December 17, 2014—Craig Mince has worked at the IMAX Theater in the Indiana State Museum for 13 years, spending the last six as the theater manager. “I heard about the IMAX sales and marketing manager position through my then-girlfriend/now-wife,” Mince remembered. “I made it through the first round of interviews and was scheduled to meet the regional manager at IMAX when 9/11 occurred.” Read the full article at IndyStar.com here.
December 16, 2014—3D Entertainment Distribution announced today that renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle will narrate the upcoming giant screen film Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Secret Ocean, directed by Jean-Michel Cousteau and produced by Ocean Futures Society and 3D Entertainment Films. The 40-minute underwater documentary explores the ocean as never before. It is slated for a staggered release worldwide in 3D and 2D, 15-perf/70-mm film and digital formats beginning in March 2015. "From the start, my wish was that the narrator of Secret Ocean be profoundly connected to [...]
December 15, 2014—MacGillivray Freeman Films (MFF) today announced that two-time Golden Globe® nominee Ewan McGregor will narrate Humpback Whales, an underwater 3D adventure documentary for IMAX and other giant screen theaters directed by two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray (The Living Sea, Dolphins, Everest). The film, presented in association with Pacific Life, will be released beginning February 13, 2015. Legendary documentary filmmakers, MacGillivray Freeman Films, bring their exhilarating giant screen storytelling to one of the most enormous and vastly fascinating creatures on earth in Humpback Whales—an [...]
December 15, 2014—National Geographic Studios has acquired the global theatrical rights to the film Living in the Age of Airplanes, which takes audiences on an epic journey through 18 countries and across all 7 continents as it presents a unique perspective on how the airplane has changed the world. It will be available to 15/70 flat and dome film screens and to all digital screens when it is released worldwide on April 10, 2015. Produced and directed by Brian J. Terwilliger (One Six Right), Living in [...]
December 15, 2014—Experienced giant screen/IMAX film production house December Media and specialist natural history filming company BioPixel are pleased to announce that they have finalized an agreement to develop and produce three 3D Giant Screen/IMAX films. The deal will commence with the development and production of their first film focusing on the world’s largest living structure, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef–3D is currently in advanced stage of financing and is scheduled to commence shooting March 2015. December Media, an Emmy Award-winning Victorian-based company, is [...]
December 4, 2014—Awarded a $1.5 M grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), CADENS (Centrality of Advanced Digitally ENabled Science) will produce 12 science documentaries: three ultra-high-resolution fulldome shows designed for specialized, immersive dome theaters found in museums and planetariums, and nine high-definition programs for broadcast and online formats. The first in the series will be ‘Solar Superstorms,’ produced for fulldome theaters and rolling out in early 2015. CADENS has issued a call for participation, seeking research and data visualizations from the supercomputing, arts, science and education [...]
December 4, 2014—D3D Cinema and Moody Gardens are pleased to announce the grand opening of the MG3D laser theater, the first institutional giant screen 6P laser projection system in the world. The 6P laser illuminated 4K 3D dual projector system is manufactured by Christie Digital Systems. The 6P eyewear is designed and manufactured by Infitec GmbH. The 1.4 gain premium white screen provided by MDI. “This installation marks a great step forward for giant screen projection technology—and Moody Gardens has once again taken a pioneering step [...]
December 3, 2014—Christie® and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. are pleased to announce that Christie will co-develop, supply, install, and service proprietary Dolby Vision™ projection systems for Dolby Cinema™, a branded premium cinema offering for exhibitors and moviegoers that delivers the total cinema experience. Christie’s projection technologies will ensure that Dolby Cinema combines a spectacular image with immersive sound and inspired design, to make every visit a completely captivating cinematic event. Dolby Cinema will feature the Dolby Vision projection system, which uses state-of-the-art optics and image processing to [...]
December 3, 2014—Dolby, the company whose name is synonymous with sound, is looking to make some noise in the world of images. The brand is set to launch Dolby Cinema, a premium, large-format theater experience that could challenge large-format leader IMAX. Click here to read the full article from The Hollywood Reporter.
November 25, 2014—The winners of the 2014 BLUE Carpet Film Awards were announced November 7 at The Mahaffey Theatre in Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Films were selected as part of the BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit (BLUE) as being the top cinematic works for ocean conservation and awareness. Three giant screen documentaries took home prizes at the event. Winning Documentary Feature Film was Journey to the South Pacific, produced by IMAX Corporation, MacGillivray Freeman Films, One World One Ocean Foundation, and MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational [...]