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Frankenweenie to Premiere at Texas Film Festival

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Frankenweenie will have its world premiere as the opening night film for the 2012 Fantastic Fest festival which takes place September 20-27 in Austin Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. Tim Burton stands as a titan of modern genre cinema.  To world premiere the feature adaptation of his early beloved short is a huge honor for me personally and for the festival in general said Fantastic Fest co-founder & creative director Tim League. Frankenweenie is a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog.

Discovery to Host Frankenweenie Science Fair at El Capitan Theatre

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The Discovery Science Center will partner with the famous El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood to host a Frankenweenie Science Fair in conjunction with the October 5th release of the movie Frankenweenie by acclaimed director Tim Burton. In Frankenweenie young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life only to face unintended sometimes monstrous consequences. Participating students will conduct and submit their own inventive science experiment. This unique science fair will gather the best and brightest students to compete for three grand prizes.

International 3D Society Now Accepting Awards Nominations

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

The International 3D Society is now accepting nominations for its annual Stereoscopic 3D Technology Awards to be held in November in Hollywood California. The Society's 3D Technology Awards honor technological achievement in the stereoscopic medium including mainly cinema television portable devices special venue themed attractions video games computers and other media. A blue-ribbon 3D Technology Awards panel will vote upon the entries.

Legend3D Standardizes on EMC Isilon Storage

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Legend3D the 2D-to-3D media content conversions provider has standardized on EMC Isilon scale-out storage for all of its visual entertainment assets. Leveraging Isilon’s ability to store vast amounts of high-resolution digital media Legend3D has streamlined its management of Big Data through greatly improved production management increased artist productivity and the creation of new production pipelines for major motion pictures such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon Smurfs Hugo and The Amazing Spiderman.

More2Screen to Distribute World’s First 3D Nutcracker Ballet to Digital Cinemas Worldwide

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

More2Screen has been appointed by EuroArts Music to distribute the Mariinsky Theatre’s The Nutcracker In 3D – the world’s first 3D Nutcracker ballet – to digital cinemas worldwide starting in November.

 This is the third 3D ballet distributed by More2Screen following on from the Mariinsky Theatre’s Giselle In 3D in 2011 (the first 3D ballet) and in 2012 Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake In 3D which continues to delight audiences as it rolls out worldwide.

NBC Universal Installs MTI Film Technology for Digital Dailies Restoration

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

NBC Universal has selected MTI Film’s Control Dailies Enterprise and Cortex::ControlDailies to process its digital camera dailies. The company has also increased its digital film restoration capacity through the purchase of additional seats of MTI Film’s Correct DRS. “MTI Film is very pleased to extend its long-standing relationship with NBC Universal through these latest product sales ” said MTI Film CEO Larry Chernoff.

AAM and Cinevise Announce Deal with SuperCines in Ecuador

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Arts Alliance Media and Cinevise the Miami and São-Paulo based digital cinema systems supplier have announced a software deal with SuperCines Ecuador’s leading circuit. The deal will see AAM’s Screenwriter theatre management system installed by Cinevise in over 150 SuperCines screens across Ecuador. AAM and Cinevise have been working together since 2011 when they signed their first software licensing agreement that is bringing AAM’s TMS into all of Cinemais’ theaters in Brazil.

Phoenix Now Running Two of Pittsburgh’s Largest Cinemas

Mon, 08/13/2012 - 20:00 -- Nick Dager

Phoenix Big Cinemas Management is now running two of Pittsburgh's largest cinemas Chartiers Valley 20 in Bridgeville and North Versailles 22. After closing for two days this month the theatres re-opened with all new digital cinema technology. Other changes to the sites include the introduction of RealD 3D online and advance ticketing through MovieTickets.com and an expanded concession menu. Guests can also join the free Motion Picture Points loyalty club to earn points for free popcorn soft drinks and movie tickets at both locations.

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