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September 4, 2015—IMAX Corporation today announced that the latest IMAX® 3D cinematic space adventure from acclaimed filmmaker Toni Myers, officially now titled A Beautiful Planet, will debut domestically in IMAX® theatres April 29, 2016. Additionally, A Beautiful Planet, a co-production between IMAX Entertainment and The Walt Disney Studios, will receive a special presentation at the Giant Screen Cinema Association's (GSCA) International Conference and Trade Show held next week in San Francisco, where Myers will be on hand to unveil footage from the film. A Beautiful Planet [...]

September 4, 2015—Giant Screen Films is excited to announce that its newest film project, Ocean Giants: A Prehistory of Whales, is moving forward and set to commence with pre-production in the coming months. The immersive large-format film is a globe-spanning, time-traveling adventure, from ancient oceans to modern deserts, exploring the genesis of whales – an evolutionary odyssey that traces modest four-legged land mammals into tail-powered marine leviathans. Ocean Giants is slated for release in Spring 2017.   Audiences will journey through the early Cenozoic, the Age [...]

August 31, 2015—National Geographic Studios is happy to announce that Antonietta Monteleone has been named Vice President of Film Distribution. National Geographic’s giant screen films are currently on 300 screens worldwide, with 70 additional theaters opening this fall. Its newest production Asteroid: Mission Extreme will premiere in October 2015, and Extreme Weather in the Fall of 2016.   “I’m looking forward to aligning our film content much more closely with the larger National Geographic Society content and initiatives, and increasing the number of our quality films [...]

August 26, 2015—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce that Evans & Sutherland has signed on as a partner-level sponsor, the highest level of support, for the upcoming GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in San Francisco on September 9-11 and Dome Day at The Tech Museum in San Jose on September 12.   As part of its sponsorship, Evans & Sutherland will demonstrate an 8K digital fulldome system using its Digistar 5 system with Christie 4K projectors during Dome Day at The [...]

August 25, 2015—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce that IMAX Corporation has signed on as a partner-level sponsor, the highest level of support, for the upcoming GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in San Francisco on September 9-11.   IMAX’s contributions include hosting the opening reception and GSCA Achievement Awards at the Parc 55 Hilton on September 9, during which awards will be presented for giant screen filmmaking, marketing, education, and projection excellence. IMAX’s support also includes providing the assistance of its [...]

August 24, 2015—For the first time ever, MacGillivray Freeman Films, the leading independent producer and distributor of films for IMAX® and giant-screen theatres, has expanded into the world of television production with an 8-part half-hour series, America. The Beautiful. The series premiered August 9 on Travel Channel.   Narrated by Academy Award® winner Robert Redford, America. The Beautiful. features America’s most beloved national parks and wilderness areas and kicks off the 100-year anniversary celebration of the U.S. National Park Service that will culminate next year. America. [...]

August 24, 2015—Mike Day—senior vice president at the Science Museum of Minnesota—sat down with The Tangential at a table overlooking the museum’s lobby to talk about all things Omni, including the first phase of its conversion to an IMAX Laser Dome with digital projection. Read the full interview with Mike Day here.

August 21, 2015—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce that delegates of the upcoming GSCA International Conference and Trade Show in San Francisco will be treated to a demonstration of IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection system’s capabilities during the conference technical session on Friday, September 11, at the AMC Metreon IMAX Theatre. Digital new films and films in production will also be screened for attendees on IMAX’s laser system throughout the conference.   “This year’s introduction of IMAX with laser is a milestone [...]

August 18, 2015—Giant Screen Films and K2 Communications are pleased to announce that Journey to Space has surpassed $10M in international box office in the first six months of release. Launched in February, the film continues to draw large audiences at science centers, museum cinemas and aquariums with no signs of slowing down. “Journey to Space marks GSF and K2’s entree into the space film genre, and we are thrilled by the reception the film has received by both cinema programmers and audiences,” said Don Kempf, [...]