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.comSeptember 2, 2008--3D Entertainment, a leading company focusing on the production and distribution of high quality documentary films for IMAX theaters and digital 3D cinemas, announces today the addition of a new key executive to its team in the newly created position of Vice President, Film Development and Partnerships. Effective September 1, Luc Blouin is now responsible for developing strategic business partnerships and sponsorship opportunities for current and future film projects. He remains based in Canada and reports directly to Francois Mantello, 3D Entertainment's Chairman.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 02 Sep 2008 14:23:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=327August 27, 2008--3D Entertainment Distribution is pleased to announce that IMAX industry veteran Patricia Brandino has joined the company in the newly created position of Vice President, Film Sales. Effective September 7, Brandino will be responsible for theatrical sales of the company’s current and future film catalogue in North America, including Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Dolphins and Whales 3D released domestically at IMAX 3D theaters earlier this year. She will report directly to Francois Mantello, the chairman of 3D Entertainment and its distribution unit.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 27 Aug 2008 14:36:53 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=324August 26, 2008—Nikki Lowry has joined National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) as director of film marketing and outreach. She will manage all marketing efforts for NGCV’s giant screen, 3D and specialty films and will support National Geographic Entertainment's feature film releases while working to enhance relationships between NGCV and theaters worldwide. Additionally, Lowry will oversee all educational outreach for films and will support NGCV’s sponsorship and foundation relationships. She reports to Mark Katz, NGCV’s president of distribution, and is based at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 27 Aug 2008 14:30:04 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=323August 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 21 Aug 2008 21:45:42 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=321August 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 21 Aug 2008 15:34:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=320August 19, 2008--The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center in Mobile has been named Alabama’s 2008 Attraction of the Year. The awards ceremony took place on Tuesday, August 12, during the state Governor’s Conference on Tourism.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 19 Aug 2008 15:01:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=316August 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 07 Aug 2008 15:21:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=305August 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 05 Aug 2008 19:08:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=302July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 01 Aug 2008 14:52:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=298July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 28 Jul 2008 22:14:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=295July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 22 Jul 2008 13:38:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=287July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 21 Jul 2008 21:36:56 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=286July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:19 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=283July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=273July 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 02 Jul 2008 16:04:39 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=269June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 23 Jun 2008 17:09:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=264June 19, 2008--To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets, National Geographic will distribute the classic film in 3D to giant screen and digital 3D theaters worldwide, it was announced today by Mark Katz, president, distribution, for National Geographic Cinema Ventures, and Bob Perkins, chief executive officer, Destination Cinema Inc. (DCI). Release is slated for the first half of 2009. National Geographic will sell the film to theaters through Cinema Ventures' film distribution arm. DCI will oversee updates to the script and musical score and the conversion of the film to 3D. The film will be housed permanently at the Grand Canyon IMAX Theater at the National Geographic Visitors Center in Grand Canyon, Arizona.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 19 Jun 2008 14:48:18 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=261June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:05 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=256June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 12 Jun 2008 13:59:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=246June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 11 Jun 2008 15:43:37 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=244June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 10 Jun 2008 13:58:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=243June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 09 Jun 2008 20:13:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=241June 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 06 Jun 2008 14:00:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=237June 6, 2008--IMAX Corporation has named Heather Anthony as Vice President, Investor Relations for the company. Anthony has more than a decade of experience in the investor relations and financial communications industry having served in senior positions at both public companies and public relations consulting firms.