April 27, 2017—Sean B. Carroll, an evolutionary biologist and executive producer of the new film Amazon Adventure, tells Smithsonian Magazine how he shaped a compelling visual narrative for viewers while sticking close to the scientific facts. Read more.
April 27, 2017—SK Films, an award-winning producer and distributor of natural history entertainment, and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, the acclaimed film production unit of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, launched the IMAX/Giant Screen film Amazon Adventure on April 18, 2017, at the world premiere event at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The film traces the extraordinary journey of naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Bates—the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of—who provided “the beautiful proof” to Charles Darwin for his then [...]
April 26, 2017—IMAX and the California Science Center today announced an agreement to install IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system—IMAX® with Laser—at the California Science Center’s IMAX® theatre. The groundbreaking new laser technology will replace the current IMAX film projection system and further enhance The IMAX Experience® for guests. IMAX with Laser represents a quantum leap forward in cinema technology—providing audiences with the sharpest, brightest, and most vivid digital images ever, combined with a whole new level of immersive audio. The technology will enable the California Science Center to deliver the [...]
April 26, 2017—GSCA is excited to announce that we have selected Museum Playbook as the agency partner to develop a marketing symposium to be held on September 29, 2017. The symposium is part of the GSCA International Conference and Trade Show on September 26-29 in Chicago. About Museum Playbook Museum Playbook is a collective of museum professionals that work to make experiences more relevant to audiences through innovative content, targeted marketing and technology. They build flexible teams tailored to specific projects to provide expertise across a [...]
April 13, 2017—Euromax, the European Association for giant screen, specialty and institutional documentary films, has announced its 2017 annual meeting film slate and program. The annual event will be hosted at Parc du Futuroscope in Poitiers, France, June 18-20, in a year that marks the major French theme park’s 30th anniversary. An exciting film program accompanies the 2017 event, including 13 new feature films and 14 new films in production—all available from leading distribution companies, with many premiering for the very first time in Europe: [...]
April 11, 2017—IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) and ODEON Cinemas Group, including its Nordic Cinema Group subsidiary, both wholly owned by AMC (NYSE:AMC), and the largest cinema operator in Europe, today announced they signed a binding term sheet for 25 new IMAX® theatre systems to be located throughout Europe. Under the agreement, 10 IMAX theatres have been identified and will be added to existing ODEON complexes throughout the UK/Ireland, Germany, Spain and Italy, with the locations of the remaining sites to be determined throughout Western, Southern and Northern [...]
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March 21, 2017—IMAX and The Scientific Center of Kuwait (TSCK), today announced an agreement to install IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system–IMAX® with Laser–at its IMAX® theatre. The laser technology, which is slated to be installed in June, will replace TSCK’s current IMAX film-based projection system and further enhance The IMAX Experience® for its visitors. The Scientific Center of Kuwait, located in Salmiya, Kuwait, serves as the Arabian Gulf’s leading institution for environmental education. The Scientific Center was the first IMAX customer in the Middle East [...]
March 9, 2017—In November 2016, at an ice-covered lake on Antarctica more than 100 kilometers away from the nearest station, a film crew from NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, together with five scientists, embarked on an extraordinary challenge. Taking three days, they bored a hole three meters across in the thick surface ice and started dives to capture the underwater world with 8K UHD cameras. In the bottom of the lake an ancient strain of bacteria is still thriving, silently producing bubbles filled with oxygen, just as [...]
March 3, 2017—Blaze Digital Cinema Works has become Blaze Cineworks, and the business has re-located from Westport, Connecticut, to Saint Petersburg, Florida. These changes were effective January 1, 2017, as Blaze began its second decade of operation. Founded by Paul Fraser in December 2006 at the dawn of the digital cinema era, Blaze is an independent consulting and project management firm specializing in business development and planning for clients in exhibition, distribution, and production. Blaze’s assignments serve practically any type of out-of-home screen—dome and flat, large [...]