LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Re-upping
their existing long-term partnership, IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX)
and Twentieth Century Fox, a division of 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ:
FOX), jointly announced the companies have signed a new
multi-picture agreement including four key future tentpoles from
the Fox slate. The deal includes Maze Runner: The Death
Cure, Predator, Alita: Battle Angel and the
studio's untitled Marvel film, all of which will be digitally
re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released
in IMAX® theatres worldwide.
"After sharing success with such recent box-office hits as the
global phenomenon Deadpool, we are thrilled to sweeten the
existing deal with our friends and partners at Twentieth Century
Fox by providing IMAX fans worldwide a selection of the studio's
most exciting upcoming blockbusters," said Greg Foster, CEO of IMAX Entertainment and
Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. "With this agreement,
we look forward to expanding our partnership with Fox and together
offer fans around the world IMAX's one-of-a-kind movie-going
experience."
The IMAX release of each film will be digitally re-mastered into
the image and sound quality of The IMAX
Experience® with proprietary IMAX
DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The
crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre
geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment
that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.
About Twentieth Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox
produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the
world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the
following units of the studio: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox
2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox International
Productions, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky
Studios.
About IMAX Corporation
IMAX, an innovator in
entertainment technology, combines proprietary software,
architecture and equipment to create experiences that take you
beyond the edge of your seat to a world you've never imagined. Top
filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX theatres to connect with
audiences in extraordinary ways, and, as such, IMAX's network is
among the most important and successful theatrical distribution
platforms for major event films around the globe.
IMAX is headquartered in New
York, Toronto and Los Angeles, with offices in
London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Beijing. As of Jun. 30,
2016, there were 1,102 IMAX theatres (990 commercial multiplexes,
16 commercial destinations and 96 institutions) in 69 countries.
On Oct. 8, 2015, shares of IMAX China, a subsidiary of IMAX
Corp., began trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the
stock code "HK.1970."
IMAX®, IMAX® 3D, IMAX DMR®,
Experience It In IMAX®, An IMAX 3D
Experience®, The IMAX Experience® and IMAX Is
Believing® are trademarks of IMAX
Corporation. More information about the Company can be found
at www.imax.com. You may also connect with IMAX on
Facebook (www.facebook.com/imax), Twitter (www.twitter.com/imax)
and YouTube (www.youtube.com/imaxmovies).
This press release contains forward looking statements that
are based on IMAX management's assumptions and existing information
and involve certain risks and uncertainties which could cause
actual results to differ materially from future results expressed
or implied by such forward looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties are discussed in IMAX's most recent Annual Report on
Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
For additional information please contact:
Business
Media: IMAX
Corporation – New York Ann
Sommerlath 212-821-0155 asommerlath@imax.com
Sloane & Company –
New York Whit
Clay 212-446-1864 wclay@sloanepr.com
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Investors: IMAX Corporation – New
York Jessica
Kourakos 212-821-0110 jkourakos@imax.com
Entertainment
Media: Principal
Communications Group – Los Angeles Melissa Zuckerman/Paul Pflug 323-658-1555 melissa@pcommgroup.com paul@pcommgroup.com
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