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 06 Jun 2008 13:51:28 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=236May 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 27 May 2008 16:13:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=235May 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 08 May 2008 19:39:41 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=229May 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 08 May 2008 17:24:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=228May 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 06 May 2008 14:25:09 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=227April 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 21 Apr 2008 21:58:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=223April 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 21 Apr 2008 16:29:53 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=222April 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 18 Apr 2008 15:37:34 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=221April 15, 2008--Documentary Channel (DOC) has reached an exclusive agreement with IMAX Corporation through Norwalk, Connecticut-based distributor Northstar Media to televise a collection of 21 films from the IMAX library for the first time in the U.S., it was announced yesterday by Documentary Channel founder and CEO Tom Neff and Northstar Media Co-Presidents Andy Weir and Pat McDonald. DOC, the first and only 24-hour U.S. television network devoted exclusively to independent documentary films, secured the exclusive IMAX XXI Film Package with a multi-year contract through Northstar Media. The IMAX XXI Film Package will premiere on DOC throughout 2008, with specific titles and telecast schedules to be announced at a later date.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 15 Apr 2008 13:02:38 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=220April 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/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 10 Apr 2008 15:01:15 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=219April 10, 2008--After playing a key role in bringing the new Science Center of Iowa (SCI) and Blank IMAX Dome Theater from vision to reality, SCI President and Chief Executive Officer Mary Sellers will be stepping down this summer after nine years leading the organization. Sellers will be returning to Florida to be near her family. A specific departure date has not been determined.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 10 Apr 2008 11:28:12 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=218April 2, 2008--Filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (the Mantello Brothers) and film presenter Jean-Michel Cousteau are pleased to announce that their new IMAX 3D Theatre film Dolphins and Whales 3D has grossed $607,000 (USD) at the box office in Germany in its first two and a half weeks of exhibition, making it the most successful release ever for a 3D documentary film in the country. 47,000 German spectators have seen the film since its March 13th opening on just 17 screens.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 03 Apr 2008 13:30:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=215April 1, 2008--IMAX Corporation, Paramount Classics, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert Productions International have announced that the highly anticipated Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, will be released in a record 93 IMAX theaters domestically on April 4, simultaneously with the film's wide release. The picture will also be released in IMAX theaters internationally during the days and weeks following the domestic launch. Shine A Light has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 01 Apr 2008 11:55:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=213March 26, 2008--The audiovisual production company Orbita Max started filming March 8 in Namibia for the first Spanish film shot entirely in 3D for giant screen theaters, digital theaters, and conventional 35mm theaters. The film, with the working title The Magic Tale, tells the story of a girl’s fantastic travel to Africa, where she interacts with other children, wild animals, trees, and plants that show her the way to the world of imagination and to the meaning of life. The film will be released at the end of 2009, once the long postproduction process is finished.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 26 Mar 2008 17:51:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=212March 25, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Northstar Media, a strategically diverse television program distribution company, have announced that the two companies have partnered on a distribution arrangement whereby Northstar Media has been appointed exclusive representative for the IMAX XXI Film Package consisting of 21 award-winning high-def IMAX films, including key titles Tom Hanks Presents Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon 3D, Space Station, Into the Deep, T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous and Blue Planet.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 26 Mar 2008 17:16:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=211March 24, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Regal Cinemas, Inc., a subsidiary of Regal Entertainment Group, the world's largest theater circuit, today announced a joint-venture agreement to install 31 IMAX Digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 major US markets. The theaters will feature IMAX's Digital projection system, which is being developed for the IMAX MPX theater design. The 31 IMAX theaters announced today will expand the joint venture partnership between IMAX and Regal Cinemas to 38 theaters and bring Regal's total number of IMAX theaters to 52 by the end of 2010.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 24 Mar 2008 11:38:39 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=210March 21, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films, producers of the new 3D giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, will celebrate World Water Day (March 22) by donating a portion of the film’s box office sales to build much-needed water wells in Africa. More than one million children die each year in Africa from a lack of safe drinking water. The producers will donate $1 for every ticket sold on both World Water Day and Earth Day (April 22) towards building enough water wells to benefit thousands of African school children.