Wanda Film, China's largest exhibitor, today announced a nine-theatre deal with Imax spanning key Chinese markets. Under the agreement, six new Imax systems will be installed in newly built multiplexes across top Chinese markets. Additionally, Wanda will relocate and upgrade three of its existing Imax systems to forthcoming new multiplexes.
For the first time, Imax, opera, and the performing arts are coming together with Renée Fleming’s Cities That Sing – Paris, an Imax and Stage Access production that premieres September 18 with a special, one-day-only Imax Live conversation with the Grammy Award-winning soprano and Emmy Award-winning performer Kelsey Grammer.
The movie theatre chain Roxy Cinemas in the Dubai Hills Mall is installing what it says is the Middle East’s biggest ever cinema screen. The company says the screen measures 423 square meters, which is twice the size of a tennis court.
Paramount Pictures' Top Gun: Maverick has surpassed $50 million in box office sales in CJ 4DPlex’s immersive technologies including 4DX active seating and visually immersive, 270-degree panoramic ScreenX.
The Backlot Cinema in Blackpool, England, will be the anchor tenant of the Phase 2 extension of Houndshill Shopping Centre, an indoor shopping mall in the heart of the town. The theatre will have nine screens with a total of 850 luxury seats.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, and, apparently, the 47th anniversary of Jaws, Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment have announced that, for the first time, the two Steven Spielberg classics will soon be released into cinemas in the Imax format.
British Columbia's second ScreenX auditorium opened at Cineplex Cinemas Langley just in time for Thor: Love and Thunder.
Cinity was this year’s winner of the Technical Achievement Award at CineEurope 2022. This is the first time a premium high-tech film brand from China has won this prestigious award at a major trade exhibition, and it is a starting point for the global expansion of Cinity. Fu Ruoqing, vice-chairman and general manager of China Film Group accepted the award.
Marvel Studios Thor: Love and Thunder will debut in CJ 4DPlex’s immersive 270-degree panoramic ScreenX format in theatres worldwide beginning July 6, followed by the United States on July 8. By expanding specially selected film sequences onto the left and right-side walls of the auditorium, ScreenX surrounds and transports moviegoers into the otherworldly action of the film.
Hollywood Park, the largest urban mixed-use mega development under construction in the Western United States, has announced that Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas will join its retail district with one of the world's only dine-in Imax theatres.
