Hubble 3D Blasts Off Again at Additional IMAX(R) Theatres
Critically Acclaimed IMAX(R)3D Co-Production from Warner Bros. Pictures and IMAX Returns for a Special Limited Time Engagement
"Breathtaking, extraordinary and awe-inspiring!" - Access Hollywood
"'Hubble 3D' truly dazzles." - Associated Press
"An awesome 3D documentary." - Entertainment Weekly
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX)(TSX:IMX), and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Hubble 3D will expand to additional IMAX(R) theatres on August 20th and will play for a special limited time engagement. The film, which initially debuted on March 19th and has launched in 55 domestic and 15 international IMAX locations thus far, has received rave reviews from critics and audiences alike. Hubble 3D has grossed more than $14 million in box office since it opened earlier this year.
"Thanks to our wonderful partners at Warner Bros. and NASA, Hubble 3D offered us the opportunity to take audiences on an astounding, immersive journey -- from the thundering launch into space to witness first-hand the astronauts' mastery at performing 'brain surgery' on Hubble, all the way to the outer edges of our universe in groundbreaking flythroughs," said Producer/Director Toni Myers. "We are gratified that the film was so well received during its initial launch, and we are very excited that more people will have the opportunity to learn about Hubble's amazing discoveries."
"We are thrilled with the success of Hubble 3D and the positive response to the film from critics and movie-goers alike," said Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. "Based upon the initial reaction, we knew it was essential for us to bring the film to more movie-goers around the country. We're confident new audiences will also be awe-struck by these images and the immersive quality of IMAX 3D, and we anticipate this title will play well for years to come."
"This is the summer of Leonardo DiCaprio at IMAX theatres -- with the enormous success of Inception and now the expansion of Hubble to additional sites across the country," said Greg Foster, President and Chairman, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "We are fortunate he lent his tremendous talent as the narrator, and we are proud that Hubble 3D contributes to the great legacy of IMAX space films."
Through the power of IMAX 3D, Hubble 3D enables moviegoers to journey through distant galaxies to explore the grandeur and mysteries of our celestial surroundings, and accompany space-walking astronauts as they attempt some of the most difficult and important tasks in NASA's history. The film offers an inspiring and unique look into the Hubble Space Telescope's legacy and highlights its profound impact on the way we view the universe and ourselves.
Narrated by three-time Academy Award(R) nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, the documentary adventure "Hubble 3D" reunites the "Space Station 3D" filmmaking team led by producer and director Toni Myers. Director of photography James Neihouse also served as the astronaut crew trainer. Graeme Ferguson, IMAX co-founder and pioneer producer of many IMAX space films, is the executive producer, and Judy Carroll, the film's associate producer. The music is composed by Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon. "Hubble 3D" is an IMAX and Warner Bros. Pictures production, in cooperation with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Hubble 3D will also play in IMAX (2D) in various locations and will continue to debut at other IMAX locations in the months to come.
As of August 20th, the following IMAX theatres will feature Hubble 3D:
UNITED STATES Alabama Huntsville -- Spacedome IMAX at US Space and Rocket Center# Alaska Anchorage -- Regal Tikahtnu Commons & IMAX Fairbanks -- Regal Goldstream Stadium 16 & IMAX Arizona Glendale -- AMC Westgate 20 with IMAX Mesa -- Dickinson Gateway 12 + IMAX Theatre Phoenix -- AMC Deer Valley 30 with IMAX Phoenix -- AMC Desert Ridge 18 with IMAX Arkansas Little Rock -- Dickinson Chenal 9 IMAX Theatre California Aliso Viejo -- Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 & IMAX Arcadia -- AMC Santa Anita 16 & IMAX Burbank -- AMC Burbank 30 & IMAX Camarillo -- Edwards Camarillo Palace Stadium 12 & IMAX Covina -- AMC Covina 30 with IMAX El Dorado Hills -- Regal Cinemas El Dorado Hills Stadium 14 & IMAX Emeryville -- AMC Bay Street 16 & IMAX Escondido -- Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX Fairfield -- Edwards Fairfield Stadium 16 & IMAX Long Beach -- Edwards Long Beach 26 & IMAX Los Angeles -- California Science Center IMAX Theater Riverside -- AMC Tyler Galleria 16 with IMAX Rowland Heights -- AMC Puente Hills 20 with IMAX Sacramento -- Esquire IMAX Theatre San Diego -- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center# San Jose -- Hackworth IMAX Dome# Simi Valley -- Regal Civic Center Plaza 16 & IMAX Stockton -- Regal City Centre Stadium 16 & IMAX Temecula -- Edwards Temecula Stadium15 & IMAX Torrance -- AMC Del Amo 18 & IMAX Orange -- AMC 30 At The Block with IMAX Woodland Hills -- AMC Promenade 16 & IMAX Colorado Denver -- Denver Museum of Nature & Science IMAX# Highlands Ranch -- AMC Highlands Ranch 24 & IMAX Westminster -- AMC Orchard 12 & IMAX Westminster -- AMC Westminster Promenade 24 & IMAX Connecticut Norwalk -- IMAX Theatre at The Maritime Aquarium# Plainville -- AMC Plainville with IMAX District of Columbia Washington -- Lockheed Martin IMAX Theatre at National Air & Space Museum Florida Fort Myers -- Regal Gulf Coast Town Center Stadium 16 & IMAX Ft. Lauderdale -- MODS AutoNation IMAX Kennedy Space Center -- IMAX Theater at Kennedy Space Center Orange Park -- AMC Orange Park 24 & IMAX Pensacola -- IMAX Naval Aviation Memorial Theatre# St. Augustine -- World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theatre# South Miami -- AMC Sunset Place 24 & IMAX Tallahassee -- Challenger Learning Center IMAX# Tampa -- IMAX Dome Theatre at MOSI# West Palm Beach -- Muvico Parisian 20 & IMAX Georgia Augusta -- Regal Augusta Exchange Stadium 20 & IMAX Buford -- Regal Mall Of Georgia Stadium 20 & IMAX Columbus -- IMAX Theatre at Patriot Park Kennesaw -- AMC Barrett Commons 24 & IMAX Hawaii Honolulu -- Regal Dole Cannery 18 & IMAX Illinois Batavia -- Goodrich Randall 15 IMAX Chicago -- Henry Crown Space Center OMNIMAX Theatre# Chicago -- Navy Pier IMAX Theatre Hodgkins -- Loews Quarry Cinemas 14 with IMAX South Barrington -- AMC Barrington 30 with IMAX Indiana Evansville -- Showplace East 18 & IMAX Indianapolis -- AMC Showplace 16 & IMAX Indianapolis -- IMAX Theatre at the Indiana State Museum Noblesville -- Goodrich Hamilton 16 IMAX Portage -- Goodrich Portage 16 IMAX Iowa Davenport -- Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre Des Moines -- Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX Dome Theater# Kansas Hutchinson -- Kansas Cosmosphere IMAX Theatre# Olathe -- AMC Studio 30 & IMAX Kentucky Louisville -- Louisville Science Center IMAX# Louisiana Harahan -- Elmwood Palace 20 with IMAX Shreveport -- IMAX at Sci-Port Discovery Center* Maine Saco -- Cinemagic & IMAX in Saco Maryland Baltimore -- Maryland Science Center IMAX Theater Massachusetts Boston -- New England Aquarium's Simons IMAX Theatre Danvers -- AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20 & IMAX Methuen -- Loews Methuen 20 with IMAX Michigan Auburn Hills -- AMC Star Great Lakes 25 with IMAX Dearborn -- The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre Detroit -- Detroit Science Center IMAX Theatre# Grand Blanc -- NCG Trillium Cinema & IMAX Grand Rapids -- Celebration! Grand Rapids North 17 & IMAX Lansing -- Celebration! Lansing 19 & IMAX Livonia -- AMC Livonia 20 with IMAX Minnesota Apple Valley -- Great Clips IMAX Theatre Eden Prairie -- AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18 with IMAX Edina -- AMC Southdale 16 with IMAX Roseville -- AMC Rosedale 14 & IMAX St. Paul -- Science Museum of Minnesota Omnitheater* Missouri Branson -- Branson's IMAX# Independence -- AMC Independence Commons 20 & IMAX Kansas City -- AMC BarryWoods 24 & IMAX St. Louis -- St. Louis Science Center OMNIMAX Theater# Nevada Henderson -- Regal Sunset Station Stadium 13 & IMAX Las Vegas -- Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX North Las Vegas -- Regal Aliante Stadium 16 & IMAX New Hampshire Hooksett -- Cinemagic & IMAX in Hooksett New Jersey Hamilton -- AMC Hamilton 24 with IMAX Jersey City -- Liberty Science Center IMAX Dome Theatre# New Brunswick -- Loews New Brunswick 18 with IMAX Paramus -- AMC Garden State 16 with IMAX Rockaway -- AMC Rockaway 16 with IMAX New Mexico Alamogordo -- Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theatre# New York Albany -- Regal Crossgates Mall 18 & IMAX Brooklyn -- Regal Sheepshead Bay 14 & IMAX Deer Park -- Regal Deer Park Stadium 16 & IMAX New York City -- AMC Empire 25 