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 21 Mar 2008 17:36:57 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=209March 21, 2008—3D Entertainment recently celebrated the release of its new film Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean with two special premiere events. The New England Aquarium’s Simons IMAX Theatre hosted the world premiere of the filmon February 13, with the European premiere held March 10 at the CineStar IMAX 3D Kino im Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Both events were attended by the filmmaking team and special guests.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 21 Mar 2008 17:14:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=208March 14, 2008--IMAX Corporation has reported that it recorded a net loss per diluted share of ($0.25) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, compared to a restated net loss of ($0.23) per diluted share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, the company recorded a write-down of film-related inventories, reflected in cost of goods, totaling $4.0 million because of the obsolescence of film-based equipment associated with the company's transition to digital projection from film projection systems. In addition, the company recorded a $2.5 million gain from discontinued operations related to the sale of a theater in Providence, Rhode Island.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 17 Mar 2008 17:27:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=201March 14, 2008--The TEA/ERA Theme Park Attendance Report for 2007 is available now on the websites of TEA and ERA as well as at the websites of industry publications Park World Magazine and InPark Magazine (IPM). It presents global attendance data of top theme parks and waterparks, broken down by geographic region, by chain and by type of venue. "Overall, 2007 was what we call a 'steady as she goes' year for theme parks and waterparks, with healthy, modest growth across most sectors and geographies," says John Robinett, Senior Vice President of ERA.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 17 Mar 2008 17:20:30 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=200March 3, 2008--National Geographic’s Sea Monsters received the Motion Picture Sound Editors award for Best Sound Editing—Special Venue at its 55th annual Golden Reel Awards, held February 23, 2008, at the Wiltshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. The Golden Reel Awards honor the finest sound and music editing in motion pictures and television, with awards given in 17 categories in areas including features, TV, direct-to-video, and special venue.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 17 Mar 2008 16:26:31 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=195February 26, 2008--Six Flags, Inc. announced today a partnership with nWave Pictures that will bring the excitement of Apollo 11 and the first walk on the moon to millions of park guests this season. Fly Me to the Moon 3D, a ride simulation based on the animated feature film releasing this summer, features the voices of Kelly Ripa, Christopher Lloyd and Nicolette Sheridan and will be the featured attraction at 3D theaters at Six Flags Great Adventure, in Jackson, NJ, and Six Flags Over Texas, in Arlington, TX.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 26 Feb 2008 14:11:24 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=194February 20, 2008--National Geographic’s Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure won the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) award for Special Venue Project at the sixth annual gala held at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre Grand Ballroom on February 10. Receiving the award were Sean Phillips, Jack Geist, Robin Aristorenas, and Mark Dubeau. The sold-out event attracted more than a thousand visual effects and animation artists, dozens of nominees, and members of the film, television, commercial, and video game industries.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 20 Feb 2008 14:35:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=193February 20, 2008--Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc., a motion picture projection, digital cinema, and specialty lighting equipment and services provider, announced today that its Marcel Desrochers Inc. (MDI) subsidiary, doing business as Strong Screen Systems, has entered into a long-term supply agreement with IMAX Corporation. Under the agreement Strong Screen Systems/MDI will provide coated cinema screen sheets and structural screen frames (the key components of a cinema screen system) for use with IMAX’s proprietary giant screen digital, analog, and 3D projection systems. The agreement expands upon the two companies’ long-standing collaboration. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 20 Feb 2008 14:18:49 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=192February 19, 2008--IMAX Corporation announced today that The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantasy adventure based on the best-selling series of books, opened well in IMAX theaters over the five-day opening weekend, grossing approximately $1.9 million of the film's $26.8 million total, or 7 percent of the overall box office. Nineteen of the top 20 locations in North America included an IMAX theater. The IMAX release also had a preliminary international opening on three screens, and will continue to open throughout the international IMAX theater network in the coming days and weeks.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 19 Feb 2008 17:42:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=191February 14, 2008--3D Entertainment’s Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean opens February 15 at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Virginia Aquarium (Virginia Beach, VA), Texas State History Museum (Austin, TX), and Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (Omaha, NE). The film will then roll out at both domestic and international IMAX 3D theaters throughout the year. The New England Aquarium’s Simons IMAX Theatre on Central Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, hosted the world premiere on February 13. The VIP event was hosted by Daryl Hannah, who narrates the film, and Jean-Michel Cousteau.