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Legend 3D Provides 3D Conversion for 2012 Best Visual Effects Oscar Nominees

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Legend 3D was a primary 2D-to-3D conversion partner for two of the films honored in the 2012 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects category. Legend 3D was selected as the sole conversion partner to seamlessly convert invaluable vintage scenes for Martin Scorsese's stereoscopic debut film Hugo and also worked with Michael Bay to enhance the storytelling for more than 75 minutes of live-action scenes in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Marcus Theatres to Open Fourteenth UltraScreen Cinema

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Marcus Theatres will acquire the former OmniMax Theatre located in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center adjacent to the company’s 10-screen Duluth Cinema at 300 Harbor Drive. Marcus Theatres will convert the domed theatre which closed last April to a nearly 70-foot-wide UltraScreen auditorium. This will be the fourteenth UltraScreen in the company’s circuit. Construction on the project will begin shortly with an anticipated opening in late spring 2012.

Michigan Revises Film Production Incentives

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

In late December Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed SB569 into law giving the Michigan Film Office authority to award incentives to eligible productions. Under the revised program productions shooting at qualified facilities such as Raleigh Michigan Studios will be eligible for a 30 percent incentive for direct production expenditures. Michigan residents above and below the line will be eligible for 35 percent.  Non-Michigan residents are eligible for 27 percent above the line and 25 percent below the line.

NCM Omniverse Present Love Never Dies

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Making its first appearance in the United States NCM Fathom and Omniverse Vision present Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies the long awaited continuation to The Phantom of the Opera in a fully staged production pre-recorded at The Regent Theatre in Melbourne Australia. This exclusive showing of Love Never Dies will be broadcast to select U.S. movie theaters for two nights only beginning with the premiere event on Tuesday Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. local time; followed by an encore presentation on Wednesday March 7.

Study Considers Impact of Social Media on the Oscar Race

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Social media users are weighing in with their Oscar picks and pans according to the University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab IBM and the Los Angeles Times who are measuring social media sentiment related to the 84th Academy Awards. 

 The project relies on sophisticated analytics and natural language recognition technologies to gauge positive and negative opinions shared in millions of public tweets.

Panasonic Now Shipping AG-3DP1 Camcorder

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Panasonic is shipping the AG-3DP1 a 3D integrated twin-lens P2 HD shoulder-mount camcorder with 10 bit 4:2:2 independent-frame full 1920 x 1080 resolution AVC-Intra recording. The AG-3DP1 has a twin-lens zoom lens system high-sensitivity sensors and the AVC-Intra codec. The camcorder also features new 3D Assist functions and multi-camera synchronization. Its newly developed 17x twin-lens zoom lens system features an expanded range for both wide-angle and telephoto to fit diverse shooting situations.

HDNet Sponsor of UFC Pay-Per-View Events at Cinedigm-Affiliated Theatres

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

HDNet was the official sponsor of four live 3D theatrical broadcasts of UFC Pay-Per-View events in 2012 at nearly 75 Cinedigm affiliated theatres. The sponsorship increased the network’s exposure for its MMA programming including promotion of Inside MMA. In addition HDNet personalities Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten had a noticeable presence during 30-minute countdown shows that aired in those theatres prior to the live broadcast of UFC Pay-Per-View events.

Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of 10th Annual VES Awards

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of its 10th Annual VES Awards February 7th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills California. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film animation television commercials special venues and video games. More than a thousand attendees – filmmakers producers directors and members of the visual effects community – gathered to recognize the year's best work and the artists who created it.

Cinedigm Reaches Long-Term VPF Deal with Zyacorp

Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:00 -- Nick Dager

Cinedigm Digital Cinema has reached a long-term virtual print fee deployment agreement with Zyacorp Entertainment’s Cinemagic Stadium Theaters. The agreement will enable the conversion of Cinemagic’s theatres to digital cinema under the terms of Cinedigm’s long-term agreements with all the major studios.  This Cinedigm-financed conversion will deploy 79 Cinedigm-Certified screens across seven sites with completion expected by summer 2012.

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