Greetings!
The April issue of LF Examiner has just been published. Here is a summary:
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Top Stories
(Full stories in the print edition) The Making of
Journey to Mecca
SK Films' newest feature was "The most challenging film I've ever been involved in," according to producer Jonathan Barker, who has been involved in films that took IMAX cameras to space (Mission to Mir), underwater (Into the Deep), and to the rainforests of Borneo (Bugs!).
GSCA Film Expo
Nearly 200 delegates attended the Giant Screen Cinema Association's Film Expo in Los Angeles, March 17-18. We report on the films screened and the association's news.
ShoWest in Las Vegas
The annual gathering of conventional theater operators and Hollywood Studios was held in Las Vegas, March 29-April 2. We report on select sessions dealing with digital 3D, alternative content, and the lifetime achievement award presented to Regal's Ted Hatfield.
The Insiders: Effective Communication
Gina Trimarco offers advice on improving communications and profits.
The Biz (Headlines)
- Cinemark opens rival to IMAX digital in Plano, TX
- Barco, Dolby launch digital system for larger screens
- AMC to switch to Sony 4K projection by 2012
- Wild Bunch to distribute 3D Entertainment's Oceans 3D
- National Amusements is selling theaters to reduce its debt
- AMC makes 3D deal with RealD for 1,500 3D systems
- E&S distributing Nat Geo's Sea Monsters to digital domes
- Mike Sullivan retiring from Gulf Coast Exploreum
- Lynn Ellington to leave Natural History Museum
- Cherie Rivers consulting to RPG Productions
Shorts (Headlines)
- Monsters Vs. Aliens has giant start
- Harry Potter to open two days early: Wed. July 15.
- Registration is open for GSCA's fall conference
- MacGillivray is making a non-LF surfing documentary
- Outside In clip screened in Jersey City
- Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland coming to IMAX 3D
- London's BFI IMAX to get re-design
- Student films shown in two IMAX theaters
- Ex-employee robs Boise IMAX theater
Other features:
Premiering next month:
Star Trek: The IMAX Experience
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
In Production: 27 films with credits and production updates
April bookings: 636 bookings of 98 films in 363 theaters
Worldwide LF Theater Inventory: 485 screens
And much more!
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James Hyder
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