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 14 Feb 2008 17:15:22 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=190February 14, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Paramount Pictures announced today that The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantasy adventure based on the best-selling series of books, will open in IMAX theaters on February 14th, 2008, beginning with advance midnight shows in select IMAX theaters on the evening of February 13. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday), the Kennedy/Marshall (The Sixth Sense, Jurassic Park) and Mark Canton (300) production of The Spiderwick Chronicles has been digitally re-mastered through IMAX's DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 14 Feb 2008 17:02:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=189February 11, 2007--IMAX Corporation today announced that a Panel of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce found unanimously in favor of IMAX in an arbitration against E-City Entertainment (I) PVT Limited ("E-City"), and awarded Imax $9.4 million, plus interest and costs, which IMAX believes will increase the award to in excess of $11 million in the aggregate. The arbitration, which took place in London and included three separate witness hearings and extensive legal briefing, involved an agreement under which IMAX awarded E-City rights to develop a minimum of six IMAX theatres in India. E-City subsequently claimed that the agreement was a non-binding term sheet, that the amount of damages that IMAX was seeking for lost profits was excessive and that IMAX had failed to mitigate its damages. The Panel found that the agreement was fully enforceable, that E-City had breached its obligations under that agreement and awarded IMAX all of the lost profits that it sought under the agreement.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 12 Feb 2008 12:53:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=188February 11, 2008--The Swiss Museum of Transport remains by far the most-visited museum in Switzerland. In 2007, the museum enjoyed significantly boosted ticket sales for the second year running. The Swiss Museum of Transport was the destination of choice for 872,905 persons in 2007, which is 125,179 (17 percent) more than the year before. Of the 2007 total, 508,220 (previous year: 455,319) people visited the museum and 364,685 (previous year: 292,407) the IMAX theater.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 11 Feb 2008 22:37:24 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=187February 11, 2008--Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. and IMAX Corporation have announced that the official title of their third original IMAX 3D co-production will be Under the Sea 3D. Production began last month in Papua, New Guinea, where the film crew is photographing some of the most extraordinary marine wildlife ever captured on film.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 11 Feb 2008 21:51:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=186February 11, 2008--The Wildscreen Festival is accepting wildlife and environmental film submissions for the festival’s prestigious Panda Awards, dubbed the green Oscars. Entries will be welcomed until Friday March 28. Leading filmmakers from all over the world enter the competition for a chance to win the coveted Golden Panda Award.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 11 Feb 2008 21:38:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=185February 11, 2008--Giant Screen Cinema Association members elected eight new members to the board of directors this week who will start their two-year term at the commencement of the European Film Expo board meeting on March 3, 2008. The new board members join 11 others. Elected this week for two years by category are the following. Production: Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films, and Andy Gellis, Cinevest. Manufacturing/Suppliers: Patricia Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc., and Rick Gordon, RPG Productions. Institutional Theaters:Toby Mensforth, Smithsonian Business Ventures. Commercial Theaters: Berend Reijnhoudt, Omniversum. Distribution: Mark Katz, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, and Don Kempf, Giant Screen Films. The Board of Directors also appointed two additional directors in accordance with the bylaws: Doug King, Saint Louis Science Center, and Gordon Stalans, Tennessee Aquarium.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 11 Feb 2008 16:55:54 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=184January 31, 2008--After 20 years at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) Mark Brittell is heading off on his own. With the creation of Giant Screen Consulting services Mark is now available to share his talents with the entire industry. During his career at the museum, Mark launched over 30 giant screen films, bringing over 3.5 million visitors to OMSI's IMAX theater. Working with multiple distributors, he has helped in an advisory capacity with the creation of many giant screen classics.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 31 Jan 2008 17:38:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=183January 24, 2008--Filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (the Mantello Brothers) and film ambassador Jean-Michel Cousteau are pleased to announce that their new IMAX 3D theater film Dolphins and Whales 3D will feature narration by actress and environmentalist Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill: Vol. 1&2, Blade Runner). Beginning its theatrical run at IMAX 3D theaters on February 15, Dolphins and Whales 3D will invite audiences on a journey of discovery with these marine mammal tribes of the ocean.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 24 Jan 2008 15:03:59 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=182January 22, 2008—3ality Digital and National Geographic premiered U2 3D at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend. It is the first film for giant screen theaters to premiere at the prestigious festival, held in Park City, Utah. Attendees at the premiere and reception included all four members of the legendary Irish rock group, the filmmakers, politicians, Hollywood heavyweights, representatives of presenting sponsor Best Buy and distributor National Geographic, and U2 fans. Correction from previous post: U2 3D opens in 60 IMAX theaters on January 23 and then on digital 3D screens on February 15.