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- Scotiabank Theatre Chinook
Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Theatre West Edmonton Mall
Edmonton, AB - Harkins Arizona Mills Luxury 25 with IMAX
Tempe, AZ - Cineplex Entertainment Colossus - Langley
Langley, BC - Cineplex Entertainment SilverCity - Riverport
Richmond, BC - Coachella Valley Reperatory
Cathedral City, CA - Regal Irvine Spectrum
Irvine, CA - Cinemark 18 & XD
Los Angeles, CA - Edwards Ontario Palace Stadium 22 IMAX & RPX
Ontario, CA - Esquire IMAX Theatre
Sacramento, CA - AMC Metreon 16
San Francisco, CA - Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood
Universal City, CA - AutoNation IMAX Theater
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Regal Pointe Orlando 4DX & IMAX
Orlando, FL - IMAX Dome Theatre at MOSI
Tampa, FL - AMC Council Bluffs 17
Council Bluffs, IA - Science Center of Iowa Blank IMAX Dome Theater
Des Moines, IA - AMC Navy Pier IMAX
Chicago, IL - IMAX Theater in the Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN - The Tempurpedic IMAX Theater at Jordan's Furniture - Natick
Natick, MA - The Tempurpedic IMAX Theater at Jordan's Furniture - Reading
Reading, MA - The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience
Dearborn, MI - Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo
Apple Valley, MN - IMAX Theater at Tropicana
Atlantic City, NJ - AMC Lincoln Square 13
New York, NY - IMAX Theatre Palisades Center
West Nyack, NY - Cineplex Entertainment SilverCity - Gloucester
Gloucester, ON - Cineplex Entertainment Coliseum - Mississauga
Mississauga, ON - Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Toronto, ON - Cineplex Entertainment Colossus Vaughan Cinemas
Vaughan, ON - Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts Digital Cinema
Harrisburg, PA - Tuttleman IMAX Dome Theater - Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA - Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal
Montreal, QC - Cinema Cineplex IMAX aux Galeries de la Capitale
Quebec City, QC - Providence Place Cinemas 16 & IMAX
Providence, RI - Regal Opry Mills 20 & IMAX
Nashville, TN - Bob Bullock IMAX Theatre
Austin, TX - Regal Edwards Houston Marq'E
Houston, TX - Alamo IMAX Theatre Rivercenter
San Antonio, TX - IMAX - National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
Bradford, UK - National Media Museum
Bradford, UK - The IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow, UK - BFI IMAX
London, UK - Vue Cinemas - Manchester Printworks
Manchester, UK - Smithsonian - Airbus IMAX Theater
Chantilly, VA - Pacific Science Center - Boeing IMAX Theater
Seattle, WA - AMC Fitchburg 18
Fitchburg, WI
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Warner Bros. Pictures announced this week that it will unveil a six-minute opening sequence of its upcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises: The IMAX Experience, at select IMAX theaters on Friday, December 16th, 2011.
The movie opens in theaters on July 20, 2012, and is the conclusion of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy that started with Batman Begins in 2005, and was followed by the immensely popular The Dark Knight. When he made The Dark Knight for its 2008 opening, Nolan used IMAX cameras for certain segments of the movie, and its opening sequence was previewed in theaters in advance as well. When seen in IMAX theaters, those segments were incredible, and many hoped (ourselves included) that it would mean that more filmmakers would take the opportunity to use the high quality available in 70mm film to make movies. Sadly, the digital revolution swept through the movie camera business as well, and filming in 70mm is still a niche event.
This preview is not happening in just any IMAX theater, mind you, but a select number of them that still have 70mm film projectors instead of the newer IMAX Digital Cinema Projection systems. Nolan increased his use of the IMAX 70mm cameras for The Dark Knight Rises, so it's only fitting to see the movie in a 70mm IMAX film environment if possible. It's perhaps that thinking that has created this situation, where only a select few theaters across North America and in the UK will be able to show the preview to audiences.
Christopher Nolan stated, “Our experience on ‘The Dark Knight’ shooting and projecting IMAX 15 perf 65mm/70mm film was inspiring. The immersive quality of the image goes beyond any other filmmaking tool available, and in revisiting Gotham, we were determined to shoot even more of the movie in this unique format. Giving the fans an early look at an IMAX sequence is a great way to draw attention to what I believe will be an incredible way to experience our story when it comes out next summer.”
A few weeks ago, there were rumors of this preview happening before showings of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: The IMAX Experience, which makes sense, due to that movie's release on December 16th, but there is no mention in the press release about when exactly the preview screenings will be taking place. Our money is on the rumor being true, and not a separate viewing that would require separate admission and exits from the theater.
The trick for many is going to be finding an IMAX theater that hasn't been converted to the digital systems yet. At first, only the multiplex (MPX) systems that were installed into pre-existing movie theaters were converted to the smaller and cheaper digital systems, but now many venues that were dedicated builds for film-based IMAX are being converted as well. Fortunately, Warner Bros. Pictures has supplied a list of the theaters that will be showing this preview! That list appears below.
