IMAX edition of Harry Potter delayed
The release of the IMAX version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince has been pushed back to
July 29, two weeks after the film's wide release in conventional theaters on
June 15. Only two IMAX theaters, one in New York City
and one in Los Angeles,
will open the film day and date. According to a story from the Associated Press, the delay is required
by a five-week exclusivity agreement Imax
Corporation made with Paramount Pictures
for Transformers:
Revenge of the Fallen, which opens on June 24.
Imax shares fell nearly 5% yesterday on the news, to close
at $7.31.
As with the last Harry
Potter installment, several scenes in Half-Blood
Prince have been digitally converted to 3D exclusively for the
IMAX release.
With one exception, this is the first time since Spider-Man 2 in July 2004 that a DMR film has not premiered simultaneously with its conventional
release. The exception was the first Transformers film, which was picked to fill the September
2007 slot, ten weeks after its conventional opening, when the Rolling Stones' Shine a Light was unexpectedly
delayed.
In unrelated news, Transformers
director Michael Bay told fans on
the official Transformers Web site that
the IMAX edition of this year's sequel, which includes four scenes shot with
IMAX cameras, will be a few minutes longer than the conventional version.
The Summer issue of LF
Examiner, to be published in the first week of July, will have more details
on this story.
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