema is pleased to announce that its first U.K. giant screen digital 3D conversion at Millennium Point in Birmingham is underway. The former IMAX theater is set to become the Midlands largest, independent digital 3D cinema. Outfitted with twin state-of-the-art Barco 4K digital projectors paired with industry-leading Dolby Digital 3D technology, the new system will allow Millennium Point to show a wider selection of 3D feature films as well as a larger variety of 2D movies and documentaries. Millennium Point will reopen the theater at the end of October with The Adventures of Tintin 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 05 Oct 2011 19:01:42 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1218&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 5, 2011-- IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Studios and The Walt Disney Studios have announced that the action drama Real Steel will open in 270 domestic IMAX® theaters Friday, October 7, 2011, simultaneous with its North American wide release. The film will also open in at least 100 IMAX theaters internationally, with 62 theaters releasing day-and-date. Additional international playdates are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 05 Oct 2011 15:13:36 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1217&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 3, 2011--The board of trustees today announced the appointment of Paul Hoffman as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Liberty Science Center. Mr. Hoffman is the institution’s fifth president since its 1993 opening.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 04 Oct 2011 14:34:24 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1213&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 28, 2011--Giant Screen Films and D3D Cinema are pleased to announce promotions for Derek Threinen, Rob Grzymala and Deborah Raksany. Threinen has been promoted to Vice President, Film Distribution and Business Development; Grzymala to Vice President, Production and Finance; and Raksany to Vice President, Development and Partnerships.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 28 Sep 2011 22:39:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1211&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 27, 2011--3D Entertainment Distribution hosted the IMAX industry premiere of Air Racers 3D on September 20 during the Giant Screen Cinema Association’s Annual Conference at the Texas State History Museum IMAX Theater in Austin. The film takes audiences into Nevada's "Valley of Speed" for a spectacular exploration of the fastest motorsport in the world: the legendary Reno National Championship Air Races. It marks the first time in the event’s 48-year history that a film on the Air Races has been produced entirely in 3D. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 Sep 2011 17:09:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1209&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 27, 2011--Museum cinema integration pioneer D3D Cinema has teamed with Moody Gardens and Barco to host an unprecedented and exclusive preview of next-generation digital projection technology, providing a glimpse into the future of the movie going experience. The event will take place January 9-10, 2012 at the 2nd Annual Moody Gardens Digital Cinema Symposium in Galveston, TX, on the 80-foot MG3D Theater screen.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 Sep 2011 15:59:16 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1208&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 27, 2011--IMAX Corporation and MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF) today announced their intention to form a long-term content alliance. The companies also said they are exploring a broader alliance that may include marketing, distribution and co-financing efforts to support institutional IMAX exhibitors with a steady flow of the highest-quality large-format documentaries.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 Sep 2011 15:52:34 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1207&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 26, 2011--The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Gretchen Faust Jaspering as its Executive Director, effective October 10, 2011. Ms. Jaspering brings over 25 years of experience in science center management, IMAX theaters, marketing and public relations, and organizational development to the Exploreum.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 26 Sep 2011 14:44:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1201&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 24, 2011--The Detroit Science Center is closing Monday, possibly permanently, as board members work to save the center they admit is in a deep financial hole. Read the full article here.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSat, 24 Sep 2011 16:03:38 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1200&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 8, 2011-- IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the thriller Contagion, from Academy Award®-winning director Steven Soderbergh will open in 257 domestic IMAX® theaters Sept. 9, 2011, simultaneously with its North American wide release. The film will also open in at least 30 IMAX theaters internationally. Additional international playdates are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 Sep 2011 20:57:44 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1196&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 1, 2011--D3D Cinema (D3D) and Giant Screen Films (GSF) are pleased to announce the addition of two new team members: Scott Fauteux, D3D Operations Manager, and Liz Brach, Marketing and Public Relations Manager.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 06 Sep 2011 20:04:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1193&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 25, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Jiangsu Eudemonia Blue Ocean Cinema Development Co., Ltd. (Blue Ocean) today announced an agreement to install four new digital IMAX® theater systems in the People's Republic of China. This agreement follows an earlier four-theater deal between the two companies, announced in February 2011, and brings Blue Ocean's total commitment to eight IMAX theaters in operation by 2014.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 25 Aug 2011 14:40:38 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1190&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAug 23, 2011---IMAX Corporation and Paramount Pictures announced today that Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third film in the blockbuster Transformers franchise, is returning to 246 IMAX® domestic locations for an extended two-week run from Friday, Aug. 26 through Thursday, Sept. 8. During those two weeks, the 3D film will play simultaneously with other films in the IMAX network.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 23 Aug 2011 15:23:42 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1189&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 22, 2011--Jeff Corwin has tangled with wildlife in every corner of the world, from horned vipers in Morocco to red pandas in the Himalayas throughout a globetrotting career that has seen him build an audience of more than 13 million viewers worldwide. Now, he will focus his talent and energy on the Chesapeake Bay watershed, a singular natural resource that is home to 17 million people.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 23 Aug 2011 14:26:34 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1188&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 16, 2011—The Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival has announced finalists in the Content, Program, and Peer-Judged Craft categories of its 2011 Film Competition, and a number of GSCA members have made the cut. Turtle Vision (nWave Pictures Distribution) is a finalist for Best Children’s Program. Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World (N3D Land Productions, Mantello Brothers Productions, 3D Entertainment Distribution) is a finalist in Best Earth Science Program. The Last Lions (National Geographic) is a finalist for Best Editing, Best Original Music Score, and Best Theatrical Program. And in the Best 3D Program, finalists include Born to be Wild (IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures) and Flying Monsters 3D (National Geographic).http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 16 Aug 2011 17:16:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1184&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 12, 2011--IMAX Corporation has announced that Shaw Theatres Pte Ltd, a leading exhibitor in Singapore, has signed an agreement to install a digital IMAX® theater system in the new JCube entertainment complex in Singapore, which is scheduled to be completed by 2012. This will mark the opening of Shaw Theatres' second IMAX theater. In May, Shaw Theatres opened the first commercial IMAX theater in Singapore, which to date has generated over $1.4 million of gross box office within its first few months of operation.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 15:05:52 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1181&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 12, 2011--After an extensive peer and expert review, the Digital Immersive Giant Screen Specifications (DIGSS 1.0) are now fully available, along with many other findings and reports relevant to museum giant screen theaters and those who support them.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 12 Aug 2011 14:57:53 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1180&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2011--IMAX Corporation today reported another strong quarter for theater signings and a record number of theaters in its backlog; however, disappointing film performance coupled with investments in the growth of the business resulted in adjusted net income of $4.6 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, versus adjusted net income of $8.4 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, in the same period last year.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 28 Jul 2011 19:43:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1174&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 22, 2011-- IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the global thriller Contagion, from Academy Award®-winning director Steven Soderbergh, will be released to digital IMAX® theaters worldwide day-and-date with the film's traditional release, starting September 9, 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 25 Jul 2011 16:27:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1172&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 19, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2, the final installment of the blockbuster film series based on the beloved books by J.K. Rowling, surpassed opening weekend IMAX® box office records globally by generating $23.2 million of the film's record-setting estimated worldwide gross of more than $481 million, for an IMAX per-screen average of $59,000. Opening-weekend domestic records were broken as well, with IMAX bringing in $15.2 million of the movie's $169 million of total box office, or approximately $55,500 per screen.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 19 Jul 2011 16:17:40 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1169&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 14, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Regal Entertainment Group today announced that under a previously agreed-upon arrangement, the companies will expand their joint revenue sharing arrangement to install an additional nine IMAX(R) theaters in the United States, bringing the number of theaters under the agreement to 25 from 16. Locations for these nine additional theaters have now been identified, with the parties working to finalize all necessary theater approvals.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 14 Jul 2011 22:05:16 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1167&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 13, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2, the final installment of the blockbuster film series based on the beloved books by J.K. Rowling, will open in a record number of IMAX® theaters day-and-date starting July 13 in several international markets and domestically this Friday, July 15. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—Part 2: An IMAX 3D Experience marks the largest release for the company, with a total of 423 global theaters confirmed to date. The film will open in 395 IMAX locations as of this weekend—which includes a record 274 IMAX® theaters domestically—with the additional runs debuting over the following four weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 13 Jul 2011 22:18:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1164&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 12, 2011-- IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Pictures, and Paramount Pictures International today announced an agreement to offer the highly anticipated sci-fi western thriller Cowboys and Aliens in select international digital IMAX®theaters day-and-date with each territory's release date, beginning in August.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 12 Jul 2011 14:40:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1163&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 7, 2011--IMAX Corporation and CJ Entertainment, a leading Korean film production and distribution company, today announced that the highly anticipated underwater action thriller, Sector 7, will be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX 3D format and released to IMAX(R) theaters in Korea day-and-date on August 4. Director Kim Ji-Hun's adventure tale features an all-star cast that includes Ha Ji-Won, Ahn Sung-Kee, Oh Ji-Ho, Lee Han-Wi, Cha Ye-Ryeon, Park Cheol-Min, Song Sae-Byeok, Park Jung-Hak.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 07 Jul 2011 13:41:42 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1160&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 6, 2011--IMAX Corporation and ZON Lusomundo Cinemas today announced a joint revenue sharing agreement to install three new digital IMAX® theater systems in Portugal. The deal marks the first IMAX theaters to open in Portugal. Under the terms of the agreement, the systems will be installed in existing theaters in different parts of the country, with the first expected to open by the end of the year. All three locations are expected to open before the end of 2012.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 06 Jul 2011 14:15:17 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1159&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 24, 2011--The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) and Euromax are pleased to announce they will co-host the GSCA European Film Expo, which will be held at Parc du Futuroscope in Poitiers, France, on March 20-22, 2012.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 24 Jun 2011 18:01:21 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1150&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 22, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Disney * Pixar have announced that Cars 2, the second installment in the popular family-friendly franchise from director John Lasseter, will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format this Friday, June 24. The film will open on 120 domestic IMAX screens, simultaneous with its North American wide release. The film will also open on at least 40 IMAX screens internationally, with 33 screens releasing day-and-date. Additional international playdates are expected to be confirmed in the coming weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 22 Jun 2011 16:01:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1147&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 20, 2011--The Meduza, the first single beyond 4K digital stereoscopic 3D (S3D) camera ever developed, has been invited by America’s Space Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to shoot the final Space Shuttle Launch at Cape Canaveral, FL, mid-July. The announcement was made today by Chris Cary, CEO of the new UK tech 3D start-up, 3D Visual Enterprises, parent company of the camera’s developer, Meduza Systems. The news follows on the heels of Meduza’s exciting debut in April at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention and receiving a Mario Award from the industry’s leading magazine, TV Technology, in recognition of its "Innovation & Technical Excellence."http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 21 Jun 2011 14:31:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1144&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 2, 2011-- IMAX Corporation today announced that it has entered into a new credit facility for up to $110 million with Wells Fargo Capital Finance Corporation Canada, part of Wells Fargo & Company, with the participation of Export Development Canada (EDC) for $55 million of the new facility. The new facility replaces IMAX's previous $75 million facility with Wells Fargo and EDC. The new facility will consist of up to a $60 million revolving term loan, with no scheduled repayments, and up to a $50 million asset-based revolving loan. The company intends to use proceeds from the new facility for general corporate purposes and to fund the company's strategic initiatives and its continued global expansion. The credit facility extends the maturity of the prior facility from October 31, 2013, to October 31, 2015.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 03 Jun 2011 15:58:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1135&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 1, 2011--IMAX Corporation, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., and Paramount Pictures announced today that the international IMAX® 3D release of Kung Fu Panda 2 posted strong opening weekend results, generating approximately $1.6 million from 53 IMAX screens. The film's IMAX per screen average was $30,188.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 02 Jun 2011 21:47:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1134&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 1, 2011—National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) today announced the National Geographic Museum Partnership Plan, a program offering national and international museums the chance to create expanded digital cinema programs in their existing facilities. The initiative includes access to NGCV’s library of award-winning films in 2D and 3D digital formats, access to National Geographic branding, as well as marketing and promotional support and education materials. Museum partners also will receive guidance on digital projection technology from NGCV’s experienced team.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 01 Jun 2011 18:02:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1130&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 26, 2011--IMAX Corporation today announced that Marc de Grandpre has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. de Grandpre, who will lead IMAX's global brand and marketing initiatives, will report directly to IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 26 May 2011 16:02:49 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1128&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 26, 2011-- IMAX Corporation today announced that Carrie Lindzon-Jacobs has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Reporting directly to IMAX CEO Richard L. Gelfond, Ms. Lindzon-Jacobs will lead IMAX's global human resources team, focusing on strategies and initiatives that will further the organization's objectives and drive employee engagement.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 26 May 2011 15:58:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1127&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 19, 2011--Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' The Dark Knight Rises, the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. In helming The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan is utilizing IMAX® cameras even more extensively than he did on The Dark Knight, which had marked the first time ever that a major feature film was partially shot with IMAX® cameras. The results were so spectacular that the director wanted to expand the use of the large-format cameras for this film.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 19 May 2011 21:26:01 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1120&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 16, 2011—Giant Screen Films (GSF) and D3D Cinema (D3D) are pleased to announce the addition of industry veteran Domingo Escutia Muñoz as Director of Sales and Distribution for Europe, effective May 25, 2011. Based in Valencia, Spain, Escutia will lead the European distribution office for both companies, promoting a growing library of large-format and digital 3D productions. He will also oversee D3D’s theater sales into museums, aquariums and attractions, digital 3D system integrations, touring exhibition venues, and 70mm theater conversions.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 19 May 2011 19:28:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1119&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 18, 2011--Major Cineplex Group Plc, the leading theater circuit in Thailand, announced plans for a joint venture with Korea’s CJ Entertainment to retrofit to 4D the IMAX theater at the flagship Siam Paragon location. This will be the first location outside of Korea’s four installations with the capability to screen major Hollywood movies with special effects such as wind, water, smells, fog and motion intertwined with 3D effects.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 18 May 2011 16:53:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1116&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 17, 2011-- IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios announced today that the action fantasy adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format to a record number of theaters worldwide this Friday, May 20. This is the first film of the series to be released in IMAX and is making a considerable splash, marking the largest IMAX release ever with 257 IMAX screens domestically, simultaneous with its North American wide release. At least six supplementary theaters will launch after May 20, to be confirmed in coming days. Additionally, the movie will open day-and-date on 139 IMAX screens internationally. Advance ticket sales for the film have also been robust.