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 22 Jan 2008 15:36:48 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=181January 22, 2008--IMAX Corporation and SM Prime Holdings, the largest mall operator in the Philippines, have announced an agreement to install two IMAX digital projection systems at shopping malls in the cities of Manila and Cebu. The deal follows the success of SM's first IMAX theater, which has been the highest-grossing screen in the country since it opened in 2006. Under the terms of the parties' agreement, the two IMAX digital theater systems are expected to be installed during the third and fourth quarters of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 22 Jan 2008 13:45:25 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=180January 16, 2008--IMAX Corporation generated $145 million for Hollywood releases in 2007, which is 56 percent higher than the $93 million that the IMAX theater network grossed during 2006. Hollywood films that played in IMAX theaters in 2007 included eight titles from four different studios, all of which were converted using the company's proprietary DMR technology in both 2D and IMAX 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 16 Jan 2008 20:17:02 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=179January 7, 2008 - Two giant screen films have been nominated for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project for the 6th annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. The VES Awards recognize outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, television, commercials, and video games. The giant screen films nominated this year are Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia from Sky High Entertainment, with visual effects by Mario Couturier, Vincent Roberge, Richard Bergeron, and Martin L'Heureux (Studio Virtuel Concept), and Sea Monsters from National Geographic, with visual effects by Sean Phillips, Jack Geist, Robin Aristorenas, Mark Dubeau. Nominees were chosen Saturday, January 5, 2008, by numerous panels of VES members who viewed submissions at the FotoKem screening facilities in Burbank.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 09 Jan 2008 21:55:45 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=178January 3, 2008--The Science Station board has announced that the IMAX theater will cease to operate as of January 20. The board emphasized that they and the staff are focused on improving the Science Station, delivering on its long standing mission to provide exciting hands on learning opportunities and science and math education outreach. “The board and staff made every effort to make the theater work but ultimately we had to make this very difficult decision.” said Dan Thies, President of the Science Station board. “The theater has not been profitable in recent years and we can no longer afford to subsidize it at the expense of our core mission.”http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 03 Jan 2008 22:08:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=177January 3, 2008—The newly renovated Mugar Omni Theater at the Museum of Science in Boston reopened December 22 after a $750,000 renovation that began on September 4. The renovation was financed by former trustee David Mugar. Renovations include a 420-panel Premium Seam Dome, programmable theater lighting—which includes an LED system—as well as a digital video projection system that accommodates a wide range of media, including live feeds of televised events. Theater seats and carpeting were replaced, while lobby walls received a fresh coat of paint and new flooring was added.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 03 Jan 2008 19:59:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=176January 3, 2008--IMAX Corporation and National Amusements Inc., the US’s fifth largest theater operator, today announced IMAX's sale of the Feinstein IMAX Theatre in Providence, Rhode Island, to National Amusements. The IMAX theater had been owned and operated by IMAX Corporation since it opened in June, 2000. Under the terms of the sale, National Amusements assumed ownership and control of the theater effective close of business on December 31st, 2007.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 03 Jan 2008 15:21:00 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=175January 3, 2008--IMAX Corporation announced today that on December 21, 2007, it received a summons and complaint from the trustee under the indenture  governing the company's senior notes, seeking a declaratory judgment confirming IMAX's position that The Catalyst Fund Limited Partnership II has no basis for its legal claims against IMAX under the Indenture.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 03 Jan 2008 15:09:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=174December 18, 2007--Euromax, the professional association of the European giant screen film industry, has announced its new executive committee for 2008. Members of Euromax voted for the committee, which will take office on January 1, 2008. Christian Scheidegger, Museum of Transport, has been elected as Euromax’s new president. Jessica Christensen, Cosmonova, is the new vice president theaters. Simone Appleby, Gulliver, has been re-elected as vice president production.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 18 Dec 2007 17:06:52 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=173December 18, 2007--Filmmakers and environmentalists Francois and Jean-Jacques Mantello and ocean explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau are pleased to announce they have joined forces on the new 3D documentary film Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean, which will be released at IMAX theaters beginning February 15, 2008. This latest installment in 3D Entertainment’s ocean-themed film series will deliver a strong and compelling conservation message while bringing audiences on a close encounter, for the very first time in 3D, with small and giant cetaceans such as humpback and sperm whales, orcas, and dolphins.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 18 Dec 2007 16:38:50 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=172December 18, 2007--IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that I Am Legend opened strongly, with most shows sold out at IMAX theaters during its debut weekend, contributing $3.2 million of the record-breaking $77.4 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office, from December 14 through Sunday, December 16. The picture opened on 77 domestic IMAX screens, posting a per screen average of $41,936. I Am Legend also opened on 6 international IMAX screens, bringing the worldwide IMAX estimated total to $3.4 million.