January 4, 2016—Science North’s IMAX theatre will be closed for approximately one-month, starting today, while the theatre undergoes a major renovation to replace its projector and sound system with the world’s most state-of-the-art advanced cinema technology—IMAX with laser. Read the full article from NorthernLife.ca here.
December 22, 2015—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce that its 2016 International Conference and Trade Show will be held on October 4-7 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Cineplex Scotiabank IMAX Theatre will host flat-screen presentations on the IMAX next-generation digital laser projection system, and the Ontario Science Centre will host 15/70 film presentations on the dome screen in the Shoppers Drug Mart Omnimax Theatre. The Fairmont Royal York is the official event hotel. Registration and film submissions for the conference will open [...]
December 21, 2015—On January 4, the 89-by-66-foot screen at the Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Center will temporarily darken as it replaces a 19-year-old 70mm film projector with IMAX's digital laser projector. Read the full article about the laser system installation at TimesFressPress.com here.
December 21, 2015—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce its Board of Directors has elected Officers and Executive Committee members, as well as Committee Co-chairs for 2016. Gordon Stalans (Tennessee Aquarium) will serve as Board Chair. Mark Katz (D3D Cinema/Giant Screen Films) will serve as Vice Chair. Jonathan Barker (SK Films) will serve as Secretary. Berend Reijnhoudt (Omniversum) will serve as Treasurer. All Officers held the same positions in 2015. Per the GSCA’s bylaws, the Officers also constitute the Association’s Executive Committee. [...]
December 14, 2015—On December 7, IMAX® welcomed giant screen documentary film marketing veteran Alice Casbara to its team. Casbara will manage documentary film marketing campaigns beginning with IMAX and Disney’s A Beautiful Planet as well as films from the $51 million original documentary film fund, which starts releasing new films in 2016. Casbara is a 24-year veteran from the world’s largest independent producer and distributor, MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF). Throughout her tenure at MFF, Casbara’s leadership and reliability established her industry-wide excellent reputation on a [...]
December 14, 2015—D3D Cinema is pleased to announce they will install a cutting-edge laser-illuminated giant screen cinema system for the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. D3D will replace the existing 15/70 projection system with a Christie 4K laser-illuminated solution. The installation marks the world’s first permanent installation of a giant-screen 2D laser-powered projection system in an institutional theater. The Christie 4K laser projection system will provide viewers with vastly improved image resolution, sharpness, and brightness, and with greater [...]
December 3, 2015—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce the results of the 2016 Board of Directors election. The following candidates will join the board for a two-year term beginning on January 1, 2016. Representing Commercial Theaters: Paul Wild, IMAX Victoria in the Royal BC Museum Representing Institutional Theaters: Michele Canto, Canadian Museum of History Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center Andy Zakrajsek, COSI Representing Distributors: Bob Harman, MacGillivray Freeman Films Derek Threinen, Giant Screen Films/D3D Cinema Representing Production: Shaun MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman [...]
December 2, 2015—The official U.S. premiere of Space Next 3D, a space documentary produced by Afterglow Studios and distributed by BIG & Digital, takes place December 4 in the newly renovated Giant Screen Theater at the National Infantry Museum (Columbus, Georgia). The theater has undergone a $1.8 million renovation, which includes the conversion from film projection to state-of-the-art digital. The theater's new 6P Christie laser projection system will be the first of its kind in the Southeast, and the first to show Space Next 3D to [...]
December 1, 2015—During his 15-year tenure with the company, Don Savant helped develop the IMAX® brand to become the premier cinematic format–both in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere. In September 2015, the company opened its 1,000th IMAX screen worldwide, in Taiyuan, China. Click here for the Film Journal International interview with Don Savant about IMAX’s success in the region.
November 30, 2015—IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) and Toho Cinemas Ltd., Japan's highest-grossing exhibition company and a subsidiary of Toho Co. Ltd., announced an agreement for 10 additional IMAX® theatres. The deal brings to 11 Toho Cinemas' IMAX footprint, all of which are among the highest-grossing sites in the country. Japan currently ranks among the top 10 highest-grossing IMAX territories globally, with per-screen averages of approximately $1.2 million, mirroring those of leading markets such as China. Toho Cinemas now becomes one of IMAX's largest partners in Japan. [...]