with IMAX New York City -- AMC Loews 34th Street 14 with IMAX New York City -- AMC Loews Kips Bay 15 with IMAX New York City -- American Museum of Natural History IMAX Theater# Stony Brook -- AMC Stony Brook 17 with IMAX West Nyack -- Palisades Center IMAX Theatre White Plains -- City Center 15 IMAX North Carolina Charlotte -- Regal Stonecrest At Piper Glen Stadium 22 & IMAX Concord -- AMC Concord Mills 24 & IMAX Raleigh -- Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum Ohio Cleveland -- Great Lakes Science Center Omnimax# Columbus -- AMC Easton Town Center 30 & IMAX Columbus -- AMC Lennox Town Center 24 with IMAX Dayton -- IMAX National Museum of the USAF# Westlake -- Regal Crocker Park Stadium 16 + IMAX Oklahoma Oklahoma City -- AMC Quail Springs 24 with IMAX Oregon McMinnville -- Evergreen Aviation Museum IMAX Theatre Portland -- OMNIMAX Theater at the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry# Pennsylvania Harrisburg -- Whitaker Center Select Medical IMAX Theatre Philadelphia -- Tuttleman IMAX Theatre at the Franklin Institute# Pittsburgh -- Carnegie Science Center/Rangos Omnimax* Reading -- RC Reading Movies 11 with IMAX South Carolina Charleston -- Citadel Mall Stadium 16 with IMAX Myrtle Beach -- Myrtle Beach IMAX 3D Theatre Simpsonville -- Great Escape 14 & IMAX Tennessee Chattanooga -- Tennessee Aquarium IMAX Theater Knoxville -- Regal Pinnacle Stadium Cinemas 17 & IMAX Memphis -- Union Planters IMAX Theatre* Texas Arlington -- AMC The Parks At Arlington 18 with IMAX Austin -- The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theatre Frisco -- AMC Stonebriar 24 with IMAX Garland -- AMC Firewheel 18 & IMAX Houston -- Wortham IMAX Houston Museum of Natural Science Mesquite -- AMC Mesquite 30 & IMAX San Antonio -- Rivercenter IMAX 3D Utah Salt Lake City -- Clark Planetarium ATK IMAX Theatre Virginia Hampton -- Riverside IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air & Space Center Midlothian -- Regal Commonwealth Stadium 20 + IMAX Virginia Beach -- AMC Lynnhaven 18 & IMAX Washington Kent -- AMC Kent Station 14 with IMAX Lacey -- Regal Martin Village Stadium 16 & IMAX Lynnwood -- Loews Alderwood Mall 16 with IMAX Seattle -- Pacific Science Center Boeing IMAX Theatre Spokane -- Riverfront Park IMAX Theatre# Wisconsin Fitchburg -- AMC Star 18 with IMAX Milwaukee -- Humphrey IMAX Dome Theatre* CANADA British Columbia Victoria -- National Geographic IMAX Theatre# Manitoba Winnipeg -- IMAX Theatre at Portage Place Nova Scotia Halifax -- Empire 17 & IMAX Theatre Ontario Sudbury -- IMAX Theatre Sudbury* Toronto -- Ontario Science Centre Omnimax Theatre# Quebec Gatineau -- Canadian Museum of Civilization IMAX Theatre# Montreal -- Montreal Science Centre's IMAX Telus Theatre Quebec City -- IMAX des Galeries de la Capitale INTERNATIONAL Australia Melbourne -- Highpoint Hoyts IMAX Melbourne -- Melbourne Museum IMAX Perth -- Carousel Hoyts IMAX Sydney -- Entertainment Quarter Hoyts IMAX Sydney -- LG IMAX Theatre Sydney China Guangdong -- Guangdong Science Centre Czech Republic Prague -- Panasonic IMAX Theatre* Denmark Copenhagen -- Tycho Brahe Planetarium# France Paris -- La Geode* Toulouse -- IMAX Cite de L'Espace Germany Sinsheim -- IMAX 3D Theatre at Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim Hong Kong Kowloon -- Hong Kong Space Museum Stanley Ho Space Theatre* Japan Osaka -- Suntory Museum IMAX 3D Theatre Kuwait Salmiya -- Scientific Center IMAX Theatre* Mexico Guadalajara -- Cinepolis Galerias* Juarez-Chihuahua -- Cinepolis Las Misiones Cd. Juarez* Mexico City -- Cinepolis Perisur* Mexico City -- Cinepolis Universidad* Monterrey -- Galerias Valle Oriente* Toluca -- Cinepolis Galerias Metepec* Toluca -- Museo Modelo De Ciencias e Industria IMAX Netherlands The Hague -- Omniversum* Poland Katowice -- Orange IMAX Katowice* Krakow -- Orange IMAX Krakow* Lodz -- Orange IMAX Manufaktura* Poznan -- Poznan IMAX* Warsaw -- Orange IMAX Sadyba* Russia Moscow -- Nescafe IMAX* Sweden Stockholm -- Swedish Museum of Natural History * Taiwan Taichung -- National Museum of Natural Science# Taipei -- Taipei Astronomical Museum Ukraine Kiev -- Utel IMAX* United Kingdom Glasgow -- IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Center London -- Science Museum IMAX Cinema *denotes later launch #denotes 2D theatre Please check local listings or IMAX.com for final theatre listings, launch dates and showtimes.
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