NEW YORK, June 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX) today announced that Heather Anthony has been named Vice President, Investor Relations for the company. Ms. Anthony has more than a decade of experience in the investor relations and financial communications industry having served in senior positions at both public companies and public relations consulting firms.

For the past six years, Ms. Anthony worked with The Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc., a $1.5 billion retail company, where she helped to build and lead the investor relations function. She has developed strong relationships with both buy and sell-side communities on Wall Street. Her additional experience includes serving as a Vice President, Financial Communications for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and in several roles, growing in responsibility, at Morgen-Walke Associates.

Ms. Anthony is a graduate of the University of Tampa with a B.S. in Business Management. She has also completed her certificate program in Investor Relations from New York University's School of Continuing Education and is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

About IMAX Corporation

IMAX Corporation is one of the world's leading digital entertainment and technology companies. The worldwide IMAX network is among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event Hollywood films around the globe, with IMAX theatres delivering the world's best cinematic presentations using proprietary IMAX, IMAX(R) 3D, and IMAX DMR(R) technology. IMAX DMR is the Company's groundbreaking digital remastering technology that allows it to digitally transform virtually any conventional motion picture into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R). IMAX's renowned projectors and new digital systems display crystal-clear images on the world's biggest screens. The IMAX brand is recognized throughout the world for extraordinary and immersive entertainment experiences for consumers. As of March 31, 2008, there were 298 IMAX theatres operating in 40 countries.

IMAX(R), IMAX(R) 3D, IMAX DMR(R), IMAX(R) MPX(R), and The IMAX Experience(R) are trademarks of IMAX Corporation. More information on the Company can be found at www.imax.com.

This press release contains forward looking statements that are based on management's assumptions and existing information and involve certain risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward looking statements. Important factors that could affect these statements include ongoing discussions with the SEC and OSC relating to their ongoing inquiries and the Company's accounting, the timing of theatre system deliveries, the mix of theatre systems shipped, the timing of the recognition of revenues and expenses on film production and distribution agreements, the performance of films, the viability of new businesses and products, risks arising from potential material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and fluctuations in foreign currency and in the large format and general commercial exhibition market. These factors and other risks and uncertainties are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as well as the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

SOURCE IMAX Corporation