North American Locations
Market | Theatre | City |
Austin, TX |
IMAX Theater Austin | Austin |
Boston, MA | Jordan's IMAX | Natick |
Boston, MA | IMAX 3D Theatre in Reading | Reading |
Calgary, AB | Scotiabank Theatre Chinook 16 + IMAX | Calgary |
Chantilly, VA -Washington, DC | Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX | Chantilly |
Chicago, IL | Navy Pier IMAX Theatre | Chicago |
Des Moines, IA | SCI IMAX Dome Theater | Des Moines |
Detroit, MI | Henry Ford IMAX | Dearborn |
Edmonton, AB | Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton + IMAX | Edmonton |
Harrisburg, PA | The Whitaker Center for Science & the Arts IMAX | Harrisburg |
Houston, TX | Houston Marq*e Stadium 22 + IMAX | Houston |
Indianapolis | White River IMAX | Indianapolis |
Los Angeles, CA | Irvine Spectrum 20 + IMAX | Irvine |
Los Angeles, CA | RAVE 18 + IMAX | Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, CA | Ontario Palace Stadium 22 + IMAX | Ontario |
Los Angeles, CA | Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX | Universal City |
Madison, WI | Star 18 Fitchburg with IMAX | Fitchburg |
Miami, FL | AutoNation IMAX | Fort Lauderdale |
Minneapolis, MN | Great Clips IMAX | Apple Valley |
Montreal, QC | Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal + IMAX | Montreal |
Nashville,TN | Opry Mills Stadium 20 + IMAX | Nashville |
New York, NY | Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX | New York |
New York, NY | Palisades IMAX | West Nyack |
Omaha, NE | Star Cinema 16 with IMAX | Council Bluffs |
Orlando, FL | Pointe Orlando Stadium 20 + IMAX | Orlando |
Ottawa, ON | Silvercity Gloucester + IMAX | Gloucester-Ottawa |
Palm Springs (Los Angeles) | Desert IMAX Theatre | Cathedral City |
Philadelphia, PA | IMAX & the Tropicana | Atlantic City |
Philadelphia, PA | Tuttleman IMAX - Franklin Institute | Philadelphia |
Phoenix, AZ | Arizona Mills 25 with IMAX | Tempe |
Providence, RI | Providence Place 16 with IMAX | Providence |
Quebec City, QC | IMAX Le Theatre At Quebec | Quebec City |
Sacramento, CA | Esquire IMAX | Sacramento |
San Antonio, TX | IMAX at RiverCenter | San Antonio |
San Francisco, CA | Metreon 16 with IMAX & ETX | San Francisco |
Seattle, WA | Boeing IMAX - Pacific Science Center | Seattle |
Tampa, FL | Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) | Tampa |
Toronto, ON | Coliseum 12 Mississauga + IMAX | Mississauga |
Toronto, ON | Scotiabank Theatre Toronto + IMAX | Toronto |
Toronto, ON | Colossus 18 Woodbridge + IMAX | Woodbridge-Vaughan |
Vancouver, BC | Colossus Langley + IMAX | Langley |
Vancouver, BC | Silvercity Riverport 18 + IMAX | Richmond |
Four theaters in the UK will be showing the preview on December 21, 2011 as well.
UK | BFI London | London |
UK | National Media Museum IMAX Bradford | Bradford |
UK | Glasgow Science Centre IMAX Cinema | Glasgow |
UK | Odeon Manchester IMAX @ The Printworks | Manchester |
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Press Release
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- Scotiabank Theatre Chinook
Calgary, AB - Scotiabank Theatre West Edmonton Mall
Edmonton, AB - Harkins Arizona Mills Luxury 25 with IMAX
Tempe, AZ - Cineplex Entertainment Colossus - Langley
Langley, BC - Cineplex Entertainment SilverCity - Riverport
Richmond, BC - Coachella Valley Reperatory
Cathedral City, CA - Regal Irvine Spectrum
Irvine, CA - Cinemark 18 & XD
Los Angeles, CA - Edwards Ontario Palace Stadium 22 IMAX & RPX
Ontario, CA - Esquire IMAX Theatre
Sacramento, CA - AMC Metreon 16
San Francisco, CA - Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood
Universal City, CA - AutoNation IMAX Theater
Fort Lauderdale, FL - Regal Pointe Orlando 4DX & IMAX
Orlando, FL - IMAX Dome Theatre at MOSI
Tampa, FL - AMC Council Bluffs 17
Council Bluffs, IA - Science Center of Iowa Blank IMAX Dome Theater
Des Moines, IA - AMC Navy Pier IMAX
Chicago, IL - IMAX Theater in the Indiana State Museum
Indianapolis, IN - The Tempurpedic IMAX Theater at Jordan's Furniture - Natick
Natick, MA - The Tempurpedic IMAX Theater at Jordan's Furniture - Reading
Reading, MA - The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience
Dearborn, MI - Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo
Apple Valley, MN - IMAX Theater at Tropicana
Atlantic City, NJ - AMC Lincoln Square 13
New York, NY - IMAX Theatre Palisades Center
West Nyack, NY - Cineplex Entertainment SilverCity - Gloucester
Gloucester, ON - Cineplex Entertainment Coliseum - Mississauga
Mississauga, ON - Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Toronto, ON - Cineplex Entertainment Colossus Vaughan Cinemas
Vaughan, ON - Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts Digital Cinema
Harrisburg, PA - Tuttleman IMAX Dome Theater - Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA - Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal
Montreal, QC - Cinema Cineplex IMAX aux Galeries de la Capitale
Quebec City, QC - Providence Place Cinemas 16 & IMAX
Providence, RI - Regal Opry Mills 20 & IMAX
Nashville, TN - Bob Bullock IMAX Theatre
Austin, TX - Regal Edwards Houston Marq'E
Houston, TX - Alamo IMAX Theatre Rivercenter
San Antonio, TX - IMAX - National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
Bradford, UK - National Media Museum
Bradford, UK - The IMAX Theatre at Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow, UK - BFI IMAX
London, UK - Vue Cinemas - Manchester Printworks
Manchester, UK - Smithsonian - Airbus IMAX Theater
Chantilly, VA - Pacific Science Center - Boeing IMAX Theater
Seattle, WA - AMC Fitchburg 18
Fitchburg, WI
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