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 17 May 2011 16:07:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1112&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 10, 2011--IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, and Marvel Entertainment, LLC, announced today that Thor, the superhero adventure directed by Kenneth Branagh, posted strong domestic opening results in IMAX® theaters. Thor opened on 213 digital IMAX screens, which contributed approximately $6.2 million of the film's overall $65.7 million opening gross for opening weekend. The IMAX average box office per screen amounted to approximately $29,000, setting a record for a digital-only IMAX release. Internationally, Thor continues to perform well, posting IMAX box office of $1 million, which brings the cumulative IMAX international box office to date to $4.5 and $10.7 million worldwide.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 11 May 2011 14:31:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1109&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 29, 2011-- IMAX Corporation announced today the launch of a new screening series in conjunction with the Los Angeles Times' successful Hero Complex. IMAX will serve as the presenting sponsor of the series and, along with collaboration from various studio partners, anticipates multiple screenings throughout 2011. Exclusive to IMAX® theaters, the ongoing series will focus on upcoming tent-pole titles and will launch with an advance screening of Paramount Pictures' and Marvel Entertainment's Thor on May 4. The screenings are targeted at Hero Complex's extensive audience of fanboys and entertainment aficionados.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 29 Apr 2011 14:07:52 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1098&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 28, 2011--IMAX Corporation today reported its first quarter 2011 financial results and increased its fiscal 2011 outlook for new theater installations by approximately 40%, after signing agreements for 101 IMAX® theater systems in the first quarter.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 28 Apr 2011 16:26:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1096&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 20, 2011--Photojournalist and documentarian Tim Hetherington, co-director of the Oscar-nominated film Restrepo, was killed in Libya today. National Geographic, distributor of Restrepo, released the following statement from National Geographic Society President Tim Kelly: "National Geographic is devastated by the tragic news of Tim Hetherington's death in Libya. This is a sad and terrible day. We join the community of dedicated photojournalists and documentarians around the world who are mourning his loss." Click here for more information about Tim Hetherington.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 20 Apr 2011 20:55:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1090&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 12, 2011--As of April 18, 2011, National Geographic Cinema Ventures Film Distribution Division will be relocating from Greenwich, CT, to its new offices in New York. Please note the updated contact information. New mailing address: 161 Sixth Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10013.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 12 Apr 2011 20:58:58 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1088&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 5, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that the family-friendly documentary adventure Born to be Wild 3D will be released exclusively to IMAX® theaters on Friday, April 8. The film follows these young orphaned elephants and orangutans on the trip of a lifetime, from birth to their rebirth into the wild. This miraculous journey of second chances will transport moviegoers around the world to the far reaches of Kenya and Borneo and will inspire them to take action and save Earth's precious creatures.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 05 Apr 2011 14:48:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1082&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 5, 2011--Tempur-Pedic International Inc., the leading manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows worldwide, has teamed up with New England-based retailer Jordan's Furniture and today announced the Tempur-Pedic® IMAX® 3D Theater at Jordan's in Natick and Reading, Mass.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 05 Apr 2011 13:45:40 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1081&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 30, 2011--IMAX Corporation and PVR Cinemas, India's leading cinema brand and operator of the country's top-performing multiplexes, today announced an agreement to install digital IMAX(R) theater systems in four key locations throughout India. Under the terms of the sales deal, which is subject to standard Indian regulatory approvals, the first two systems are scheduled to be installed within the next 12 months at two of India's top-performing multiplexes in the cities of Mumbai and Bangalore.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 30 Mar 2011 15:15:46 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1079&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 30, 2011--IMAX Corporation today announced that the IMAX release of Warner Bros. Pictures' Sucker Punch contributed approximately $4.0 million in gross box office receipts to the film's overall domestic opening weekend box office of $19 million on 229 domestic IMAX screens. Internationally, IMAX estimated cumulative gross box office of approximately $315,000 on 23 IMAX screens in markets like Holland and Brazil, among others, and said the movie is expected to open on approximately 80 additional international screens in coming months.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 30 Mar 2011 15:10:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1078&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 28, 2011--Bluegreen Corporation, a leading provider of Colorful Places to Live and Play, today announced that the World Golf Hall of Fame® location of the IMAX 3D Theater, located near Bluegreen’s Grande Villas at World Golf Village® golf resort in St. Augustine, Florida, is open for business. The World Golf Hall of Fame® IMAX is the Southeast’s largest IMAX Digital 3D theater and only the fifth institution in the world with this new technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 29 Mar 2011 14:53:01 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1076&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 28, 2011--After 15 years at the helm of Liberty Science Center (LSC), Emlyn Koster’s term as President and CEO ends on May 22, 2011. He will then occupy a new role at LSC as President Emeritus, an honor bestowed by its Board of Trustees.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 28 Mar 2011 14:06:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1073&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 24, 2011--The Laser Illuminated Projector Association (LIPA) has launched with the goals of explaining the benefits of laser illuminated projectors, advocating for a positive regulatory environment, and developing appropriate training guidelines. The announcement was made today by the LIPA Advisory Committee, composed of industry leaders Barco, Christie Digital, Eastman Kodak, IMAX Corporation, Laser Light Engines, NEC Display Solutions, Necsel/Ushio Ltd., and Sony.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 24 Mar 2011 19:25:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1071&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 18, 2011--IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that Zack Snyder's epic action fantasy feature film Sucker Punch will be released in the immersive IMAX® format on Friday, March 25. The film will open on 229 IMAX screens domestically, simultaneous with its North American wide release. The film will also open on at least 78 IMAX screens internationally, with 22 screens releasing day-and-date. Additional international playdates are expected to be confirmed in the coming days.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 18 Mar 2011 15:26:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1065&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 14, 2011--IMAX Corporation has announced it has promoted David Keighley to the newly created role of Chief Quality Officer. In this role, Keighley will be responsible for continuing to demand that every film IMAX touches not only meets the Company's exceptional criteria but becomes an enhanced version of the original.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 14 Mar 2011 19:19:44 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1058&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 1, 2011--Good news for GSCA member Sony Picture Classics--they are proud to have been the recipient of two Academy Awards® for Best Documentary Feature Inside Job and Best Foreign Language Film In a Better World.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 01 Mar 2011 16:06:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1054&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 25, 2011--The Kallisti Media crew of Cosmic Journey: Through Hubble and Cassini reports an amazingly successful shoot that captured the opening sequence of the film—space shuttle Discovery's final lift off.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 25 Feb 2011 18:56:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1053&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 10, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Jiangsu Eudemonia Blue Ocean Cinema Development Co., Ltd. ("Blue Ocean") today announced an agreement to install four new digital IMAX(R) theater systems in the People's Republic of China. Under the terms of the agreement, Blue Ocean will build an IMAX digital theater system into Suzhou Xinsu Tiandi International's Cineplex at Xinsu Plaza in August of this year. The remaining three theater systems are at new construction locations scheduled to open in early 2014: the Kunming Eudemonia Blue Ocean International Cineplex in Kunming; the Eudemonia Blue Ocean International Cineplex in Taizhou; and the Central Eudemonia Blue Ocean International Cineplex in Xuzhou. Jiangsu Province is on the country's east coast and has a population of 77 million.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 10 Feb 2011 16:50:49 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1038&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 10, 2011--The second annual International 3D Society 3D Creative Arts Awards were hosted last night by comedian and costar of 3DYogi Bear Tom Cavanagh at Hollywood’s historic Grauman’s Chinese Theater, honoring talent—both in front of and behind the cameras—within the rapidly burgeoning 3D filmmaking, gaming and television industries.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 10 Feb 2011 14:48:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1037&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 4, 2011-- IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios have announced that TRON: Legacy, a 3D high-tech adventure about a father and son who embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually stunning cyber universe, will open in France for an exclusive four-day run in the country's five commercial IMAX® theaters prior to the nationwide release on February 9, 2011. The IMAX release will continue to play in IMAX theaters for the duration of the nationwide run in conventional theaters.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 04 Feb 2011 18:32:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1036&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 3, 2011—National Geographic Entertainment announces production of Hidden Worlds, a new 3D, giant screen film from its Cinema Ventures group. The announcement follows the signing of a co-financing agreement with China’s Tiger8 Media Ltd. at Sundance Film Festival. Produced by National Geographic with additional funding support from Lockheed Martin Corporation and the National Science Foundation, the movie will be directed by Louie Schwartzberg, one of cinema’s foremost visual special-effects artists.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 03 Feb 2011 15:09:06 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1032&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 3, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Universal Pictures have announced that the 3D epic underwater adventure Sanctum, from three-time Oscar®-winning executive producer James Cameron, will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format on Friday, February 4. The film will open on 178 IMAX screens domestically, simultaneous with its North American wide release. Sanctum will also open on at least 16 IMAX screens internationally this Friday. Additional international playdates are expected to be booked in the coming days.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 03 Feb 2011 15:01:07 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1031&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJan 31, 2011--IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures announced today that the Oscar®-nominated hit Tangled will be released in IMAX® 3D in key Asian territories day-and-date with the individual countries' wide release dates. Starting in February, the film will open in select digital IMAX® theaters in Korea, the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, with other Asian countries to follow soon thereafter. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Rapunzel, Tangled is an animated fantasy directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard and featuring the vocal talents of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 31 Jan 2011 14:33:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1028&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 21, 2011--RealD Inc., a leading global licensor of 3D technologies for cinema, consumer electronics and professional applications, announced today that it has developed and begun deploying to motion picture exhibition venues the XLW Cinema System. An extension of the award-winning XL Cinema System, the XLW Cinema System can accommodate a throw ratio as wide as 1.0 (projection distance divided by screen width), and is designed for use in premium large screen motion picture auditoriums, theme parks and specialty theatres with stadium seating. The XLW Cinema System is capable of delivering crisp, clear 3D images on screens up to 82 feet (25 meters) wide and maintains the industry-leading performance of the XL Cinema System by delivering to a screen twice the light of competing 3D projection technologies while utilizing a single DLP® digital cinema projector.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 21 Jan 2011 21:58:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1021&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 19, 2011--IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Company announced today that the IMAX release of Walt Disney Pictures' TRON: Legacy, the 3D high-tech adventure starring Garrett Hedlund and Oscar®- and Golden Globe®-winner Jeff Bridges, has grossed more than $51.4 million worldwide in IMAX® theaters to date. Domestically, the IMAX release has generated $34.7 million since opening on December 17, 2010. Internationally, the film has generated $16.7 million. The film's overall box office in all theaters and formats worldwide has reached $328.8 million, of which approximately $51.4 million has been from IMAX theatres so far.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 19 Jan 2011 15:41:14 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1018&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 19, 2011--IMAX Corporation has announced that Ann Sommerlath has joined the Company as Vice President, Corporate Communications. Reporting directly to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, she will lead IMAX's media initiatives and drive overall communications strategy.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 19 Jan 2011 15:33:17 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1017&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 18, 2011--Regal Entertainment Group, a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, have announced  that The IMAX Experience® will soon be available at three additional locations. These IMAX® theaters will showcase films through a newly installed digital IMAX projection system, IMAX’s proprietary sound system and a specially-designed IMAX screen in an existing auditorium. Construction will begin this month for IMAX theatres in Amarillo, TX; Eugene, OR and Shreveport, LA.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 18 Jan 2011 18:56:59 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1015&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 10, 2011-- IMAX Corporation has announced an agreement with Paramount Pictures to release four of the studio's tentpole releases in 2011: Super 8, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Each film will open day-and-date in IMAX® theaters worldwide. Sony Pictures Entertainment is co-production partner on The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) will handle distribution and marketing in most key territories overseas.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 12 Jan 2011 13:37:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=1007&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 20, 2010-- IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Company announced today the strong performance of the IMAX release of Walt Disney Pictures' TRON: Legacy, a 3D high-tech adventure, which opened number one at the box office this weekend. Domestically, TRON: Legacy generated a total of $44 million in box office, of which $10.45 million was generated in 234 IMAX® theaters. Internationally, the film grossed a total of $23 million, of which approximately $2.2 million was generated in 54 IMAX theaters. The film's overall box office in all theaters and formats around the world was $67 million, of which approximately $12.7 million was generated in IMAX.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 20 Dec 2010 18:56:29 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=999&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 14, 2010--IMAX Corporation announced today that Sanctum, from executive producer James Cameron, will be released for a special two-week run in IMAX® 3D digital locations beginning February 4, 2011. This release occurs simultaneously with the action-thriller's wide release in domestic and select international markets from Universal Pictures. Shot on location off the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, the new film from director Alister Grierson employs 3D photography techniques Cameron developed to lens Avatar.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 14 Dec 2010 14:45:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=996&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 9, 2010--IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios announced today that the IMAX release of TRON: Legacy, a 3D high-tech adventure about a father and son who embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually stunning cyber universe, features more than 43 minutes of footage specifically designed to take advantage of the premium IMAX Experience®. Seven sequences on The Grid expand on the IMAX screen, thereby allowing audiences to become even more immersed in the massive scope and scale of TRON: Legacy, only in IMAX® 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 10 Dec 2010 14:52:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=991&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 7, 2010--The Walt Disney Studios, DreamWorks Studios and IMAX Corporation announced today that two of DreamWorks' 2011 Touchstone Pictures releases, I Am Number Four and Real Steel, will open day-and-date in digital IMAX® theaters around the world. Both films are produced by DreamWorks and will be released under Disney's Touchstone banner as part of the distribution agreement between the two companies.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 07 Dec 2010 14:14:27 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=986&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 16, 2010 --IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, the film based on the beloved book by J.K. Rowling, will be released to IMAX® theaters this Friday, November 19. The film will open as the largest IMAX release to date with 239 IMAX screens domestically, simultaneously with the film's wide North American release. The movie will also open on 117 IMAX screens internationally, 97 of which will open this Friday, with the additional runs debuting over the duration of the following four weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 16 Nov 2010 22:24:49 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=971&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 9, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.'s Megamind, the CG animated film featuring the voice talent of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt, opened number one at the box office this weekend, generating an overall domestic gross of $46.0 million, with the IMAX release contributing approximately $3 million from 195 IMAX screens.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 09 Nov 2010 15:08:18 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=967&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 7, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced the appointment of Kiyoto Takaya to the newly created position of General Manager, Japan, effective November 1. The position was created to capitalize on the growing success of IMAX's recently opened network of multiplex-based IMAX® theaters in Japan. Based in Tokyo, Mr. Takaya will report to Don Savant, the company's Managing Director, Asia Pacific.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 08 Nov 2010 15:30:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=965&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 26, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Paramount Pictures have announced that Paranormal Activity 2, the follow-up to the hit supernatural thriller released in 2009, opened number 1 at the box office this weekend, with the film's IMAX release contributing approximately $2.5 million to the overall gross of $41 million from 151 IMAX screens. Internationally, the IMAX release generated approximately $120,000 from 5 IMAX French screens with more international IMAX runs to follow as additional territories open the film. The film's limited IMAX release has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR® technology.