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 18 Dec 2007 16:10:34 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=171December 14, 2007--I Am Legend: The IMAX Experience opens today in over 70 IMAX theaters. The film stars two-time Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith and is an adaptation of a 1954 science fiction novella by Richard Matheson. A six-minute prologue to Warner Bros.’ next Batman film, The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience is featured with I Am Legend exclusively in IMAX theaters. The prologue introduces Heath Ledger as the Joker and includes footage that director Chrisopher Nolan filmed in 70mm format. The Dark Knight opens July 18, 2008.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 14 Dec 2007 20:50:32 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=170December 13, 2007--The Detroit Science Center has announced that the new name for its IMAX Dome Theatre will be the Chrysler IMAX Dome Theatre. The new name was formally unveiled at the Chrysler Media Holiday Party, held this year at the Science Center. A new identity, signage and branding for the theater will be unveiled at a future date.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 14 Dec 2007 20:42:06 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=169December 7, 2007--IMAX Corporation and AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC), one of the world's largest and most innovative theatrical exhibition companies, today announced a joint-venture agreement to install 100 IMAX digital projection systems at AMC locations in 33 major U.S. markets. The theaters will feature IMAX’s digital projection system which is being developed for the IMAX MPX theater design. The agreement is projected to double IMAX’s current commercial theater footprint in North America and accelerates the momentum behind IMAX and AMC’s transition to digital projection technology.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 07 Dec 2007 13:51:47 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=168November 27, 2007--IMAX Corporation today announced that Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience grossed $2.95 million on 84 domestic IMAX screens during its second weekend, setting a new record for the highest-grossing second weekend in IMAX history. IMAX theaters contributed more than 17 percent of the weekend's overall domestic box office of $16.5 million on less than 2 percent of the screens, with a per screen average of $35,076. The ten-day domestic total for the IMAX 3D release was $8.8 million, with a per screen average of $104,500. Further, 45 of the 50 top-performing domestic locations playing Beowulf were IMAX theaters. The worldwide IMAX total for Beowulf has reached $11.1 million.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 27 Nov 2007 17:21:06 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=167November 19, 2007--IMAX Corporation today announced that Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience contributed a record-setting $3.58 million of the $27.5 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office through its opening weekend. The IMAX 3D release played on 84 domestic IMAX screens and registered 13 percent of the film's overall box office on less than two percent of the total screens. This performance marks the highest percentage box office contribution to a Hollywood film's total opening weekend performance in IMAX's history. The IMAX per screen average through the three-day weekend was $42,625.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 19 Nov 2007 20:08:45 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=166November 19, 2007--MediaMerge has added a 14th IMAX theater to its roster of Service Partnership Program (SPP) clients. Signing on for five years of personalized service, the Museum of Science, Boston's Mugar Omni Theater has further bolstered MediaMerge's position as the world's largest third-party IMAX servicing agent.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 19 Nov 2007 16:23:36 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=165November 16, 2007—Giant Screen Films has announced that a 3D version of Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs has been green-lit and will be launching in early 2008. According to a Giant Screen Films press release, it is the first film to be photographed originally in 2D with 3D planned from the outset. “We knew while filming that a 3D conversion of Mummies was down the road,” says Keith Melton, the director of the film. “Reed Smoot and I always kept that in mind and made sure that the framing and shot composition were designed for that end purpose. The imagery is really conducive to 3D, and there are particular sequences in the film that are going to come alive in the third dimension.”http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 16 Nov 2007 19:15:08 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=164November 14, 2007--IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., today announced an agreement to release the studio's first three 3D motion pictures worldwide in IMAX 3D. The IMAX 3D releases will include Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Forth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, Kung Fu Panda, will be released in IMAX's 2D format in June 2008. The IMAX 3D titles are expected to be among the first presented with IMAX's digital 3D projection system, which is scheduled to be launched beginning June 2008. This is IMAX's first multiple 3D picture deal with a Hollywood studio. The 3D titles also will be simultaneously released to conventional digital 3D theaters. Paramount Pictures will be the exclusive distributor of the pictures.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 14 Nov 2007 15:21:35 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=163November 13, 2007--IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience will open in 124 IMAX theaters worldwide on November 16.  