June 10, 2016—On June 2, 2016, underwater cameraman Bob Cranston passed away at his home from cancer. WetPixel has posted the following memorial written by Howard Hall, one of Bob’s best friends. Click here to read Howard's full tribute to Bob.
June 6, 2016—We are sad to report that legendary, Emmy award-winning underwater cinematographer Bob Cranston has died of cancer. With more than 40 television productions and 13 giant screen films to his credit, his stunning images inspired colleagues and audiences alike. Bob's giant screen film credits include To The Arctic 3D, Arabia 3D, Deep Sea 3D, Hurricane on the Bayou, Sea Monsters 3D, Space Station, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea3D, Coral Reef Adventure, Ocean Oasis, Journey of Man, Island of the Sharks, Into the Deep, and [...]
June 2, 2016—IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond opens up about the Crouching Tiger 2 misfire, film versus digital and why China matters. Read the full article in The Hollywood Reporter here.
May 26, 2016—Toni Myers is that rarity—a female Hollywood film director. But her medium is the IMAX blockbuster, and with her latest Jennifer Lawrence collaboration, A Beautiful Planet, she hopes to inspire girls to become astronauts. Read the full inews.co.uk article about Toni Myers here.
May 24, 2016—The Christie® and D3D Cinema upgrade from film to 6P laser projection at the National Infantry Museum’s Giant Screen Theater in Columbus, Georgia, is earning applause from the public, school groups, veterans and active-duty service members. Installed by AV industry pioneer D3D Cinema, the two Christie Solaria CP42LH 6P laser projectors enable the theater to show a range of 3D content and Hollywood blockbusters—as well as alternative content and live events—to better align the theater with the museum’s mission of providing guests with an immersive [...]
May 20, 2016—Underwater camera guru Pawel Achtel has won a Golden Tripod at this year’s prestigious Australian Cinematography Society ceremony in Adelaide, Australia. His short film production Sea of Love, shot in giant screen quality, was awarded the Ron Taylor AM ACS Award for Wildlife and Nature films. Featuring extraordinary, powerful shots of humpback whales crashing into waves and intimate portraits of underwater romance in a range of exotic and colourful sea creatures, this short film is the precursor to an epic production, 5 years in [...]
May 20, 2016—IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced its strategy to develop a premium location-based virtual reality offering that will deliver immersive, multi-dimensional experiences, including entertainment content and games, to multiplexes, malls and other commercial destinations. Following yesterday's IMAX Google VR camera announcement, IMAX has expanded its initiative to include a joint venture agreement with Starbreeze AB, a Swedish-based independent creator, publisher and distributor of high-quality VR entertainment content and hardware. Under the agreement, IMAX will create a premium VR experience that will leverage Starbreeze's unique StarVR® headset [...]
May 19, 2016—Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced at Google's annual developer conference, Google I/O, that the companies are working to develop a cinema-grade virtual reality (VR) camera—the IMAX® VR camera—to enable today's leading filmmakers and content creators to deliver the highest-quality 3D 360-degree content experiences to audiences worldwide. IMAX's team of engineers and camera specialists will work with Google to design the new high-resolution cameras from the ground up, leveraging IMAX's best-in-class capture technology that has become an integral tool for [...]
May 17, 2016—nWave Pictures is pleased to announce an agreement with Paris-based N3D LAND Films for the co-production and distribution of the giant screen documentary film Full Charge—The Power of Innovation (formerly Icarus’ Revenge). Set against the backdrop of the record-breaking Solar Impulse 2 round-the-world flight, the 40-minute film will explore how breakthrough technologies can be developed and applied to solve our planet’s increasing need for clean, efficient, economic and renewable sources of energy. Written and directed by award-winning filmmakers Pascal Vuong and Ronan Chapalain (SeaRex [...]
May 16, 2016—IMAX and Promocion Cultural Mexiquense announce the re-opening of the IMAX® theatre in Toluca, Mexico. The theater will launch with a new name—the Cinépolis IMAX Toluca Centro—and will be located near Museo Victoria. Promocion Cultural Mexiquense will open the IMAX theater and Museo Victoria this summer as important parts of a new large cultural and entertainment center in Toluca. The IMAX theatre will exhibit IMAX documentary films and, in cooperation with Mexico’s largest cinema chain, Cinépolis, Hollywood releases using a new IMAX digital system. [...]