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 27 Oct 2010 13:47:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=951&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 25, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced the launch of its new nXos Calibrator, a patent-pending technology designed to tune and automatically monitor IMAX audio systems. The new technology applies the equivalent of thousands of bands of equalization to perform a highly detailed tuning of the IMAX audio system. IMAX nXos Calibrator is designed to significantly exceed the capability of manual equalization processes.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 25 Oct 2010 16:42:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=950&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 18, 2010--IMERSA, an international trade group promoting creative applications of immersive media and technology, explores the latest innovations and possibilities in digital dome (“fulldome”) cinema at the IMERSA Fulldome Summit, held Oct 26-28 in conjunction with the 2010 Symposium for Museum and Media Professionals. The Summit presents opportunities to discuss business models, marketing, distribution, production and content; learn about fulldome projection and production; and preview fulldome programming that educates and entertains.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 19 Oct 2010 14:17:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=948&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 13, 2010--Building on the momentum of the expanding IMAX theater network throughout Europe and Russia, IMAX Corporation and CinemaxX AG today announced an agreement to install a digital IMAX theater in Bremen, Northern Germany, in November 2010. The parties also expressed an intention to open at least four additional IMAX theater systems across Germany in the future. The deal marks IMAX's first joint venture agreement in Germany and builds on the company's ongoing network expansion across Continental Europe, following the successful roll-out of IMAX theaters with leading exhibitors in the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and France.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 13 Oct 2010 17:33:40 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=944&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 8, 2010--Statement from Warner Bros.: Warner Bros. Pictures has made the decision to release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 in 2D, in both conventional and IMAX theaters, as we will not have a completed 3D version of the film within our release date window. Despite everyone’s best efforts, we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality. We do not want to disappoint fans who have long anticipated the conclusion of this extraordinary journey, and to that end, we are releasing our film day-and-date on November 19, 2010, as planned. We, in alignment with our filmmakers, believe this is the best course to take in order to ensure that our audiences enjoy the consummate Harry Potter experience.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 08 Oct 2010 20:06:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=943&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 5, 2010--Image Entertainment, Inc., a pioneer in the optical disc industry, today announced a special agreement with Big Picture Digital Productions to distribute four IMAX 3D titles in the 3D Blu-ray format. The first titles to be released under the new agreement will be Grand Canyon Adventure: River At Risk from award-winning Producers MacGillivray Freeman Films; Wild Ocean by Yes/No Productions; and Dinosaurs Alive! by Giant Screen Films on Tuesday, December 7. Other titles to be released will be announced shortly. The announcement was made jointly by Ryan Mullins, President and CEO, Big Picture Digital Productions and Bill Bromiley, Chief Acquisitions Officer, Image Entertainment.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 06 Oct 2010 13:35:58 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=940&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 5, 2010--The Maryland Science Center and veteran IMAX producers Blue Mountain Film Associates and David Clark Inc. announce their collaboration on an IMAX 3D film thatdepicts the British naval bombardment of Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, how this event inspired the creation of the Star Spangled Banner, and the manyways our National Anthem continues to inspire us today.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 05 Oct 2010 19:29:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=939&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 5, 2010--3D Entertainment Films is pleased to announce that three-time Emmy Award-winner Christopher Lloyd will star in the Company's new IMAX theater film, Time, the Fourth Dimension (working title). 3D Entertainment Films' Jean-Jacques Mantello (Ocean World 3D, Jean-Michel Cousteau's 3D film trilogy) and Richard Gabai (Insight, Call of the Wild 3D, Popstar) will co-direct. The film's theatrical release at IMAX 3D and IMAX 2D theaters is currently scheduled for spring 2012 and will be overseen worldwide by 3D Entertainment Film's distribution arm.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 05 Oct 2010 18:02:40 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=938&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 4, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Regal Entertainment Group have announced an expansion of the companies' joint venture agreement to include installation of an additional 16 to 25 new IMAX theaters in the United States. These theaters, which are part of an amendment to the parties' original 2008 joint venture agreement, are in addition to Regal's previously committed rollout of 39 IMAX joint venture theaters, 34 of which are in currently in operation. As part of the agreement, Regal also plans to convert eight of its existing film-based IMAX theaters with IMAX's digital projection technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 04 Oct 2010 22:00:29 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=937&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 26, 2010--The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) presented its annual Achievement Awards last night at the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show, hosted this year by the Tennessee Aquarium. The winners are as follows:http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSun, 26 Sep 2010 22:48:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=933&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 23, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures announce that Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, the film based on the beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky, will be released to IMAX theaters this Friday, September 24th. The film will open on 193 IMAX 3D screens domestically, simultaneously with the film's wide North American release. The movie will also open on 63 IMAX screens internationally, three of which will open this Friday with the additional runs debuting throughout the following weeks. More international theaters will be added as pending bookings are confirmed.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 24 Sep 2010 05:10:44 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=932&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 23, 2010--Giant Screen Films (GSF) is proud to announce a partnership with the newly formed Giant Dome Theater Consortium (GDTC) in support of the highly anticipated giant screen film Tornado Alley, which is being released in March 2011. The partnership provides for a significant investment in the film by the GDTC along with a commitment from its seven charter members to program the film during its launch phase. Over the course of the Tornado Alley’s run, the GDTC member theaters anticipate more than a million viewers. Key GDTC executives will be participating in the film’s production over the course of the next several months.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 24 Sep 2010 02:24:26 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=931&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 22, 2010--3D Entertainment Films is pleased to announce that it will be producing Air Racers 3D: Forces of Flight alongside the film's original partners, Pretend Entertainment and Stereoscope. Under this new joint venture, Jean-Jacques Mantello (OceanWorld 3D, 2009; Jean-Michel Cousteau's 3D film trilogy, 2003-2008) will direct. This follows last year's announcement that 3D Entertainment Films' distribution arm had acquired the all-media distribution rights to the project, which is now scheduled for release at IMAX theaters in both 3D and 2D in the summer of 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 24 Sep 2010 02:16:04 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=930&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 22, 2010--
Greetings, GSCA members. 

In 2009, the Giant Screen Cinema Association's board created a strategic long-range plan for the organization. At the heart of that plan is a big, audacious goal: to differentiate the giant screen experience and support members in their efforts to communicate and market that differentiation. 

This week we launch an initiative that puts us on the road to achieving that goal: our Bigger. Bolder. Better. marketing program.

http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 22 Sep 2010 15:18:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=928&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 20, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Rave Motion Pictures ("Rave"), the fifth largest theater exhibition chain in the United States, announced today that they have reached a joint-venture agreement for the installation of 13 IMAX digital theaters at Rave locations around the country. Six theaters are scheduled to open in November 2010, and the remaining seven are planned to open in early 2011. The joint venture agreement is the first between IMAX and Rave and will expand the IMAX theater network to moviegoers in key mid-sized markets in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 21 Sep 2010 12:14:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=927&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 20, 2010-- IMAX Corporation today announced that CJ CGV HOLDINGS, LTD., a subsidiary of CJ CGV Co. Ltd., the leading theater exhibitor in Korea, and the number one exhibitor in Asia, has signed an agreement to install 15 digital IMAX(R) theater systems in new locations planned for The People's Republic of China. The deal marks IMAX's single largest theater deal in Asia and expands its existing relationship with CJ CGV, which already operates 5 IMAX theaters in Korea, and comes on the heels of the joint venture arrangement between the two parties that was announced in March. With this announcement, CJ CGV now has committed to operating up to 35 IMAX theaters overall. The deal calls for CJ CGV to install the first 2 IMAX systems in 2011 with all remaining installations scheduled to be completed between 2012 and 2015.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 21 Sep 2010 12:09:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=926&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 16, 2010--Building on the momentum of the expanding IMAX theater network in Russia and The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), IMAX Corporation and Kinopark, the leading exhibitor in Kazakhstan with 35% share of market, today announced an agreement to install three IMAX theater systems in Kazakhstan, beginning in November 2010. The agreement marks IMAX's first entry into Kazakhstan and follows the company's recent announcement to open up to 14 locations in Russia and the CIS, the company's largest European deal to date. During the past nine months, seven IMAX theaters in the Russia and CIS region have produced some of the highest per screen box office averages in the world.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 16 Sep 2010 22:09:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=925&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 16, 2010--This fall, AT&T is bringing more 3D content to U-verse TV screens. AT&T today announced the addition of six new 3D IMAX Theater films to the AT&T U-verse TV 3D Technology Package. U-verse TV 3D subscribers can now enjoy Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia, Dinosaurs Alive, Wild Ocean and Mummies in stunning 3D at no extra charge. AT&T will also add the Bugs and Adventures in Animation films in early October.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 16 Sep 2010 18:35:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=924&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 15, 2010--IMAX Corporation announced today that Universal Pictures' Fast Five will be released to digital IMAX theaters simultaneously with the action-thriller's wide release on June 10, 2011. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of all-stars from every chapter of the Fast and Furious franchise, along with some new cast including Dwayne Johnson, in the film directed by Justin Lin.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 16 Sep 2010 16:56:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=923&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 15, 2010--3D Entertainment Distribution and sister company 3D Entertainment Films are pleased to announce their current slate of films in production and in development, marking their long-term commitment to providing innovative and breathtaking 3D films to IMAX theaters around the world. On the heels of this year's successful launch of Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehistoric World, the company is scheduled to release at least two titles per year beginning in 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 15 Sep 2010 21:47:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=922&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 14, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth installment of the popular film series based on the video game, opened number one at the box office this weekend with 141 IMAX screens contributing $2.6 million of the film's $26.6 million overall domestic gross from 3200+ 2D and 3D screens for a domestic per screen average of approximately $18,500. Internationally, the IMAX release generated more than $1 million on 19 screens, with a per screen average of approximately $55,000. The global IMAX cume for the weekend was over $3.6 million, with a global per screen average of approximately $23,000.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 15 Sep 2010 01:30:24 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=919&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 13, 2010--IMAX Corporation and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe's largest exhibitor, today announced an agreement to install four IMAX digital theater systems in the United Kingdom, with each of them expected to open for the IMAX release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on November 19. The deal brings the total number of IMAX theaters operated by ODEON to 11. Under the terms of the agreement, IMAX's digital projection system will be installed in ODEON locations in Glasgow, Norwich, Kingston, and Uxbridge.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 13 Sep 2010 15:06:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=918&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 10, 2010--MAX Corporation  and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that Resident Evil: Afterlife, the  fourth installment of the popular film series based on the video game, opens today for a special two-week run on 140 digital IMAX screens domestically, simultaneously with the film's wide 2D and 3D North American release at 3,200 + locations. The movie will also open on 24 digital IMAX screens internationally starting today and an additional 20 or more international IMAX screens during the following weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSat, 11 Sep 2010 19:12:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=917&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 8, 2010--IMAX Corporation and China Film Group Corporation, China's largest state-owned film enterprise, today announced an agreement to expand their partnership with the installation of two additional IMAX systems. The first system is scheduled for installation in the city of Shenzhen, and is expected to open in 2011. The second system is scheduled for installation in the city of Ningbo, and is expected to open in 2012. Today's agreement brings the total number of IMAX theaters to be operated by China Film Group to three by the end of 2012 and the total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to be operating in China to 67 by 2014. With this theater announcement, the company's announced number of theater systems signings year-to-date has increased to 130 worldwide, which compares to 35 system signings in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 08 Sep 2010 13:54:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=914&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 2, 2010--Pioneering giant screen film producer/director Greg MacGillivray has joined an elite club of filmmakers whose films have cumulatively earned more than $1 billion in ticket sales at the worldwide box office. Approximately 100 feature filmmakers have attained this level of box office success in the history of cinema according to industry trackers, but MacGillivray is the first documentary filmmaker to join the group, a benchmark celebrated by the entertainment industry’s trade journal, Daily Variety, in a special feature now hitting newsstands.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 03 Sep 2010 14:05:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=911&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 2, 2010--As August came to a scorching close, attendance numbers at the Ontario Science Centre also set a new high, with 330,605 visitors during July and August. This is a 13 per cent increase over last year’s attendance for the two months, making it the busiest summer in 11 years. At 948,140 visitors, attendance for the year to date is up 112,290 and is already approaching the million visitor mark.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 02 Sep 2010 14:04:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=910&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 1, 2010--The International 3D Society announced today that IMAX, RealD, and Texas Instruments DLP Cinema will each be honored with a Century Award for their historical achievement at the Stereoscopic 3D Technology Awards scheduled for October 19, 2010, at 7pm at the Mann’s Chinese Theatre.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 01 Sep 2010 13:47:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=908&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 31, 2010--National Geographic Entertainment’s Cinema Ventures (NGCV) group has acquired the film Flying Monsters 3D, a new adventure from award-winning Atlantic Productions in association with Sky 3D. The film uses 3D and CGI technology to immerse audiences in a prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs, flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs. Produced by filmmaker Anthony Geffen and narrated by veteran filmmaker and renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the film is scheduled for launch around the world in 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 31 Aug 2010 22:13:17 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=907&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 31, 2010--The Blue Ocean Film Festival, presented by Monterey Bay Aquarium, has announced the winners of its 2010 awards for top cinematic works and ocean conservation, with two giant screen films receiving awards. The Ultimate Wave Tahiti (The Stephen Low Company, K2 Communications) received the award for Best Ocean Sports Film. Under the Sea 3D (Howard Hall Productions, IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros.) received the Special Jury Award. The awards were presented on Saturday, August 28, at the Golden State Theater. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 31 Aug 2010 14:43:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=906&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 31, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced an agreement with Cinema City International, the largest exhibitor in Eastern Europe and long-standing operator of IMAX theaters in the region, to install two new digital IMAX theater systems in Israel, which are currently anticipated to open in 2011. As part of the deal, Cinema City also committed to upgrading all eight of its existing film-based IMAX locations with IMAX's digital projection technology, following the success of its first IMAX digital upgrade in Lodz, Poland, earlier this year. Five of these locations are scheduled to be upgraded this year, and the remaining three upgrades are to be completed in 2011. The deal brings the total number of digital IMAX theater systems operated by Cinema City to 11 and the total number of IMAX theaters expected to be in operation in Europe and Israel by 2012 to more than 80. The company's announced number of theater systems signings year-to-date has increased to 128 worldwide, which compares to 35 system signings in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 31 Aug 2010 13:37:17 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=905&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 30, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that internationally acclaimed director John Woo and producer Terence Chang's next film, the action epic Flying Tigers, is set to be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience(R). Woo and Chang are the director/producer team behind Mission Impossible II; Face/Off: Red Cliff 1 & 2, and many other international blockbusters. Upon being green lit for production, the film would mark an important new filmmaker relationship for IMAX and would be the second announced Chinese film to be released in IMAX's format. Flying Tigers will be a Hollywood-China joint production with China Film Group as the lead Chinese financier, and shooting is expected to begin in spring 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 30 Aug 2010 14:33:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=904&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 25, 2010--Following the record-breaking IMAX 3D release of the highest grossing movie of all-time, IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that Avatar: Special Edition will open in 175 IMAX theaters worldwide--125 domestic and 50 international locations--on August 27, 2010, simultaneously with the motion picture's re-release in conventional theaters. This enhanced release will feature approximately nine additional minutes of never-before-seen footage and offers fans the opportunity to see it in IMAX theaters for a limited time only.