There will be advance shows in select IMAX theaters on the evening of November 15. The film has been re-mastered from 2D into IMAX 3D through IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. Beowulf will be the largest 3D release ever, rolling out simultaneously in Real D and Dolby 3D Digital Cinemas on about 740 screens. Beowulf is the latest film from Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker behind such box office successes as Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, the Back To The Future series and What Lies Beneath.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 13 Nov 2007 22:15:33 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=162November 13, 2007—The Science Museum of Virginia Board of Trustees has selected Richard Conti to become the next Science Museum director. Conti is currently executive director of Nauticus in Norfolk. He replaces former director Walter Witschey, who retired from the museum in June of this year and is now director emeritus of the museum and professor of anthropology and science education at Longwood University.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 13 Nov 2007 14:46:49 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=161November 9, 2007--IMAX Corporation today reported that it recorded a net loss per diluted share from continuing operations of ($0.19) for the third quarter of fiscal 2007, compared to a restated net loss from continuing operations of ($0.12) per diluted share for the third quarter of fiscal 2006. The company signed agreements for 18 IMAX theater systems in the third quarter of fiscal 2007, compared to five in the third quarter of last year. At the end of the third quarter, the company's cash and short term investments position was $18.2 million, or nearly flat when compared to the cash position at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2007.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 09 Nov 2007 15:26:18 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=160November 5, 2007--National Geographic Cinema Ventures (NGCV) President Lisa Truitt has announced the first major international NGCV release, U2 3D, opening in late January 2008 in 3D only, in REAL D, IMAX 3D, and other digital 3D theaters worldwide. Filmed in South America during U2’s Vertigo Tour, U2 3D is the first live-action movie ever shot, produced, and exhibited in digital 3D.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 05 Nov 2007 15:07:13 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=159November 2, 2007--Cherie Larson Rivers has accepted the position of Director, Featured Experiences at the Liberty Science Center (LSC) in Jersey City, New Jersey. Rivers comes from the Museum of Science in Boston, where she has been managing the IMAX Dome Theater since 1987 as well as the 3D Digital Cinema since 2004. She is a board member of the Giant Screen Cinema Association and has participated in numerous advisory committees for giant screen film projects over the years.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 02 Nov 2007 11:52:53 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=158November 1, 2007--IMAX Corporation and Paramount Pictures announced today that The Spiderwick Chronicles, a fantasy adventure based on the best-selling series of books, will be simultaneously released to both IMAX and conventional theaters on February 15th, 2008. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday), produced by Mark Canton (300) from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick and David Berenbaum and John Sayles, The Spiderwick Chronicles will be digitally re-mastered through IMAX's DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology. Today's announcement marks the fourth film agreement between IMAX and Paramount Pictures in the past five months. Beowulf, the next Paramount film to be released in IMAX, opens November 16th, 2007.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 01 Nov 2007 16:16:26 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=157November 1, 2007--IMAX Corporation will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss third quarter results on Friday, November 9, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 01 Nov 2007 14:13:23 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=156October 29, 2007--IMAX Corporation has provided a status update pursuant to the alternative information guidelines of the Ontario Securities Commission. On October 5, 2007, IMAX announced that it planned to restate financial statements relating to the company's accounting for certain items mainly pertaining to the 1997-2002 period, and to file a Form 10-K/A to amend its annual report on Form 10-K for 2006, and Form 10-Q/A's to amend its Form 10-Q filings for the first and second quarters of 2007.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 29 Oct 2007 13:32:53 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=155October 29, 2007--IMAX Corporation has announced an agreement with Al Amine Investissement, a leading commercial retail developer in Morocco, to install an IMAX theater in the city of Casablanca. Scheduled for installation in early 2009, the IMAX theater will be an anchor attraction at the new Morocco Mall, which is expected to be the largest mall in the country. The announcement marks IMAX's first contract in Morocco.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 29 Oct 2007 13:24:11 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=154October 17, 2007--IMAX Corporation today announced that it has moved up the launch date of its digital projection system in development to the second quarter of 2008 from its previously announced timeframe of the end of 2008 to mid 2009. Under the current roll-out schedule, the company anticipates that three digital IMAX prototypes will be installed during the second quarter of 2008. Shortly thereafter, IMAX expects to install three additional prototypes. Once these prototypes meet performance specifications, IMAX expects to proceed with a full rollout during the second half of the third quarter and in the fourth quarter of 2008.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 17 Oct 2007 11:38:58 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=153October 16, 2007--IMAX Corporation and Goodrich Quality Theaters, Inc., an exhibitor based in Grand Rapids, MI, today announced an agreement to install two IMAX theaters in new multiplexes planned for construction in 2008 and 2009. Under the terms of the agreement, Goodrich Quality Theaters will install an IMAX MPX theater in the new Hamilton 16 IMAX in a Simon Properties Mall on the far eastside of Indianapolis in March 2008. In the fourth quarter of 2009, in a yet to be announced location in Michigan, Goodrich will install IMAX's new digital projection system, which is in the advanced stages of development.