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February 25, 2015—K2 Communications and Giant Screen Films are proud to announce a collaboration with the Giant Dome Theater Consortium (GDTC) in support of their latest film Journey to Space, launching worldwide this month. The GDTC consists of seven prominent institutions across the United States, specifically Cincinnati Museum Center; Discovery Place, Inc., Charlotte; Museum of Science, Boston; Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago; Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego; Science Museum of Minnesota and the St. Louis Science Center. "We are pleased to have participated [...]

February 17, 2015—Spectre, the 24th James Bond film, and the new Star Wars film The Force Awakens are likely to be shown in the National Media Museum's big screen IMAX cinema this year after the completion of improvements costing nearly £800,000. Work on upgrading the 32-year-old cinema involves changing the IMAX projection system into digital format and replacing the 50-ft-high screen, both of which were installed in 1999 as part of improvements to the whole building costing more than £16 million. Read the full Telegraph & [...]

February 13, 2015—IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) and CJ CGV Holdings, Ltd., (CJ CGV) today announced an expansion of the companies' partnership with the addition of two IMAX® theatres in Vietnam, to be operated by CGV Vietnam, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CJ CGV. The deal marks IMAX's entry into the country, with the first theatre to be added to a new construction project in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest metropolitan area in Vietnam, and the second location still to be determined.  With this deal, CJ CGV—IMAX's [...]

February 13, 2015—A revolutionary underwater camera system that could transform the production of 3D IMAX-style films is being launched at GSCA's Giant Screen Filmmaker Symposium in Los Angeles by Pawel Achtel, director of the Tasmanian-based company Achtel Pty. Ltd., which has already built an international reputation as one of Australia’s most innovative small companies in the film industry.   Filmmaker and inventor Achtel, whose previous inventions have won international awards and acclaim in competition with such heavyweights as Sony and Canon, will launch a new underwater [...]

February 10, 2015—Fifty Shades of Grey continues to generate pre-release heat with IMAX coming onboard at the last minute for a release on 75 large-screen locations this weekend. IMAX Entertainment CEO Greg Foster made the announcement Monday at the Stifel Technology, Internet and Media Conference. Read the full Variety article about the Fifty Shades of Grey IMAX release here.

February 10, 2015—The board of directors at RealD Inc. has engaged Moelis & Company to help it consider “strategic alternatives” that include a potential sale, the company said Monday as it announced third quarter earnings. Read the full article from The Hollywood Reporter here.  

February 3, 2015—There’s big fun and spectacular views on the horizon, as Carnival Cruise Line has announced the details of its most innovative ship ever, Carnival Vista, debuting in spring 2016. Designed to connect guests to the ocean with sweeping views and plenty to do both outdoors and in, Carnival Vista will take cruising to new heights and introduce an exciting array of groundbreaking new features including: SkyRide, a breakthrough suspended open-air cycling experience; the world’s first IMAX® Theatre on a ship; an expanded water park [...]

February 2, 2015—BIG & Digital, LLC and No Final Frontier Productions, LLC announced today that BIG & Digital will distribute the 2016 release of Lightspeed Pioneers: Stranded on Mars to digital theaters, science museums, and other educational venues worldwide. Produced by Lee Fanning and Christopher Brothers of No Final Frontier Productions, LightSpeed Pioneers is an animated science-fiction, action-packed educational adventure set in a future golden age of commercial space exploration. Providing dynamic, STEM-focused curriculum targeting the 9-14 age demographic, the goal of the film is to [...]

January 28, 2015—IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) and Servi Museos, a sister institution of the Papalote Children’s Museum Mexico City and of the Papalote Children’s Museum Cuernavaca, today announced an agreement to add an IMAX® theatre to its new children’s museum in Mexico, the Papalote Children’s Museum Monterrey. The Megantalla IMAX Banorte at the new Museum is slated to open in Spring 2015. As part of the agreement, the Museum will eventually transition to IMAX’s next-generation digital laser projection. The new technology will enable the Museum to deliver [...]

January 16, 2015—Giant Screen Films and K2 Communications are pleased to announce that prolific actor Sir Patrick Stewart has signed on to narrate Journey to Space, launching worldwide this February. Famous for his roles as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series and Captain Jean Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stewart is a Grammy Award winner as well as a Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe nominee. In Journey to Space, Stewart will take audiences on a behind-the-scenes tour of the international effort [...]