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 25 Aug 2010 16:02:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=901&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 24, 2010--Giant Screen Films (GSF) and D3D Cinema (D3D) are pleased to announce the hiring of industry veteran Derek Threinen as Senior Director of Film Distribution and Business Development, effective September 7, 2010. For GSF, Threinen will lead distribution efforts in North America for its growing library of giant screen and digital 3D films produced by GSF and its sister company, D3D Cinema. For D3D, Threinen will play a lead role within the giant screen network in spearheading the upcoming conversion of film-based 15/70 theaters over to digital 3D projection systems.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 25 Aug 2010 03:03:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=900&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 18, 2010--BIG & Digital, LLC, announced today that they have acquired worldwide distribution rights to Sound 3D: Just Listen (working title) being produced for the network of IMAX and Giant Screen Theaters with a scheduled release in both 2D and 3D in 2013. The film is being produced by a team of three: Brad Lisle of Foxfire Interactive, Tim Archer of Masters Digital, and Jeremy Edwardes of Coptor Productions.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 18 Aug 2010 20:39:26 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=891&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 17, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Hubble 3D will expand to additional IMAX theaters on August 20 and will play for a special limited time engagement. The film, initially debuted on March 19 and has launched in 55 domestic and 15 international IMAX locations thus far. Hubble 3D has grossed more than $14 million in box office since it opened earlier this year.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 18 Aug 2010 02:36:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=889&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 11, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Samsung Electronics America, Inc., today announced a strategic marketing partnership under which IMAX will license limited use of its trademark and two IMAX 3D films from its original 3D film library, Into the Deep and Galapagos. The 3D Blu-ray versions of the films are exclusive for the next 12 months to Samsung's 2010 3D starter kit, which also includes 2 pairs of 3D glasses and is free to people who buy a Samsung 3D TV and a Samsung 3D Blu-ray device. The starter kit will be available starting this fall.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 12 Aug 2010 13:55:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=883&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 6, 2010--The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, being distributed by National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) opens in giant screen theaters in the U.S. and Canada today. The film will be released on IMAX screens in Seattle; Washington, D.C.; Spokane; Hartford, CT; Salt Lake City; Philadelphia; and Edmonton, Canada. It will open in Sydney, Australia, on September 2.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 06 Aug 2010 19:37:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=881&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 29, 2010--IMAX Corporation today reported that revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, increased 38% to $55.6 million, compared to $40.4 million in the same period last year. Second quarter 2010 reported net income increased to $13.3 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to reported second quarter 2009 net income of $2.6 million, or $0.05 per diluted share. Adjusted net income, which excludes the impact of variable stock compensation, increased 35% to $8.4 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to adjusted net income of $6.2 million, also $0.13 per diluted share, on the same basis in last year's quarter, reflecting the year-over-year increase in weighted average shares outstanding. A foreign exchange loss related to the Canadian dollar and expenses associated with the increase in global sales activity and new business initiatives negatively impacted the quarter by approximately $0.03 per share.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 29 Jul 2010 13:54:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=879&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced a special meeting of shareholders, scheduled for September 28, 2010, in New York, NY, to elect two directors to fill vacancies created by the recent increase in the number of directors from seven to nine. The nominees for election are I. Martin Pompadur and Eric A. Demirian.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 29 Jul 2010 12:57:27 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=878&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2010--The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual marketing awards, which celebrate the best execution of ideas in promoting giant screen films and theaters. The awards will be given at the Achievement Awards Presentation, sponsored by Technicolor, on Saturday, September 25, at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, during the GSCA 2010 International Conference and Trade Show.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 28 Jul 2010 19:47:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=877&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 27, 2010-- IMAX Corporation and Huayi Bros. Media Corporation Ltd., China's largest privately owned media group, today released the opening weekend box office results for the Chinese film Aftershock, directed by renowned film director Feng Xiaogang. The film was released on 12 IMAX screens in China and generated more than $640,000 at the box office, for a per screen average of approximately $55,000 for the opening weekend. Aftershock is the first mainstream Chinese film and the first mainstream commercial film produced and distributed by a studio outside of the U.S. to be digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience. The film will open on three additional IMAX screens in early August.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 Jul 2010 20:09:04 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=876&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 27, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Cinema Park, the exhibition chain owned by Russia's largest media holding company, Profmedia, today announced an agreement to install up to 14 IMAX theater systems throughout Russia, beginning in 2010. The agreement, which marks the single largest European theater deal in IMAX's 45-year history, was signed as IMAX theaters in Russia and The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) continue to produce tremendous box office results. During the past nine months, the seven IMAX theaters in the region have produced some of the highest per screen box office averages in the world.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 Jul 2010 13:50:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=875&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 26, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Rising Star Media, Russia's leading international theatrical exhibitor, today announced an agreement to expand their relationship by adding an additional IMAX location in Moscow following the success of the exhibitor's first three IMAX locations in St. Petersburg and Moscow. The new IMAX theater is scheduled to open in January 2011, bringing the total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to be in operation in Russia by 2012 to 13. Rising Star's IMAX screens in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, operate to the public under the KinoStar name. With this new IMAX theater contract signing, IMAX has signed deals for 104 IMAX systems year-to-date, which compares to 35 system signings in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 26 Jul 2010 19:15:55 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=872&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 26, 2010--Building on a year of unprecedented international network growth, IMAX Corporation has announced that it has signed an agreement with Guangzhou Jinyi Film & Television Group, Co., Ltd., a leading entertainment developer and exhibitor in China, to open eight IMAX theaters in China. The agreement adds to the four IMAX theaters already contracted between the two parties, bringing the exhibitor's total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to open by 2014 to 12. The first installation is scheduled to be completed during December 2010, followed by another five in 2011, four in 2012, one in 2013, and one in 2014. This deal brings the total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to be operating in China by 2014 to 65, and the number of theater systems signings announced year-to-date by the company to 103, which compares to 35 systems in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 26 Jul 2010 19:09:55 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=871&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 20, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Legendary Pictures today announced that Inception, written and directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and starring multiple Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond, The Aviator), generated gross box office receipts of approximately $7.2 million from 197 IMAX theaters domestically from Friday, July 16, through Sunday, July 18, for an estimated per screen average of $36,500. The film also opened strong in IMAX theaters internationally, generating approximately $800,000 from 22 screens. The film is still scheduled to open on an additional 46 IMAX screens internationally in the days and weeks ahead.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 21 Jul 2010 01:35:36 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=868&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 16, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have announced that Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and starring multiple Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond, The Aviator), opens on a record 197 IMAX screens simultaneously with the film's domestic wide release in conventional theaters on July 16, 2010. Inception also opens day-and-date on 22 IMAX screens internationally starting on July 15 and 44 additional IMAX screens internationally in the following weeks. The film marks the third IMAX project for Christopher Nolan, following the record-breaking IMAX release of The Dark Knight, which grossed more that $65 million at IMAX theaters. Inception, a contemporary sci-fi action film set within the architecture of the mind, has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 19 Jul 2010 03:11:18 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=867&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 15, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Lumiere Pavilions, one of the fastest-growing private movie exhibition chains in China, today announced an agreement to install three digital IMAX theater systems in the People's Republic of China. Under the terms of the deal, the first system is scheduled to open at the Lumiere Pavilion in the city of Chongqing at the end of 2010. The second system is scheduled to open at the Guangzhou Cultural Centre (Tai Ko Hui) in downtown Guangzhou in August 2011 and the third system is expected to open at a yet-to-be determined location in 2012. This deal brings the total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to be operating in China by 2012 to 57, and the total number of IMAX systems signings announced year-to-date to 95, which compares to 35 systems in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 15 Jul 2010 21:16:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=866&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 14, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Laser Light Engines, a leading developer and manufacturer of ultra-high brightness, laser-driven light sources. Under the terms of the agreement, IMAX plans to make an equity investment in Laser Light Engines, and Laser Light Engines would develop a custom version of its laser light technology for exclusive use in IMAX digital projection systems. Laser Light Engines would additionally provide outsourced research and development for new features designed to further enhance and distinguish The IMAX Experience for IMAX theater operators, film studios and moviegoers.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 14 Jul 2010 22:11:26 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=865&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 12, 2010--IMAX Corporation and United Cinemas today announced a joint venture agreement to install up to five digital IMAX theater systems in Japan. Three of the systems are confirmed, with two scheduled to be installed in time for the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this November, and the third scheduled to be installed in either late 2010 or sometime in 2011. Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will have an option to install two additional IMAX theater systems in Japan at a later date. The deal brings the total number of confirmed joint-venture IMAX theatrers scheduled to be operating in Japan by the end of 2010 to eight, compared to four at the end of 2009. In addition, this new theater deal brings the total number of announced IMAX systems signed year-to-date to 92, which compares to 35 system signings in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 13 Jul 2010 04:09:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=864&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 9, 2010--IMAX Corporation and 20th Century Fox announced today that James Cameron's blockbuster hit Avatar will be re-released in IMAX 3D on August 27, 2010, for a limited two-week run. The re-release of Avatar will include eight minutes of additional, never-before-seen-footage, providing moviegoers with the opportunity to see the film again or experience it for the first time. Avatar has grossed approximately $235 million in box office revenues in IMAX to date, making it the top-grossing Hollywood IMAX release of all time.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 09 Jul 2010 14:23:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=862&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 7, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010, IMAX DMR gross box office worldwide was approximately $115.0 million, an approximate 37% increase over last year's second quarter box office of approximately $84.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, gross box office from Hollywood DMR titles released to the worldwide IMAX theater network was $347.2 million, compared to $112.2 million in the first six months of 2009. In addition, the company commented that it has announced deals for 89 IMAX systems year-to-date, compared to 35 for all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 07 Jul 2010 14:25:14 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=860&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 7, 2010--IMAX Corporation and SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator and exhibitor in the Philippines, today announced an agreement to install five digital IMAX projection systems at SM shopping malls in the cities of Las Piñas City, Fort Bonifacio, Davao City, Angeles City, and Manila. The deal follows the market-leading success of SM's two existing IMAX theaters in Manila and Quezon, with the operator's first IMAX location in Manila ranking as the highest-grossing screen in the country since it opened.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 07 Jul 2010 14:18:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=859&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 6, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Summit Entertainment announced today that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third film in the studio's Twilight franchise, generated gross box office receipts of approximately $9 million from 193 IMAX theaters domestically from Wednesday, June 30, through Monday, July 5, for a per screen average of approximately $47,000. Internationally, the film opened on 11 IMAX screens, generating an estimated $235,000 from Thursday through Monday.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 06 Jul 2010 13:21:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=858&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 1, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Formula Kino, one of Russia's leading exhibition chains, today announced an agreement to install two digital IMAX theater systems in Russia before the end of 2010. The deal brings the total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to be operating in Russia by 2012 to 12. With this new IMAX theater contract signing, IMAX has signed deals for 84 IMAX systems year-to-date, which compares to 35 system signings in all of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 01 Jul 2010 18:27:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=857&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 30, 2010--Giant screen theater industry leaders and a team of experts met over three days in Marblehead, Massachusetts, from June 14 to 16, 2010, where they reached consensus on the first draft of specifications for digital giant-screen (GS) theaters in the international museum market. The White Oak Institute convened technical experts, museum leaders, theater managers, film producers, distributors, and an evaluator to resolve the field’s critical questions: How should the GS theaters in museums and science centers manage the transition from film to digital projection? Do museums need a different technical format from multiplex theaters? If so, what are its specifications? And how will the transition work economically? The project’s objective is a digital GS theater format that suits the educational needs of the museum community and creates a sustainable business model with a supply of quality educational shows similar to the experiences in IMAX and other film-based GS theaters now in place in museums and science centers.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 01 Jul 2010 13:41:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=856&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 29, 2010—National Geographic Entertainment (NGE) has announced a promotional partnership with The North Face, supplier of authentic, innovative, and technically advanced outdoor apparel, equipment, and footwear, and national outdoor gear and apparel retailer REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) in support of the new film The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, opening Friday, August 6. The film documents adventurer Conrad Anker’s attempt to follow in the footsteps of legendary Mount Everest climber George Mallory’s fatal attempt to be the first to summit the world’s highest peak. NGE will distribute the film in both giant screen and 35 mm theaters this summer.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 29 Jun 2010 14:25:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=855&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 29, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Summit Entertainment announced today that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the highly anticipated third film in the studio's Twilight franchise, will open in 193 IMAX theaters in North America simultaneously with the film's launch on June 30, 2010. Directed by David Slade (30 Days Of Night, Hard Candy) and starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has been digitally re-mastered with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The film will also open in 11 international IMAX theaters in Australia, Mexico, and Thailand on July 1, 2010.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 29 Jun 2010 13:53:25 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=853&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 24, 2010--IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios today announced a new agreement to release three additional 3D pictures to IMAX theaters in 2011. The titles included are Mars Needs Moms, starring Seth Green and Joan Cusack, slated for release on March 11, 2011, and executive produced by Robert Zemeckis; Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, slated for release on May 20, 2011, and Cars 2, slated for release on June 25, 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 24 Jun 2010 02:56:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=852&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 24, 2010--IMAX Corporation and ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group, Europe's largest exhibitor, have announced an agreement to install an IMAX digital theater system in the exhibitor's flagship location in Liverpool, England. The deal brings the total number of IMAX theaters operated by ODEON to seven.  The exhibitor's other IMAX locations include digital IMAX venues in Wimbledon, Greenwich, Gateshead, Cardiff, and Southampton. ODEON is the largest operator of IMAX theaters in the United Kingdom.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 24 Jun 2010 02:52:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=851&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 21, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures today announced that Toy Story 3, the third installment of the blockbuster Toy Story franchise, posted record opening weekend results, with 180 domestic IMAX theaters contributing $8.4 million of the film's overall opening weekend gross of $109 million from Friday, June 18, through Sunday, June 20. The IMAX release contributed approximately 8% of the overall domestic box office on an estimated 2% of the total screens, and IMAX theaters posted a domestic per screen average of approximately $47,000.