February 25, 2016—Colin Low, whose experiments in large-format cinema contributed to the development of IMAX 3D film, died Wednesday in Montreal. Born in Cardston, Alta., in 1926, Low would work on more than 200 productions at the National Film Board over a career that spanned more than 50 years. Read the full article from the CBC here.
February 22, 2016—A new IMAX 3D space movie promises to let you "experience Earth like never before." A Beautiful Planet, narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, features footage of our home world as captured by astronauts on board the International Space Station. The movie, which was made in cooperation with NASA, will debut in large-format theaters on April 29. Read the full article from CollectSpace.com here.
February 18, 2016—D3D Cinema is pleased to announce the upgrade of The Henry Ford museum’s giant screen theater to state-of-the-art digital technology. Located in Dearborn, Michigan, the new theater will be rebranded as The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience in April 2016. D3D has designed and will undertake a full upgrade of The Henry Ford’s cinema technology, replacing the 15/70 3D projection system with dual Christie 4K digital projectors, MasterImage 3D, a QSC 5.1 audio system and a new screen from MDI. The system will feature [...]
February 5, 2016—Branson’s IMAX Entertainment Complex opened its doors in October of 1993, featuring a state-of-the-art movie experience with IMAX® 15/70 film projection in one of the largest IMAX® theaters in the country. Nearly 22 years later, Branson IMAX has unveiled plans for a $1.7million renovation and a new cinematic experience, IMAX® with Laser—IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system. Sunday, January 17th marked the end of an era, the end of IMAX 15/70 film projection at Branson’s IMAX Entertainment Complex, but is also ushering in the [...]
February 1, 2016—IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced a distribution and marketing partnership, which provides Discovery Communications' (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) flagship network Discovery Channel with 18 months of exclusive paid global television rights for up to 10 IMAX documentary films to be released through the IMAX Original Film Fund (Fund), following the titles' theatrical release across the IMAX institutional theatre network. The alliance marks IMAX's first television distribution agreement for original content. Under the partnership agreement, Discovery Channel will air IMAX documentaries worldwide following their [...]
January 29, 2016—GSCA members ImagesInSound, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Giant Screen Films, Day's End Pictures, and National Geographic are among the nominees for the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) 63rd Golden Reel Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in sound editing in 24 categories encompassing feature films, television, animation, computer entertainment, and student work. In the Best Sound Editing: Special Venue category, GSCA member nominees include: MacGillivray Freeman's Humpback Whales, produced and distributed by MacGillivray Freeman Films, Andrew DeCristofaro, MPSE Brian Eimer, ImagesInSound, Journey To Space, produced by [...]
January 27, 2016—On March 11, the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Burke Baker Planetarium becomes the world's first True8K™ Planetarium, displaying fulldome starfields and movies with over 50 million unique pixels. A typical digital movie screen is only 2 million pixels. This groundbreaking Digistar 5 planetarium system from Evans and Sutherland (E&S) delivers the highest resolution hemispherical image on Earth, approaching the limit of what the human eye can resolve. Kirk Johnson, Vice President and General Manager of E&S said, "This is a truly spectacular digital [...]
January 13, 2016—ImagesInSound was founded by Brian Eimer in 2004. InPark Editor Martin Palicki asked Brian about the company’s audio post-production services and his work in the industry. Read the full interview with Brian Eimer here.
January 13, 2016—A federal judge has ruled in favor of IMAX Corp. in its $376,000 breach of contract lawsuit against the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts. The decision U.S. Middle District Senior Judge Sylvia H. Rambo issued this week puts the downtown Harrisburg facility on the hook for defaulting on a multi-year lease for its former IMAX movie projection system. Read the full article on the ruling from PennLive.com here.
January 11, 2016— On Sunday evening, the National Air and Space Museum showed its last movie on the 70mm IMAX projector. When the Lockheed Martin IMAX Theater reawakens in March, it will sport a brand-new, state-of-the-art laser digital projector. Read the full article in the Washington Post here.