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 16 Oct 2007 13:50:14 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=152October 15, 2007--MediaMerge, the largest third-party IMAX servicing agent in the world, has added a new theater to its lineup, and two other clients have renewed their contracts. The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center has chosen MediaMerge as its IMAX Service Partner for its 3D theater. Renewing contracts are the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, which has entrusted the care of its Tuttleman IMAX Theater to MediaMerge since the company began servicing IMAX theaters in 2002, and the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxTue, 16 Oct 2007 13:31:51 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=151October 8, 2007--IMAX Corporation has announced that it plans to file a Form 10-K/A for fiscal 2006 to amend its Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2006, which was filed on July 20, 2007. The Form 10-K/A will restate financial statements relating to the company's accounting for certain terms of seven real estate leases for its owned and operated theaters and corporate facilities, with most of the income statement impact being from 1997-2002. IMAX plans to file a Form 10-Q/A to amend its Form 10-Q filings for the first and second quarters of 2007 for the same reason.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 08 Oct 2007 16:59:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=150October 3, 2007-- IMAX Corporation and Regal Cinemas, Inc., a subsidiary of Regal Entertainment Group, the world's largest theater chain, have announced a joint venture agreement for five IMAX theater systems. The deal includes the first North American order for IMAX's digital projection technology, which is currently in the advanced stages of development. The five IMAX theaters announced today will expand the joint venture partnership between IMAX and Regal Cinemas to seven and bring Regal's total number of IMAX theaters to 21 by the second quarter of 2009.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxWed, 03 Oct 2007 17:09:17 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=149October 1, 2007--The 2007 Giant Screen Cinema Association Achievement Awards were presented at the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on September 25, 2007. For a full list of winners, please click on "read more" below.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxMon, 01 Oct 2007 18:07:52 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=148September 19, 2007--The Fountain Walk Charleston IMAX Theatre has closed effective September 17, 2007. After seven and a half years of operation, Rivers Enterprises Real Estate, Inc. has announced that the theater is no longer financially viable.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 20 Sep 2007 01:24:10 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=147September 20, 2007--MediaMerge, the largest third-party IMAX servicing agent in the world, has developed and produced a new animated pre-show short, which will premiere at the MediaMerge trade show booth at the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in Vancouver.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 20 Sep 2007 00:47:44 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=146September 19, 2007--IMAX Corporation and Wanda Cinema Line Corporation today announced an agreement to install 10 IMAX theaters in The People's Republic of China, with the first two installations scheduled for December of this year. The agreement marks IMAX's largest ever multiple-theater deal in Asia. Under the terms of the sales agreement, all of the theaters are to be installed either with IMAX's MPX theater system or the company's new digital projection technology, which is currently in the advanced stages of development. Wanda Cinema Line Corporation is the top performing and fastest growing exhibitor in The People's Republic of China with 121 screens in 15 locations. All 10 IMAX theaters are expected to be installed by the end of 2010 and bring the total number of IMAX theaters scheduled to be open in The People's Republic of China to 39.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 20 Sep 2007 00:11:01 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=145September 14, 2007--3D Entertainment Ltd. has announced that its chairman, Francois Mantello, and Jean-Jacques Mantello, the director of the company's ocean conservation-themed film trilogy for IMAX 3D theaters, will present the Reef Rescuer Award to Hollywood star and environmentalist Daryl Hannah for her dedicated support and advocacy of reef and ocean conservation at Reef Check's 5th annual Reef Rescue gala on Sunday, September 16th.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxFri, 14 Sep 2007 20:06:06 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=144September 13, 2007--More than 120 projects are now under consideration for the 14th Annual Thea Awards,  honors of the Experience Industry, conferred by TEA, the global trade alliance of creators of compelling places and experiences. The current nominees encompass projects in North America, Europe, and Asia and include educational exhibits, museums, heritage centers, theme park attractions and live shows.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 13 Sep 2007 17:12:58 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=143September 13, 2007—MacGillivray Freeman Films has announced a sponsorship agreement with Kohler Co., a global leader in kitchen and bath design and technology, in support of Grand Canyon Adventure, the company’s new 3D/2D giant screen film that will raise global awareness of world water issues. Kohler is an Official Sponsor of Grand Canyon Adventure and joins Presenting Sponsor Teva in a multi-million dollar national film marketing campaign that includes national advertising, special events and promotions.http://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspxThu, 13 Sep 2007 16:52:43 GMThttp://www.giantscreencinema.com/News/tabid/70/Default.aspx?ctl=ViewItem&mid=528&ItemId=142