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 22 Jun 2010 00:15:25 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=848&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 21, 2010--MacGillivray Freeman Films is launching One World Ocean, the largest global media campaign of its kind that will literally crisscross all fiveof the world’s oceans to produce an epic multi-platform series designed for giant-screen IMAX 3D, 2D & 3D television, theatrical 3D release, digital online media, companion books and other media.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 21 Jun 2010 17:58:39 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=847&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 18, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Major Cineplex, the leading commercial theater operator in Thailand, today announced an agreement to install five IMAX digital theater systems in Thailand. Under the terms of the agreement, Major Cineplex will open two theaters in greater Bangkok by October 2010.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 18 Jun 2010 14:28:34 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=846&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 17, 2010--We are pleased to announce we have retained Susan Ritchie of Susan Ritchie Communications. Susan will assist in launching the "Bigger. Bolder. Better." marketing initiative. This initiative will provide a certification program and tools to help members differentiate qualified giant screen theaters in their marketplaces. We expect it to help improve business results for members, and encourage production of original giant screen films.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 17 Jun 2010 18:10:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=845&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 16, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing announced today that The Green Hornet, the adaptation of the radio and television masked superhero character, will be released to IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's wide domestic 2D and 3D release on January 14, 2011.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 16 Jun 2010 16:41:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=844&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 14, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Wanda Cinema Line Corporation, one of the fastest growing and most competitive cinema chains in China, today announced an agreement to expand their relationship with the installation of three additional IMAX systems in the cities of Quanzhou, Wuhan, and Dalian. These theaters are in addition to the four IMAX locations the exhibitor already operates and the seven IMAX locations it currently has scheduled to open. The agreement brings the total number of IMAX theaters to be operated by Wanda Cinema Line by the end of 2012 to 14. The People's Republic of China is IMAX Corporation's fastest-growing market, with more than 50 IMAX theaters scheduled to be operating in China by 2012.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 14 Jun 2010 14:38:36 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=842&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 10, 2010--3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that effective May 17, 2010, Damien Duhal joined the distribution team as Manager, Logistics and General Operations. He reports to the company's Chief Operating Officer, Julien Bollee. Duhal, who received his Master's degree in Logistics Management from the University of Lille, previously worked for manufacturer Bic Group and Benteler Automotive. He has taken over the functions formerly performed by Celine Lawson, who has joined Alexandra Body as Manager, Exhibitor Relations for international and domestic markets, respectively.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 11 Jun 2010 13:48:29 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=841&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 8, 2010--Sony Corporation ("Sony"), Discovery Communications ("Discovery"), and IMAX Corporation ("IMAX") today announced that Discovery Channel executive Tom Cosgrove has been named President and General Manager of the joint venture they have established to develop the first 24/7 dedicated 3D television network. The network will feature high-quality premium content from genres that are most appealing in 3D, including natural history, space, exploration, adventure, engineering, science and technology and motion pictures from Discovery, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ("Sony Pictures Entertainment"), IMAX, and other third-party providers.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 08 Jun 2010 19:00:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=835&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 3, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Stellar Investment Co., Ltd., a leading Chinese entertainment and media company that operates theaters under the name Stellar Cinemas, today announced an agreement to install two digital IMAX theater systems into multiplexes in Shanghai and Beijing. The first location is scheduled to be installed in the Shanghai Stellar Zhengda Multiplex in Shanghai in time for the release of Aftershock, the first Chinese film to be digitally re-mastered into the IMAX format. The other location is scheduled to be installed in Beijing as part of a new complex that is expected to be completed in 2011. The People's Republic of China is IMAX Corporation's fastest-growing market, with 26 locations currently open and more than 50 scheduled to be operating by 2012.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 03 Jun 2010 16:24:27 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=833&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 1, 2010—In April, RPG Productions, Inc., joined 10,000 math educators from around the world to share and learn new concepts, strategies, and techniques in math education at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2010 Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, April 21–24. Thousands of teachers were able to preview Flatland: Search for the 3rd Dimension on a large 3D monitor at the booth hosted by RPG Productions. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 02 Jun 2010 02:29:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=832&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 1, 2010--IMAX Corporation and AMC Entertainment (AMC), today announced an expansion of the companies' joint venture agreement to include installation of between 15 and 25 new IMAX theaters in the United States. These theaters, which are part of an amendment to the parties' original 2007 joint venture agreement, are in addition to AMC's current roll-out of 104 IMAX joint venture theaters, 79 of which are in operation and 25 of which are expected to open by the end of 2010 in the United States and Canada.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 02 Jun 2010 01:31:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=831&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 28, 2010--3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that its new underwater theatrical release from the dinosaur age, Sea Rex 3D: Journey To A Prehistoric World, opens today at select domestic IMAX 3D theaters. The film will roll out at domestic and international IMAX theaters in both 2D and 3D throughout the year. Sea Rex 3D, which was four years in the making and required a $5 million budget, is produced by European production houses N3D LAND Productions and Mantello Brothers Productions.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 28 May 2010 19:41:52 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=830&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 24, 2010--IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced opening weekend results for Shrek Forever After, the final chapter in the Shrek film series. The film generated approximately $4.8 million from 194 IMAX theaters domestically from Friday May 21, through Sunday, May 23, representing approximately 7% of the film's total gross of $70.8 million on 2% of the screens and domestic per screen average of approximately $25,000. Internationally, the film generated an estimated $750,000 from 12 IMAX theaters, for an international per screen average of approximately $62,500.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 25 May 2010 00:13:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=828&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 21, 2010--Magic Journey to Africa, created, directed, and produced by award-winning director Jordi Llompart, was successfully released in Spain on May 7 in all formats: digital 3D, 35mm, and IMAX 2D and 3D. Since then, more than 200 commercial or IMAX theaters all over Spain have been screening the film, including the Hemisferic in Valencia and the IMAX Port Vell in Barcelona. The cast--Verónica Blume, Andrià Collado, Eva Gerretsen, and Raymond Mvula--accompanied Director Jordi Llompart during the promotional week and hosted the premieres that were held in Madrid on May 4, in Valencia at the Hemisferic on May the 5, and in Barcelona at the IMAX Port Vell on May the 6.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 21 May 2010 14:23:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=826&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 19, 2010--IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that its final chapter in the Shrek film series and the first in 3D, Shrek Forever After, will open in 194 IMAX theaters domestically on May 21, 2010, simultaneous with the film's wide release. The movie will also open in 45 IMAX locations internationally starting on May 20. Shrek Forever After has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology and will be presented in IMAX theaters in IMAX 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 20 May 2010 01:01:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=824&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 18, 2010--IMAX Corporation today announced that the epic action-adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Mike Newell and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina will open in 53 IMAX theaters internationally, with 20 of those IMAX locations opening this week starting on May 19. The remaining IMAX locations will open the film in conjunction with its wide release starting on May 28, 2010. The film's international IMAX release has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 19 May 2010 12:39:36 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=823&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 12, 2010— In production for more than four years, Legends of Flight will premiere June 8, 2010, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., followed by debuts in Chicago and Seattle, with other markets opening throughout June 2010. The film will begin its international exhibition schedule at the Science Museum of London on July 12.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 13 May 2010 01:27:38 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=822&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 12, 2010--IMAX Corporation and Sony Pictures Releasing today announced that Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth installment of the film series based on the video game, will be released to digital IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's wide release on September 10, 2010. The film, which was photographed in 3D, will be digitally re-mastered with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology and presented in IMAX 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 13 May 2010 01:14:45 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=821&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 11, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Time Warner Inc., and Legendary Pictures announced today that Director Zack Snyder's next big action thriller Sucker Punch 3D will be released to IMAX theaters simultaneously with the film's domestic release on March 25, 2011. The film is part of the previously announced agreement between Warner Bros. and IMAX to release up to 20 Warner Bros. films in IMAX's format over the course of the next three and a half years (from 2010 through 2013). Sucker Punch 3D will be digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 12 May 2010 13:00:39 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=820&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 10, 2010--IMAX Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures today announced that Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr., opened with strong box office results in IMAX theaters. The IMAX release generated $9.8 million from 181 IMAX theaters domestically during the opening weekend from Friday, May 7, through Sunday May 9, setting a new record for a 2D IMAX opening weekend. The IMAX release posted a domestic per screen average of approximately $54,000 and represented approximately 8 percent of the film's total domestic cume of $130 million on less than 2 percent of the screens. Internationally, the IMAX release generated approximately $1.5 million during the weekend, bringing the international IMAX total to $4.7 million and the worldwide IMAX total to $14.5 million.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 10 May 2010 23:23:24 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=819&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 6, 2010--IMAX Corporation has announced it has signed an agreement with leading Russian retail and entertainment developer SBS to install an IMAX theater in the city of Krasnodar under the developer's Seven Stars Cinemas brand name. The IMAX theater will be part of the SBS Megamall, which is the city's largest and most successful shopping mall. The new theater is expected to be installed later this year.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSun, 09 May 2010 19:32:04 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=818&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 26, 2009--IMAX Corporation today announced that Monsters vs. Aliens: An IMAX 3D Experience, the first 3D release from DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., will open simultaneously with the digital 3D and conventional 2D releases on March 27, 2009, in 143 domestic IMAX theaters, a record for a first-run film. The film will also open in five IMAX theaters internationally day-and-date and another 51 IMAX international theaters in the days and weeks to follow, for a total of 199 IMAX theaters, a record for a Hollywood film. Monsters vs. Aliens is the third release of a five-picture partnership between DreamWorks Animation and IMAX, and the first to be presented in IMAX 3D. The film has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 26 Mar 2009 18:27:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=483&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 25, 2009--RPG Productions is pleased to announce that they have retained the services of Cherie Larson Rivers as a consultant for film development and corporate marketing. Rivers has over 25 years experience working in giant screen theaters at three major science centers in the United States. Most recently, she served as Director of Featured Experiences at New Jersey’s Liberty Science Center, where she was responsible for researching, recommending, and implementing all traveling exhibitions, giant screen and digital 3D films. In addition, she oversaw the leasing, management, and touring of Liberty Science Center’s traveling exhibitions. Affected by recent museum-wide cutbacks, Rivers is continuing as a consultant for Liberty Science Center, programming their giant screen and digital 3D theaters.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 26 Mar 2009 02:40:00 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=482&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 25, 2009--Ted Hatfield, director of film marketing for Regal Entertainment Group, will be honored with the Martin Levy Career Achievement in Film Marketing Award at ShoWest, which will be held in Las Vegas on March 30-April 2.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 25 Mar 2009 21:04:07 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=480&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 23, 2009--The Hollywood Reporter (THR) will host an unprecedented one and a half days of 3D screenings in Hong Kong during FILMART and the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival on March 25 and 26. In addition, on the 25th THR will moderate an in-depth, two-hour panel on 3D with leading industry executives as part of the Hong Kong-Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 23 Mar 2009 22:07:38 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=479&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 13, 2009—Earthwatch is pleased to announce that Wild Ocean, a production of Giant Screen Films and the creators of STOMP, is the recipient of its 23rd annual Film of the Year Award, given in cooperation with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital and The Smithsonian Associates. This the first time Earthwatch has awarded a giant screen film.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSat, 14 Mar 2009 01:17:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=474&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 12, 2009--IMAX Corporation today reported a net loss per share of $0.21 for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, compared to a net loss per share of $0.25 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. During the fourth quarter of 2008, the Company incurred certain charges related to the introduction of its digital projection system and the launch of new joint revenue sharing arrangement theaters.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 12 Mar 2009 22:19:27 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=473&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 11, 2009--3D Entertainment's filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (the Mantello Brothers) are pleased to announce that the international rights (all-media) to their first feature-length film, Oceans 3D-Into the Deep (working title) presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, have been acquired by Wild Bunch, a Paris-and London-based sales, distribution and production outfit. The film is set to become the first ever documentary to be both filmed and released in Digital 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 11 Mar 2009 18:43:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=472&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 9, 2009--The Giant Screen Cinema Association elected seven members to two-year terms that start March 16, at the association's Film Expo. Taking seats on the board are: Jonathan Barker, SK Films; Mark Bretherton, World's Biggest Screens; Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center; Mike Lutz, MacGillivray Freeman Films; Andrew Oran, Fotokem; Phil Streather, Principal Large Format; and Andy Wood, Giant Screen Films.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 10 Mar 2009 12:02:56 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=471&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 9, 2009--Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures International, Legendary Pictures and IMAX Corporation today announced that Watchmen, Zack Snyder's latest box office hit based on the popular graphic novel, posted strong opening box office results at IMAX theaters during its debut. The IMAX release contributed $5.4 million of the $55 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office, on a total of 124 North American IMAX screens this weekend. The picture posted a domestic IMAX per screen average of $43,863. Internationally, the picture generated an estimated $727,000 from 29 IMAX screens. The film's worldwide IMAX opening total was $6.2 million. Watchmen: The IMAX Experience will continue to play in IMAX theaters for another three weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 09 Mar 2009 21:06:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=470&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 5, 2009-- Film producers of giant screen and digital documentaries have a new opportunity to partner with industry veteran Tina Ratterman to distribute their films to IMAX and other giant screen theaters as well as digital theaters within museums and attractions.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 05 Mar 2009 20:45:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=467&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 5, 2009--Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures International and IMAX Corporation have announced that Watchmen, Zack Snyder's highly anticipated film based on the popular graphic novel, will open in 124 IMAX theaters domestically on March 6, 2009, simultaneously with the film's wide release. The film will also open in 29 IMAX theaters internationally on the same date. Strong advance ticket sales have already been reported and many IMAX theaters are selling out shows through the opening weekend.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 05 Mar 2009 14:49:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=466&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 4, 2009--Cherie Rivers, industry veteran and longtime GSCA member, was laid off as part of the recently announced budget adjustments at Liberty Science Center. She will continue to program the IMAX Dome and Digital 3D Theaters at the Liberty Science Center and will be available as a consultant on film, theater and museum projects.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 04 Mar 2009 16:05:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=465&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 3, 2009--Liquid Pictures, a pioneer in 3D stereo production and cinematography, today announced the world's first camera system utilizing REDTM Digital Cinema cameras capable of shooting 4K 3D footage on land, underwater, and macro 3D. The proprietary Liquid Pictures 4K 3D Digital Cinema Camera SystemTM is uniquely built with an unprecedented range of acquisition options, including the world's first Digital 3D underwater beam splitter housing.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 04 Mar 2009 15:43:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=464&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 2, 2009--Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX Corporation today announced that Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience grossed $765,000 in select IMAX 3D theaters, posting a per screen average of approximately $15,000 during its opening weekend from Friday, February 27, through Sunday, March 1. The limited IMAX 3D engagement will continue to run through this Thursday, March 5. According to Variety, the film grossed $12.7 million overall in its opening weekend.