Sound Minds
The Chemical Brothers will bring their highly anticipated concert event The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think to select movie theaters nationwide for a one-night event February 1 at 7:30 p.m. local time.
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Style Points
The wholesale rethinking of every detail of a modern movie theatre including its size shape and the services and content it offers is a growing trend in exhibition driven largely by digital cinema technology. While this trend is happening around the world some of it is market specific: what will work beautifully in one theatre won’t necessarily succeed elsewhere.
Documentary Success
Imax and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that the documentary adventure Born to be Wild 3D crossed the $20 million threshold at the global box office exclusively in Imax theatres. Since its release last April the film has generated $15.5 million domestically and $5.5 million internationally from 297 theatres. Born to be Wild 3D is scheduled to open in additional theatres worldwide in the coming months.
Cinedigm Acquires Like Water
Cinedigm Entertainment Group has acquired Like Water the documentary exploring the life of UFC champion Anderson Silva for release in North America. Christine D’Souza and Kevin Iwashina of Preferred Content negotiated the deal on behalf of the producer. The project will be released theatrically in early summer. Lionsgate will handle domestic ancillary distribution. Cinemavault is handling all international rights for Like Water outside of North America.
Harvesting the High Plains
Filmmaker Jay Kriss recently completed a documentary about the hardships and challenges faced by farmers during the 1930s Dust Bowl.
Odd Brodsky Manages on Tight Budget
Cinematographer Matthew Irving and director/producer Cindy Baer had very little money to make their feature film Odd Brodsky. Irving has been the cinematographer on two dozen feature films including Fox Searchlight’s hit romantic comedy Waitress and Lionsgate’s teen comedy Waiting but when he and director/producer Baer conceived the story for the ultra low-budget Odd Brodsky they were concerned about the limited resources.
Empire Strikes Back
Empire Theatres Canada's second largest movie exhibition company has announced that it will open a new eight-screen theatre complex in St. John's Newfoundland. Construction on the land will begin in 2012 with the theatre complex opening in 2013. The new Empire Theatre will be located in Field Power Centre on Torbay Road another project led by KNK Capital Group of Canada. We're extremely pleased to be able to bring a third facility to the St.
Unfolding the World of Bunraku
Bunraku the second film from director Guy Moshe is a blend of computer graphics and choreographed live action comic book and video game styles gritty reality and fantasy and samurai and spaghetti western genres. Crime boss Nicola the Woodcutter (Ron Perlman) commands an army of thugs headed by nine deadly assassins in a post-war future without guns. Citizens of the small town terrorized by Nicola’s regime wait in hope of a hero to save them.
The Adventures of Tintin Wins Golden Globe for Animation
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s The Adventures of Tintin was this year’s Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Feature Film. NewTek’s vice president and head of 3D software development Rob Powers served as supervisor of the Virtual Art Department for Tintin prior to joining NewTek. A VAD is much more than previs. It involves interacting with the entire film creating virtual environments—complete with lighting texturing and atmospherics—that the director can use to explore how live actors interact within a 3D scene.
XDC Signs Deal with Unique Digital for the Rosettabridge TMS
XDC has signed a supply and support agreement with Unique Digital to add the Rosettabridge theatre management system as part of its integrated product portfolio. XDC is now including Rosettabridge as part of the virtual print fee deployment packages and in addition will supply the TMS to non-VPF customers through their integrator arm FTT. “A professional level TMS is a key component to ensure efficient operation of a digital cinema whether or not part of a VPF deployment ” says Serge Plasch CEO XDC.
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