Wednesday, November 14, 2007

IMAX Signs 4-Picture Deal With DreamWorks Animation

PRESS RELEASE

IMAX Signs 4-Picture Deal With DreamWorks Animation

Pictures Include First Three 3D Productions,
Beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009


LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov. 14 -- IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE:DWA) today announced an agreement to release the studio's first three 3D motion pictures worldwide in IMAX(R) 3D. The IMAX 3D releases will include Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Forth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, Kung Fu Panda, will be released in IMAX's 2D format in June 2008. The IMAX 3D titles are expected to be among the first presented with IMAX's digital 3D projection system, which is scheduled to be launched beginning June 2008. This is IMAX's first multiple 3D picture deal with a Hollywood studio. The 3D titles also will be simultaneously released to conventional digital 3D theatres. Paramount Pictures will be the exclusive distributor of the pictures...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

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