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 02 Mar 2009 21:54:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=461&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 1, 2009--U2 3D, rated the No. 4 best-reviewed film and top concert film in 2008 by Rottentomatoes.com and recipient of the Best Musical Film Award at the Los Premios MTV Latin American Video Music Awards, will open in more than 40 theaters in Japan on March 7. The film, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, has grossed more than $20 million worldwide.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 02 Mar 2009 16:01:04 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=460&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMarch 1, 2009--Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, MacGillivray Freeman’s award-winning giant screen film about global water shortages, is now available on DVD and Blu-ray, it was announced by MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company. Distributed by Image Entertainment, the home video features an unprecedented superior image quality thanks to an innovative image transfer technique developed by DKP 70MM Inc., an IMAX company, in Santa Monica. Early buzz about the release resulted in pre-sales of 10,000 units prior to its street date on February 24. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 02 Mar 2009 15:48:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=459&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 23, 2009--MacGillivray Freeman Films’s critically acclaimed giant screen river film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D has won the Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing, Special Venue, which was presented at the 56th Annual Golden Reel Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on February 21. Wild Ocean and Mysteries of the Great Lakes were also nominated in the category. The Golden Reel Awards are voted on by the members of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 23 Feb 2009 21:55:26 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=455&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 23, 2009--National Geographic is pleased to announce that U2 3D received the award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project from the Visual Effects Society of America on Saturday, February 21, at the 7th Annual VES Awards. National Geographic received this same award in 2008 for its production Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure. Taking home the award were Peter Anderson, Steve Schklair, David Franks and Jeremy Nicolaides.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 23 Feb 2009 15:01:59 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=454&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 20, 2009--Global Immersion has won the 2009 EMEA+ InAVation Award for Most InAVative Leisure Project in recognition of its recent work at Cosmonova--the combined planetarium and IMAX dome theater at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. The two-phase project included the integration of both large-format 3D (active stereo) and digital fulldome displays within the 23-meter theater, both of which have been commended for their complexity, innovation and application of leading-edge technologies.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 20 Feb 2009 19:58:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=453&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 18, 2009--Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation have announced that Under the Sea 3D, narrated by Jim Carrey, opened to rave reviews in IMAX theaters over the weekend, earning a total of $914,000 in domestic box office receipts on 49 screens for a per screen average of $18,661. These opening weekend results represent a 20 percent increase over the opening results of the highly successful Deep Sea 3D (2006), which is currently approaching the $80 million milestone at the global box office. This is the third original IMAX 3D co-production from the partnership between Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 18 Feb 2009 14:55:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=449&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 12, 2009--Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh today named Ann M. Metzger and Ronald J. Baillie The Henry Buhl, Jr. Co-Directors of Carnegie Science Center. The two senior managers had been serving as acting co-directors since the departure of Joanna Haas in July 2008, and they will now lead the Science Center through a period of extensive growth. In June, the Science Center will open its new roboworld™ exhibition, and in late-fall the new SportsWorks is schedule to open in a new building adjacent to the main Science Center facility.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 12 Feb 2009 22:23:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=444&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 10, 2009--La Géode in Paris held its 13th annual Large Format Film Festival from January 14 to February 1, with over 25,000 spectators attending. Prizes were awarded to a number of giant screen films at the festival’s conclusion. Van Gogh: Brush With Genius received the Grand Prize, which is selected by a panel of judges from France’s film and television industries. Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta received the Public’s Choice Award, which is voted on by festival audiences. Fly Me to the Moon 3D won the Youth Prize, which is selected by school children. Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean was awarded the first ever Gulli My Planet Prize for its commitment to environmental issues and, particularly, its educational message for younger viewers. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 10 Feb 2009 18:58:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=439&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicFebruary 5, 2009--Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX Corporation have announced that the highly anticipated The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, directed by Bruce Hendricks (Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour), will be released for a one-week engagement in select IMAX 3D theaters, simultaneously with the film's wide release in 3D on February 27, 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 06 Feb 2009 14:33:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=430&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 26, 2009--The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the nominees for the 7th Annual VES Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project are the giant screen films Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (MacGillivray Freeman Films) for its main title sequence, and U2 3D (National Geographic, 3ality Digital Entertainment) for selected shots in that film. The awards will be presented at the ceremony to be held on February 21, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 26 Jan 2009 21:43:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=423&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 26, 2009--The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) have announced the nominees for the 56th Annual Golden Reel Awards, with three giant screen films earning nominations in the Best Sound Editing: Special Venue category. Grand Canyon Adventure (MacGillivray Freeman Films), Mysteries of the Great Lakes (Science North), and Wild Ocean (Giant Screen Films, Yes/No Productions) will all vie for the award at the ceremony to be held on February 21, 2009, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los Angeles. The 2009 MPSE Career Achievement Award will be given to Academy Award-winner Ben Burtt, who has a number of giant screen film credits.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 26 Jan 2009 18:04:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=422&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 22, 2009--IMAX Corporation and VieShow Cinemas, the leading exhibitor in Taiwan, today announced an agreement to open an IMAX theater in its Sun Cinemas multiplex in the city of Taipei. The installation is scheduled to be completed to take advantage of IMAX's robust 2009 Hollywood slate. The deal continues IMAX's international expansion momentum, which has been fueled by the introduction of IMAX's digital projection technology. There are currently 75 IMAX theaters scheduled to be operating in Asia by 2012. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 200 IMAX digital projection systems worldwide, with 46 currently in operation and at least 115 scheduled to be in operation by year end.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 22 Jan 2009 18:23:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=420&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 22, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the box office smash hit The Dark Knight, which has grossed more than $997 million at the worldwide box office since its release on July 18, 2008, will return to IMAX theaters for an encore presentation. Starting January 23, the film will open in 143 IMAX screens domestically, and 29 screens internationally. Last year the film opened day and date in 94 domestic and 15 international IMAX theaters and went on to become the highest-grossing, live-action Hollywood IMAX release, generating $63 million as it continued to be released throughout the IMAX network.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 22 Jan 2009 17:44:56 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=418&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 14, 2009--National Geographic has announced the formation of a Global Media Integrated Sales and Sponsorship Group. Led by Stephen Giannetti, vice president and group publisher of National Geographic magazines, the group will develop integrated advertising sponsorship programs utilizing all the assets of the National Geographic--magazines, television, giant screen films, digital media, maps, games, music, radio, mobile and exhibits.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 14 Jan 2009 22:34:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=415&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 14, 2009--IMAX Corporation and Rising Star Media, a joint venture between National Amusements, Inc., and Soquel Ventures, today announced an agreement to install an IMAX theater at Rising Star's KinoStar City multiplex at Mega Belyadacha regional mall in Moscow, Russia. Scheduled to be installed in Moscow shortly, the new theater will utilize IMAX's new digital projection system. The deal is one of a number of recent significant international deals signed by IMAX, indicating enthusiasm by European exhibitors in the IMAX theater business following the North American rollout of IMAX's digital projection system. National Amusements currently operates seven IMAX theaters in the United States, one in Argentina and one in St. Petersburg, Russia.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 14 Jan 2009 15:40:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=414&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 8, 2009 – The Orlando Science Center Board of Trustees has named JoAnn Newman president and chief executive officer of the Orlando Science Center, effective immediately. The decision was made following a national search headed by Board Chair Michael Harding and the Board’s executive steering committee. The search lasted six months and generated more than 140 applicants from multiple disciplines, including executives from science centers, museums, education and the private sector. Newman has been the Science Center’s chief operating officer and was serving as the interim president since her predecessor, Dr. Brian Tonner, left office in August 2008.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 Jan 2009 22:52:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=410&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 8, 2009--3D isn't just for the movie theaters anymore; very soon viewers will be able to enjoy a true 3D experience right in their own home. Next3D has developed a ground-breaking technology that allows consumers to receive theatrical 3D films, 3D IMAX films, movie trailers, real-time stereo camera webcasts and other 3D content directly to their XBOX 360 or PC. "We believe that gaming is likely to drive stereoscopic technology into the home," says David Cole, CEO of Next 3D, "and we'll be there to complete the media experience."http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 Jan 2009 17:26:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=409&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 7, 2009--SK Films and Cosmic Picture are pleased to announce that the world premiere of Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta will take place on January 7, 2009. The film will be showcased to over 6,500 people on a specially built IMAX outdoor screen at the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. The screen, measuring 100 feet by 70 feet, is the largest outdoor screen ever assembled.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 07 Jan 2009 15:17:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=403&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJanuary 7, 2009-- Science North, Northern Ontario’s most popular tourist attraction and educational resource, is closing its IMAX theater from January 5 to February 28 while completing upgrades, including the installation of a 3D IMAX projector. The entire science center complex will be closed for 12 days, from Monday, January 5, through to Friday, January 16, 2009, inclusive for scheduled maintenance.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 07 Jan 2009 14:49:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=401&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 15, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that The Day The Earth Stood Still, which opened number one at the domestic box office, generated an estimated $31 million, with 123 IMAX theaters contributing approximately $3.7 million the domestic total. From Friday, December 12, through Sunday, December 14, the IMAX release generated an impressive per screen average of approximately $30,000. Included in the weekend's performance were 38 locations equipped with IMAX's new digital projection technology. The film also had a strong international opening, grossing $532,000 from 20 IMAX screens, and it will ultimately play on 26 international IMAX screens in the weeks to come.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 16 Dec 2008 18:34:04 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=393&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 12, 2008--After three and a half months of extensive renovations and technology upgrades, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center plans to reopen its Space Theater on Saturday, December 13, 2008, with three IMAX films showing daily on the 76-foot tilted dome screen: Wild Ocean, Van Gogh: Brush with Genius, and Animalopolis. The Space Theater renovation is a major component of the Fleet Science Center’s $20 million capital campaign, “Creating Possibilities, Inspiring Tomorrow,” which is also providing invaluable financial support for expanded education programs and facilities, new hands-on science exhibitions and greater long-term financial security by strengthening the organization’s endowment.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 12 Dec 2008 18:46:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=391&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 12, 2008--IMAX Corporation today announced that effective April 1, 2009, Bradley J. Wechsler, currently co-Chairman and co-CEO of the Company, will become the sole Chairman of the Board. Richard L. Gelfond, currently co-Chairman and co-CEO, will become the sole CEO, reporting to the Board of Directors, and will also retain his seat on the Board. This new management structure will be put in place as the Company continues to successfully implement its Hollywood and digital strategies and enters a new phase in IMAX's growth. With the anticipated rapid growth of the IMAX network over the next several years, Messrs. Wechsler and Gelfond also announced that IMAX will begin a search for a Chief Operating Officer to help manage the Company's expanded operations. The Chief Operating Officer will report to Mr. Gelfond.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 12 Dec 2008 13:11:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=388&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Twentieth Century Fox today announced that The Day The Earth Stood Still, directed by Scott Dickerson and starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Jaden Smith, will open domestically on December 12, 2008, in 123 IMAX theaters, including 38 new locations equipped with IMAX's digital projection system, in conjunction with the film's nationwide release. The film will also open in 26 IMAX theaters internationally, including 6 new locations equipped with IMAX's digital projection system, during the days and weeks following the domestic launch. The Day The Earth Stood Still has been digitally remastered with IMAX’s proprietary DMR technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 10 Dec 2008 15:49:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=387&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 3, 2008--The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced a gift of $6 million for Phase Two of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center from Airbus Americas Inc. The gift is the largest corporate gift to the Smithsonian Institution in 2008. In recognition of the donation, the IMAX Theater at the Udvar-Hazy Center will be named the Airbus IMAX Theater.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 03 Dec 2008 18:33:42 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=381&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 3, 2008--3D Entertainment Distribution proudly announced today that its latest IMAX theater release, Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau, crossed the USD $10 million mark at the worldwide box office this past weekend. Benefitting from a staggered release at IMAX 3D theaters, the film was first launched domestically in mid-February before opening in select international territories, including Australia, Germany, Poland and Russia.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 03 Dec 2008 17:25:49 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=380&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicDecember 2, 2008—To mark the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) this year, special screenings of U2 3D, the first-ever live-action digital 3D film, are being shown in cities around the world, including in Sydney, Australia; across Mexico; Austin, Texas; Baltimore, Maryland; and Sandy, Utah. Praised from Cannes to Sundance, the film marries innovative digital 3D imagery and multi-channel surround sound with the excitement of a live U2 concert. It was produced by 3ality Digital and is being distributed by National Geographic Entertainment.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 03 Dec 2008 16:57:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=379&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 19, 2008--The world’s first ever festival embracing 3D technology in film and entertainment opened today with a fanfare of stars and leading names from the center of the film making universe, Hollywood. The five-day (November 19–23) festival brings together the world’s leading talent, thinkers, directors, producers and professionals in a showcase event that will demonstrate the latest in 3D film technology and a stunning line-up of 3D movies from all genres, including Walt Disney’s new animated movie Bolt and New Line Cinema’s Journey to the Center of the Earth starring Brendan Fraser.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=374&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 19, 2008--Disney’s A Christmas Carol, the spectacular 3D 2009 holiday release from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey, will be the first film from The Walt Disney Studios slated for IMAX theaters under a new five-picture arrangement the studio reached with IMAX Corporation, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group. Disney’s A Christmas Carol will lead off an impressive slate of upcoming films from the studio and a roster of top filmmakers that may include director Tim Burton as well as producer Jerry Bruckheimer. This arrangement makes some of the studio’s most highly anticipated theatrical releases from November 2009 and beyond available to IMAX venues across the country and around the world. Release dates for additional titles will be announced in the near future.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 19 Nov 2008 14:49:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=373&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 14, 2008--It is with deep sadness that Cosmic Picture and SK Films announce the tragic death of Chems Eddine Zinoun, the marvelous lead actor in the upcoming film Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta. Mr. Zinoun died in a car accident on November 11 in Casablanca, Morocco, where he lived.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 14 Nov 2008 22:19:44 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=370&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 13, 2008--The Cosmonova theater at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (SMNH) in Stockholm has undergone an innovative digital display upgrade introducing a 23-meter fulldome display as well as a partial dome 3D theater experience. The 262-seat planetarium now displays high-resolution, crisp and colorful content in a hemispherical environment, in addition to a 17-meter (56-foot), windowed 3D display projected across the dome surface. Global Immersion integrated Fidelity 3D and Fidelity Bright solutions to fulfill the two projects’ requirements, including full theater and content management, control, automation and playback systems.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 13 Nov 2008 21:13:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=368&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 13, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Lincoln Square Cinemas today announced an agreement to install an IMAX theater in the top performing multiplex in Washington State. Under the terms of the sales agreement, Lincoln Square Cinemas will install IMAX's new digital projection system at its flagship multiplex in Bellevue, Washington, during the second quarter of 2009. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 200 IMAX digital projection systems, with 34 currently in operation and approximately 45 scheduled to be in operation by year end.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 13 Nov 2008 20:11:40 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=367&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 13, 2008--Continuing its tradition of forging new ground in home theater video technology, MacGillivray Freeman Films has announced the release of three new BD-Live enabled Blu-ray Disc titles—Dolphins, Coral Reef Adventure and The Living Sea—bringing the company’s total Blu-ray titles in circulation to five and positioning the Academy Award-nominated giant screen film production company as the world’s leading provider of BD-Live enabled Blu-ray Discs.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 13 Nov 2008 19:42:45 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=366&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 10, 2008--Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure has become one of the fastest giant screen films to hit the $30 million mark since its release on October 5, 2007, and is one of the highest grossing original giant-screen films of 2008. The announcement was made by Mark Katz, president, Giant Screen Film and Distribution for National Geographic Cinema Ventures.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 10 Nov 2008 19:42:52 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=364&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., today announced that Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which opened number one at the domestic box office, generated an estimated $63.1 million with $3.5 million contributed from 129 IMAX theaters from Friday, November 7, through Sunday, November 9. The release marks the highest-grossing 2D-animated IMAX opening ever, recording an IMAX per screen average of $27,000. Included in the weekend's performance were 34 locations equipped with IMAX's digital projection technology. The film also had a strong limited international opening, and it will ultimately play on 30 international IMAX screens.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 10 Nov 2008 19:24:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=363&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 7, 2008--The IMAX Theatre at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, the largest permanent screen in Switzerland, debuted its new 3D digital projector on November 3. IMAX is the world’s first ever giant screen cinema to work with the interference filter technology developed by Dolby Laboratories, which produces more realistic colors and a sharper image than existing, film-based systems. The IMAX Theatre in Lucerne is the world’s first giant screen cinema to introduce this latest generation of projection technology. Due to the extremely high separation of the individual stereoscopic images, the experience of spatial depth experience is unimpaired by any double contours. The image is projected onto the 475m2 screen by two high-performance projectors. Fly Me to the Moon and Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia are the first films to be shown on the theater’s new system and will play through the 2008/2009 winter season.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 07 Nov 2008 16:40:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=362&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 6, 2008--Longtime giant screen filmmaker Greg MacGillivray of MacGillivray Freeman Films and MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation will be honored by Reef Check Foundation, the world’s largest reef conservation organization, at its 6th annual Reef Rescue 2008 Gala on November 15. MacGillivray will receive the prestigious 2008 Spirit of the Reef Award for his deep commitment to ocean conservation and his lifetime work documenting the beauty and fragility of the reefs and oceans in such IMAX theater films as Coral Reef Adventure, Dolphins and The Living Sea, and in his early surfing films, including the 1972 surf classic Five Summer Stories. This year’s exclusive event will be held at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 06 Nov 2008 15:09:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=359&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicNovember 5, 2008--IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., have announced that the studio's highly anticipated fall movie, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, will open domestically on November 7, 2008, in a record 130 IMAX theaters, including 35 new locations equipped with IMAX's digital projection system, in conjunction with the film's nationwide release. The film will also open in 30 IMAX theaters internationally during the days and weeks following the domestic launch.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 05 Nov 2008 16:53:59 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=358&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 27, 2008--National Geographic Entertainment’s first major international release U2 3D, a 3ality Digital production, received the Best Musical Film award at the recent Los Premios MTV Latin America Video Music Awards. Launched at 2008’s Sundance Film Festival, U2 3D has grossed almost $20 million worldwide and continues to captivate audiences throughout Latin America. It will premiere soon in Japan and other international territories as well as continue limited engagements in the U.S. and Canada.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 27 Oct 2008 16:06:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=356&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 27, 2008—Longtime environmental filmmaker and President of the MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation, Chris Palmer has been named the recipient of the 2009 International Wildlife Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Media. This prestigious award is presented to the individual whose life’s work best represents the Festival’s mission of promoting awareness and understanding of wildlife, habitat, people and nature through excellent film, television and other media. The award will be presented at the 32nd IWWF in Missoula in May 2009. (Originally posted 10/27/08. Updated 11/14/08.)http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 27 Oct 2008 15:43:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=355&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 7,2008--IMAX Corporation and Cineplexx Kinobetriebe Gmbh, the largest exhibitor in Austria, today announced a joint-venture agreement to install three IMAX theaters in Austria. The deal marks IMAX's first joint venture in Europe and continues the company's global expansion with its new digital projection system. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX digital projection systems, with 18 currently in operation and a total of 45-50 scheduled to be in operation by year end.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 07 Oct 2008 14:08:05 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=349&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 3, 2008--The Reuben H. Fleet Science Center IMAX Dome Theatre will be closed September 4 through mid-December 2008 for extensive renovations. Built in 1973, it was world’s first IMAX dome theater and the first IMAX theater in the U.S. Phase one of the technological makeover will include the first Nanoseam seamless screen on an IMAX dome, which allows for sharper colors and brighter, higher-contrast images; a 16,000-watt digital surround sound system; new seating and carpeting; upgrades to the IMAX projector and numerous other improvements. The theater renovation is part of a $20 million capital campaign.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 03 Oct 2008 16:01:16 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=348&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 1, 2008--DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. today announced that the sequel to its worldwide hit Kung Fu Panda is expected in theaters on June 3, 2011. The company also anticipates releasing the film into IMAX theaters worldwide. The sequel to Kung Fu Panda, like all DreamWorks Animation feature films starting in 2009, will be produced in stereoscopic 3D technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 02 Oct 2008 14:54:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=347&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicOctober 1, 2008--IMAX Corporation today announced the appointment of Julian Stanford to General Manager, Theatre Development-Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based in London, Mr. Stanford will be responsible for accelerating IMAX's growth throughout EMEA and increasing IMAX's presence as the premiere venue to experience Hollywood's biggest films. There are currently 55 IMAX theaters open in EMEA, and 15 additional IMAX theaters are scheduled to be open in the region by the end of 2011. Mr. Stanford will report directly to Larry O'Reilly, Executive Vice President, Theatre Development.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 01 Oct 2008 14:56:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=346&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 29, 2008--IMAX Corporation announced today that Eagle Eye: The IMAX Experience grossed approximately $1.6 million of the film's $29.1 million total--nearly six percent of the overall domestic box office--on just 84 IMAX screens, marking IMAX's largest September or October opening for a Hollywood release. The 84 IMAX theaters included 14 new joint-venture (JV) IMAX digital theaters. The 14 theaters performed well, delivering per screen averages that were above the overall IMAX network average.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 29 Sep 2008 18:50:16 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=343&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 29, 2008--GSCA received the following statement from our friends at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas, which was devasted by Hurricane Ike earlier this month: Moody Gardens received minimal damage and housed the Center Point Energy crew to restore power back to the Island. Life at Moody Gardens and Galveston Island is on the road to a quick recovery.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxSun, 28 Sep 2008 16:01:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=342&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 24, 2008--The Chrysler Foundation and Detroit Science Center celebrated the grand reopening of the newly renamed and renovated Chrysler IMAX Dome Theatre on Saturday, September 20. The renovation includes a new Chrysler IMAX Dome Theatre entry sign; an LED cove lighting system to provide increased illumination, dramatic pre-show special effects and significant energy savings. Also, a new rear projection booth was installed to increase stage lighting and staging for a new video projector while replacement carpeting was incorporated in the front and rear lobbies, among other additions.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 24 Sep 2008 15:16:16 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=339&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 16, 2008 -- Delegates at the 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference got a first look at MediaMerge's ShowSource™3D during the trade show at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ.The ShowSource 3D is a turn-key media server targeted squarely at the giant screen cinema market. The unit serves as a multi-channel digital sound source, offers high definition 3D video playback and boasts a built-in, comprehensive theater automation system controlled via a wireless touch-screen interface. The ShowSource 3D is the first system of its kind to offer this range of features in a single package.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 16 Sep 2008 14:44:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=335&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 16, 2008--Blue Man Group and producer Charlotte Huggins will team up to produce a new IMAX 3D movie starring the three bald and blue mischievous vaudevillians in a musical romp that explores creativity and inspiration.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 16 Sep 2008 14:15:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=334&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicSeptember 15, 2008—The 2008 Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) presented its 2008 Achievement Awards at the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show Awards Gala in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 10, 2008. In addition to the GSCA awards, IMAX presented two awards as well. A full list and photos of the winners can be found here: 2008 GSCA Awardshttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 15 Sep 2008 23:05:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=333&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 26, 2008--3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that this past weekend Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean drew in its one millionth viewer worldwide since its release just six months ago. The film, presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau and narrated by Daryl Hannah, has grossed USD $8.3 million in box office revenues worldwide as of August 24, 2008, including USD $4.3 million garnered domestically at 15 IMAX theaters since its U.S. launch on February 15.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 26 Aug 2008 14:06:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=322&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 20, 2008--Officials at Sci-Port Discovery Center announced today that effective October 1, 2008, its formal title will become Sci-Port Louisiana's Science Center, a name change that reflects the organization's growing service as an educational resource throughout the state.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 21 Aug 2008 21:45:42 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=321&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 21, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Caméra Lucida and La Géode for the release of Van Gogh: Brush With Genius, a 40-minute giant screen film about the life and paintings of Vincent van Gogh. Filmed entirely in 15/70mm in France and the Netherlands, Van Gogh captures the breathtaking landscapes and extraordinary colors of the painter’s most famous works, seen for the first time with the stunning visual effects of the giant screen film medium. The film is slated for worldwide release on February 9, 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 21 Aug 2008 15:34:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=320&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 7, 2008—IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount will release Eagle Eye: The IMAX Experience on September 26th. Following this action thriller, as previously announced, IMAX will partner with DreamWorks Animation to release Madagascar 2: The IMAX Experience on November 7, for a two-week run followed by Warner Bros. Pictures' Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: An IMAX 3D Experience on November 21. Looking to 2009, IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen, directed by Zack Snyder, on March 6. In addition, the company has reached agreement on material terms to release IMAX versions of Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (20th Century Fox, May 22, 2009) and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (DreamWorks Pictures/Paramount, June 26, 2009).http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 07 Aug 2008 15:21:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=305&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 7, 2008--IMAX Corporation today reported that it recorded a net loss per diluted share of $0.29 for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, compared to a net loss of $0.11 per diluted share for the second quarter of fiscal 2007. At the same time, the company announced that the rollout of its IMAX Digital system technology launched as scheduled, with the successful delivery and installation of its first three digital projection systems at three AMC Entertainment, Inc. theaters located in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area, during the second quarter.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 07 Aug 2008 13:46:03 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=304&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicAugust 5, 2008--Since last September, the domed IMAX screen of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s 25-year-old Omni Theater has been dark as crews made major renovations to the theater and constructed a link between the theater and the main portion of the new facility. In August, the theater will return to action, offering new guest amenities while marking a major step in the construction of the Museum’s new facility.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 05 Aug 2008 19:08:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=302&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 31, 2008—Calling attention to the need for more fresh water around the world, MacGillivray Freeman Films and its Educational Foundation today donated $26,500 to Ryan’s Well Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building wells and sanitation facilities in developing countries. The donation was matched by Ryan’s Well Foundation through student fundraising efforts, doubling the donation’s impact.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 14:52:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=298&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience continued its unprecedented box office performance with the highest-grossing second weekend in IMAX history. The IMAX release grossed $4.6 million on 94 domestic IMAX screens, from Friday July 25 through Sunday July 27, bringing the film's domestic total to $16.3 million. The film is expected to cross the $20 million milestone today.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 29 Jul 2008 15:17:59 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=296&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2008---Building upon the success of more than 150 million global views of the critically acclaimed IMAX production Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag, executive producer and distributor K2 Communications announced today the anticipated release date for the newest and most technically advanced aviation film ever produced for IMAX theaters. According to K2 Communications Chief Executive Officer Bob Kresser, the premiere of Legends of the Sky has been slated for March 2009 at the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum’s Lockheed Martin IMAX Theatre. Legends will be presented shortly thereafter at Seattle’s Pacific Science Center and in subsequent general distribution to IMAX theaters and other giant screen theaters worldwide.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 28 Jul 2008 22:14:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=295&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2008--According to Smithsonian V.P. of IMAX Theater Operations, Toby Mensforth, the dynamic giant screen film Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag has pushed the ticket sales envelope to new record heights. "Sometime in June we sold the 1 millionth Fighter Pilot ticket, proving the market for IMAX theater flight films and America's love affair withflying is boundless,” Mensforth said. Globally, the film--executive produced and distributed by leading independent giant screen studio K2 Communications, and underwritten by The Boeing Company--has been seen by over 150 million combined theater and DVD viewers in 40 countries and is still going strong in a number of locations.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 28 Jul 2008 21:59:20 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=294&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2008—Orbita Max has completed photography on The Magic Tale, the first stereoscopic 3D Spanish film. Filming completed on July 24 after a three-week shoot in Barcelona. The Barcelona shoot followed a three-month shoot in Namibia and South Africa that took place from March-May 2008. Filming in Barcelona took place on sets and at city exteriors like the Hospital de Sant Pau, Sant Sebastià beach, and on many streets in the Eixample, Poblenou, and Barceloneta neighborhoods. The film is scheduled to be released in December 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 28 Jul 2008 17:59:55 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=291&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 28, 2008--MediaMerge has added the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater at the Milwaukee Public Museum to its Service Partnership Program (SPP), the largest third-party IMAX servicing agent in the world.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 28 Jul 2008 15:41:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=289&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 21, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio's summer box office hit, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and directed by Christopher Nolan, shattered opening box office records on 94 IMAX screens during its debut. The IMAX release contributed $6.3 million of the $158.4 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office, on a total of 94 North American screens this weekend. The picture posted a domestic IMAX per screen average of $67,036. Internationally, the picture generated approximately $725,000 from 15 IMAX theaters, and it is scheduled to open in 24 more IMAX locations in the coming weeks. The film's worldwide IMAX opening total was a record-breaking $7 million.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 22 Jul 2008 13:38:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=287&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 21, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films has completed principal photography for its ambitious and thought-provoking giant screen film for IMAX and IMAX 3D theaters about the history, culture, and religion of Arabia. At a time when images of the Middle East in the Western media are often synonymous with extremism, Arabia 3D offers a broader understanding of this distant land by journeying deep inside its culture to reveal and explain the origins of a way of life largely hidden from our view. The film is slated for release in June 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 21 Jul 2008 21:36:56 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=286&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 17, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Tokyu Recreation, the owner of 109 Cinemas (10 is "To" and 9 is "kyu"), one of Japan's largest exhibition chains, today announced a joint venture agreement to install up to four IMAX theaters in Japan. The agreement marks IMAX's second international joint venture deal, as the company aligns itself with top exhibitors worldwide with its new IMAX digital theater system. