P3D IMAX news

[Lawrence W Kaufman <kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yesterday, Imax Corporation
announced that it signed an agreement with Famous
Players (a subsidiary of Viacom Inc.) for 10
IMAX(R) 3D theatres to be built in new and existing
Famous Players theatres in Canada over the next five
years. This agreement, which includes the Company's
previously contracted joint venture location in
downtown Toronto, The Paramount Theatre, will
nearly double the number of IMAX theatres in
operation in Canada.

The majority of the theatres under this agreement are
expected to utilize the IMAX 3D SR system,
although some higher traffic locations may utilize the
larger IMAX 3D system.

IMAX also announced they had completed the
IMAX 3D animation short "Paint Misbehaving",
which was previewed during the "IMAX Nutcracker"
release. I am looking forward to its release.

I was surprised to see in the ads for the new
IMAX 3D theater in Los Angeles (which opens
February 6th), that they will be using the passive
polarized glasses.

I had mentioned the IMAX 3D SR system had
been rumored to be a single film strip process.
I spoke briefly with Kenneth Baker, from IMAX
last week. Mr. Baker was hopping from table
to table at the 9th Annual Stereoscopic Displays and
Applications conference, demo session. I asked
him about the SR system and he told me it would
be a two projector system, the projectors and
theaters would just be smaller. I asked about the
progress of the IMAX Star Trek movie. He said
as far as he knew, they still don't have anything
firm yet. I had hoped that when they started
filming the new theatrical film next month, they
would have something lined up. I asked about
"T-Rex:  Back To The Cretaceous"
and "Mark Twain's America". He didn't
know how Mark Twain was progressing, but he said
that T-Rex had been pushed back to next fall and
with all the CGI work, they would be hardpressed
to make that date.

Thanks for the time,
Lawrence Kaufman, mailto:kaufman3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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