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX digital theater systems, with approximately 50 expected to be installed by the end of 2008.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=283&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 16, 2008--Singapore will host 3DX: 3D Film & Entertainment Technology Festival (3DX), the first-ever festival of its kind dedicated to stereoscopic 3D content and technologies. The five-day festival will comprise conferences with leading international speakers as well as screening of 3D movies for the public. Films to be screened include Journey to the Center of the Earth, Fly Me to the Moon, Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean, and U2 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 16 Jul 2008 14:48:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=281&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio's highly anticipated and technologically unprecedented summer movie, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and directed by Christopher Nolan, will open in a record 94 IMAX theaters domestically on July 18 in conjunction with the film's wide release. The film will also open in 15 IMAX theaters day-and-date internationally, with at least 23 additional international locations opening in the coming weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=273&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Hoyts Cinemas Ltd., one of the largest exhibitors in Australia, today announced a joint venture agreement to install four IMAX theaters in the cities of Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney. The deal marks the company's first international joint-venture deal featuring the company's new IMAX digital theater system and doubles IMAX's footprint in Australia. To date, IMAX has signed contracts for more than 180 IMAX digital theater systems, with approximately 50 scheduled to be installed by the end of 2008.  http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=272&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJuly 1, 2008--The Giant Screen Cinema Association today announced the winners of its annual marketing awards. A panel of 5 judges reviewed more than 14 entries and named the 2008 winners: Best Film Launch by a Theater goes to Museum of Science—Boston for its launch of The Alps, Best Marketing by a Distributor goes to MacGillivray Freeman films for Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk, Best New Theater Launch goes to the Myrtle Beach IMAX Theater, and the Best Big Idea goes to National Geographic for its day-and-date release of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure to 260 screens worldwide.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 02 Jul 2008 16:04:39 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=269&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 23, 2008--Derek Threinen has left his position as Director, Film Marketing, Outreach, Corporate, at National Geographic in order to explore some interesting new opportunities as a theatrical and attractions consultant. He will continue to be based in Washington, D.C. Threinen has signed a contract with Smithsonian Business Ventures to assist in planning and building a digital theater and simulation attraction at the National Museum of American History, a theater technology review and upgrade at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center, a renovation of the National Museum of Natural History's IMAX theater, and will also be providing marketing consultation with regards to upcoming film launches and the Smithsonian Institution theaters' web presence, among other duties.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 23 Jun 2008 17:09:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=264&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 23, 2008--Filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (the Mantello Brothers) are pleased to announce their first feature-length film, Oceans 3D: Voyage of a Turtle (working title). The film entered the digital 3D post-production phase last week. The 85-minute long feature is expected to be completed this September for an anticipated domestic release during the first half of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 23 Jun 2008 14:20:01 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=262&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 18, 2008--IMAX Corporation today announced it has signed an agreement with Meydan LLC, a sports and entertainment property developer in Dubai, UAE, to install an IMAX theater as part of a multi-billion development at the world-famous Nad Al Sheba, Dubai's premier thoroughbred horse racing track. Nad Al Sheba is home to the Dubai World Cup, one of the world's most prestigious horse racing events. Expected to be installed by the end of 2009, the new theater brings the total number of IMAX locations in the Middle East to 12 by 2010.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 18 Jun 2008 15:18:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=258&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 17, 2008--The Shanghai Science and Technology Museum held its second Science Film Week on May 17-June 1. During the event, 21 films, including 12 giant screen films, were shown at the museum’s IMAX Giant Screen Theatre, IMAX Dome Theatre, Iwerks 4D Theatre, and Digistar Space Theatre. The festival’s opening ceremony was attended by 250 people from 64 organizations, and over 26,000 people viewed films during the two-week festival. Awards based on audience surveys and online voting were announced at the end of the festival, with seven different giant screen films receiving honors in six categories.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 17 Jun 2008 15:14:16 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=257&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 16, 2008--Dr. Brian Tonner, President and CEO of the Orlando Science Center, has announced his resignation effective August 1, 2008. Since 2003, Tonner has led the Science Center through major changes, including a revitalization of the organization. He is planning to return to research and education in the field of physics. Current Chief Operating Officer, JoAnn Newman, will serve as interim president while the board of trustees conducts a national search.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:05 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=256&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 12, 2008--Spanish actress and singer Leonor Watling has joined the cast of Orbita Max’s The Magic Tale, playing the role of a wise and exotic fairy. The Magic Tale is the first Spanish feature film in 3D for giant screen theaters, digital theaters, and conventional 35mm theaters. Watling has worked in more than 40 film and television titles and became especially known after being nominated for the Goya award (Spain’s national film awards) for best actress in 1998. She’s worked in films such as Talk to Her by Pedro Almodovar and My Life Without Me by Isabel Coixet. Watling is also the lead voice and lyricist of the Spanish band Marlango.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 12 Jun 2008 13:59:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=246&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 11, 2008--About 40 Euromax delegates met June 1-3 at the Cinecittà Multiplex Center in Nuremberg, Germany. In addition to screenings of eight new giant screen films, the schedule included various sessions on digital projection and marketing and sponsoring.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 11 Jun 2008 16:08:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=245&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 11, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films and its Chinese distributor, ST Giant Films, donated Y20,000 yuan ($3,000 USD) to Chinese earthquake relief efforts following the 7.9 earthquake in central China. The donation was announced on May 17 during the opening luncheon of the Shanghai Science and Technology Center’s giant screen Science Week Film Festival. As luncheon co-hosts, MacGillivray Freeman Films and ST Giant Films donated funds originally intended to pay for luncheon beverages. Representatives from MacGillivray Freeman Films and ST Giant Films traveled to a Beijing Red Cross collection center on May 20 to donate Y10,000. The donation was deposited by Kick Kennedy, who was in China to introduce MacGillivray Freeman’s new giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, which opened the film festival.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 11 Jun 2008 15:43:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=244&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 10, 2008--IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG have announced that Kung Fu Panda: The IMAX Experience opened with strong box office results at IMAX theaters over the three-day weekend from Friday June 6, through Sunday June 8. The film grossed $2.3 million on 89 domestic IMAX screens and six international IMAX screens, for a per screen average of approximately $24,000. The film will continue to open in international locations in the weeks ahead, ultimately playing on 36 international IMAX screens.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=243&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 9, 2008--The Wildscreen International Wildlife and Environmental Film Festival has announced the finalists in this year’s prestigious Panda Awards, with the giant screen film Wild Ocean 3D nominated in two categories. Co-produced by Giant Screen Films and Yes/No Productions, Wild Ocean will be competing for the Best Music Award (Steve McNicholas and Luke Cresswell) and the Theatrical Award. The nomination panel met in May to watch all 440 film entries from 43 countries and identified 62 films that will go forward to the final jury in October, just prior to the festival. The Wildscreen Festival will be held in Bristol, UK, on October 19-24. Read here for the full list of award categories and finalists, as well as other festival information.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 09 Jun 2008 20:13:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=241&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicJune 6, 2008-- IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. have announced that the studio's highly anticipated summer movie Kung Fu Panda, starring Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogan, Lucy Liu, and David Cross, will open in 89 IMAX theaters domestically today in conjunction with the film's wide release. Kung Fu Panda is the first of five DreamWorks Animation films slated for release in IMAX theaters from June 2008 to May 2010. The film will also open in 37 IMAX theaters internationally during the days and weeks following the domestic launch. Kung Fu Panda has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 06 Jun 2008 14:00:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=237&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 27, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films continues to contribute to the global discussion on water issues by making available a special presentation of its critically acclaimed giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D at the 2008 Telluride Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado. The film was shown in a special digital 3D presentation on Sunday, May 25, and was followed by an in-depth panel discussion on water issues of the American Southwest. Water was the overall theme of the festival this year.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 May 2008 16:13:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=235&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 27, 2008--Joanna E. Haas, director of Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, has been selected to succeed Gail Becker, who is retiring as executive director of the Louisville Science Center on August 31. Haas will start in her new position on September 2. “It’s been an honor to lead Carnegie Science Center for nearly five years,” said Haas. “And I am very excited to be coming to Louisville. The Louisville Science Center has a solid reputation and tremendously strong educational programs. I hope to continue to build on the excellent work of Gail Becker and her team.”http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 27 May 2008 13:36:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=234&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 21, 2008--The Government of Canada has announced International Polar Year funding of $600,000 for the development of a new Science North IMAX film project. The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, made the announcement last week as part of the Polar Continental Shelf Meeting (PCSM) in Ottawa. The PCSM supports a wide variety of Arctic scientific research ranging from archaeology, climatology, the geosciences, glaciology, space science and wildlife studies. Arctic Odyssey – Journey to the Top of the World is scheduled for release in 2010.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxWed, 21 May 2008 20:02:25 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=233&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 12, 2008--In May 1996, the world-renowned climber and filmmaker David Breashears was making his third ascent up Mount Everest, leading an IMAX film team, when a swift and ferocious storm unexpectedly hit the mountain, trapping three exhausted climbing teams near the top of the world's highest peak. The IMAX film Everest was released by MacGillivray Freeman Films in 1998. In the Frontline special presentation Storm Over Everest, airing Tuesday, May 13, 2008, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings), Breashears returns to summit Everest and to reflect on that fateful storm that resulted in the deaths of five climbers on the south side of the mountain. The program will also be available online at www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 12 May 2008 17:50:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=232&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 12, 2008--IMAX Corporation today reported that it recorded a net loss per diluted share of ($0.25) for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, compared to a net loss per diluted share of ($0.12) for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. At the same time, the company announced that its pending digital roll-out was on schedule and that it had added DreamWorks Animation's Magadascar 2 to the 2008 film slate.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 12 May 2008 13:47:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=231&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 8, 2008--The Stephen Low Company is currently in production on Ultimate Wave 3D (working title). Ultimate Wave will immerse giant screen audiences in the story of an ocean wave, and the lives it impacts and transforms. Ultimate Wave will be filmed in 3D for exhibition in IMAX 2D, IMAX 3D, and other giant screen theaters worldwide. The project is produced by The Stephen Low Company, directed by Stephen Low, and executive produced and distributed by K2 Communications. Sponsored by Suzuki Automotive and Quiksilver, Inc., the world’s leading outdoor sports lifestyle company, the film is scheduled for release in October 2009. Shooting begins this summer in South Africa, Western Australia, the Indian Ocean, and at a wave research tank in Europe.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 May 2008 22:01:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=230&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 8, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that Speed Racer, the new live-action film from the creators of The Matrix trilogy, will open in North America on 84 IMAX screens on May 9, 2008, simultaneously with the movie's wide release. The picture will also open internationally in 26 IMAX theaters during the days and weeks following the domestic launch. Speed Racer has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. Warner Bros. Pictures will be the exclusive distributor of the film to IMAX theaters worldwide.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 May 2008 19:39:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=229&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 8, 2008--Have you ever eaten like a lake sturgeon, dined from an eagle’s nest, or tasted grilled, farmed caribou meat topped with birch syrup and blueberry sauce? These were just some of the unique experiences offered to guests at the world premiere gala for Science North’s newest giant-screen IMAX film, Mysteries of the Great Lakes. The lavish event was held on May 3, 2008, at Science North in Sudbury, Ontario.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 08 May 2008 17:24:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=228&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicMay 6, 2008--IMAX Corporation today announced that it has entered into two significant financing transactions, one with Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation ("Wachovia") to increase future availability and modify other terms under the company's existing credit facility, and one with the Douglas family, IMAX's largest shareholder, for the sale of approximately 2.73 million common shares in a private placement at an aggregate purchase price of $18 million. Proceeds from these transactions will be used to fund the company's IMAX digital projection roll-out, slated to begin this summer, and for general corporate purposes.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxTue, 06 May 2008 14:25:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=227&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 24, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that they have crossed the $400 million mark at the IMAX box office with films released through the partnership between the two companies. Since June 2003, Warner Bros. Pictures has released 16 titles in IMAX's format, five of which were in IMAX 3D, including two live-action pictures that were partially converted into 3D with IMAX's proprietary 2D to 3D conversion technology. All titles were digitally re-mastered using IMAX's proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology. Also included in the tally are the studio's two original IMAX 3D co-productions.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 24 Apr 2008 15:28:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=224&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 16, 2008—MacGillivray Freeman Films has announced plans to offer to the world a free digital download of its Academy Award-nominated giant screen motion picture The Living Sea during the week of Earth Day, April 21 to 25, 2008. This online event is hosted by MSN Green, a new online resource for the latest environmental news, and marks one of the first major free film offerings of this scope over the internet. Users can find instructions for downloading the film for free at green.msn.com starting April 21.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 21 Apr 2008 21:58:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=223&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 21, 2008--The U.S. Display Consortium (USDC) and Insight Media have officially announced the formation of the 3D@Home Consortium, a nonprofit alliance of high-tech industry leaders mobilizing to provide consumers with quality, yet affordable in-home 3D entertainment. The 22 international founding members of the consortium were revealed at an opening meeting during the NAB conference and include Board Level members Philips and Samsung, Leadership Level member Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, and 19 other members, including Thomson, IMAX Corporation, TDVision, 3DIcon, Corning, Planar Systems, QPC Laser, SeeReal, 3ality, DDD, In-Three, Quantum Data, Sensio, Fraunhofer Institute IMPS, Sim2, Setred, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Holografika, and Volfoni.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxMon, 21 Apr 2008 16:29:53 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=222&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 18, 2008--In celebration of Earth Day next week MacGillivray Freeman Films is proud to announce some exciting PR and marketing events in support of their newest release Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D. These events will promote the film and its message of water conservation to more than 20 million people.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxFri, 18 Apr 2008 15:37:34 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=221&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasicApril 10, 2008--Explore-At-Bristol and its partners the South West of England Regional Development Agency (South West RDA) and Bristol City Council have announced plans for a new, world-class aquarium in the former Wildwalk and IMAX building. The IMAX theater will also reopen. The at-Bristol IMAX 3D theater and Wildwalk, a rainforest exhibit, closed March 31, 2007, after the science center determined they were too expensive to operate. The theater had been in operation for seven years when it closed. Work is due to begin on the project in July 2008 with a planned opening in summer 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 10 Apr 2008 15:01:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=219&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasic April 19, 2007--GSCA's giant screen news headlines and articles about the industry are  available via RSS feed. Add GSCA's news headlines or articles of interest to your RSS reader and have timely industry news delivered right to you. http://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspxThu, 19 Apr 2007 13:09:17 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/Newsroom/News.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=93&SkinSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fSkins%2fNewSkinner%2fNews&ContainerSrc=%2fPortals%2f_default%2fContainers%2fNewSkinner%2fBasic