IMAX Corporation has released the following announcement for this Friday’s Spider-Man 2 IMAX debut…
Audiences will be able to take another spin in IMAX® as Spider-Man 2: The IMAX Experience opens in select IMAX Theatres beginning July 23, 2004. This critically acclaimed film from Columbia Pictures, which has already generated more than $500 million in box office worldwide since its release, has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX’s proprietary IMAX DMR® technology into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience®.
Spider-Man 2 moviegoers will experience this blockbuster sequel in a whole new way, on screens towering up to 8 stories high, surrounded by 12,000 watts of pure digital sound. With IMAX DMR, the image quality of the 35mm motion picture is digitally enhanced resulting in images that are every bit as big, sharp and stunning as those films originally produced in the 15/70 format. In fact, once the IMAX DMR process is complete, the Spider-Man 2: The IMAX Experience film format will be 10 times larger than the original. The sheer size, combined with the IMAX projection technology, will provide moviegoers with an immersive, extraordinary cinematic experience.
“When you have a movie like Spider-Man 2, it makes sense to offer audiences an opportunity to experience the film in this incredible format,” said Jeff Blake, Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution.
Spider-Man 2: The IMAX Experience will be playing at the following IMAX Theatres:
Opening July 23, 2004
UNITED STATES
California
Cathedral City – Desert IMAX Theatre
Dublin — Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX
Irvine – Edwards Irvine Spectrum IMAX
Los Angeles — IMAX Theatre at The Bridge: cinema de lux
Los Angeles — Universal CityWalk IMAX Theatre
Ontario – Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX
San Francisco — Loews IMAX Theatre at Metreon
Santa Clarita – Edwards Valencia IMAX
Colorado
Colorado Springs – Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Cinemark Carefree Circle
Denver — UA Colorado Center IMAX Theatre
Florida
Tampa — Regal Channelside Cinemas IMAX
Georgia
Atlanta – Regal Mall of Georgia IMAX
Idaho
Boise — Edwards Boise Stadium IMAX
Illinois
Addison – Addison IMAX Theatre
Chicago — Navy Pier IMAX Theatre
Lincolnshire – Regal Lincolnshire IMAX
Woodridge — Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Seven Bridges
Massachusetts
Boston — Simons IMAX Theatre at the New England Aquarium
Natick — Comcast IMAX 3D Theater at Jordan’s Furniture
Michigan
Grand Rapids — IMAX Theatre at Celebration! Cinema
Lansing — IMAX Theatre at Celebration! Cinema
Missouri
Kansas City – Sprint IMAX Theatre, Kansas City Zoo
New York
Buffalo – Regal Transit Center IMAX
New Rochelle – Regal New Roc City IMAX
New York – Loews Lincoln Square IMAX Theatre
Rochester — Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Tinseltown USA
West Nyack — IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center
Ohio
Columbus – Marcus Crosswoods IMAX Theatre
Oklahoma
Tulsa — Cinemark IMAX Theatre at The Tulsa
Pennsylvania
King of Prussia — UA King of Prussia Stadium IMAX
Pittsburgh – Rangos Omnimax Theater at Carnegie Science Center
South Carolina
Charleston – The Charleston IMAX Theatre at Aquarium Wharf
Tennessee
Nashville – Regal Opry Mills IMAX
Texas
Dallas — Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Cinemark 17
Houston — Edwards Houston Marq*e IMAX
San Antonio — IMAX Theatre San Antonio Rivercenter
Virginia
Hampton — Riverside 3D IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air & Space Center
CANADA
Alberta
Calgary — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Paramount Chinook
Edmonton — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Silver City West Edmonton Mall
British Columbia
Langley — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Colossus Langley
Nova Scotia
Halifax — Empire IMAX Theatre
Ontario
Mississauga — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Coliseum Mississauga
Toronto — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Paramount Toronto
Vaughan — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Colossus Woodbridge
Quebec
Montreal — Famous Players IMAX Theatre, Paramount Montreal
ASIA
India
Hyderabad – Prasads IMAX Theatre
Mumbai – IMAX Adlabs Theatre
Opening Post-July 23rd
Belgium
Brussels — IMAX Theatre Kinepolis
China
Shanghai – IMAX Theatre at Peace Cinema
Czech Republic
Prague – Oskar IMAX Theatre
Russia
Moscow – Nescafe IMAX Theatre
Slovakia
Bratislava – Orange IMAX Bratislava
Spain
Oviedo – Yelmo Cineplex IMAX Los Prados
United Kingdom
London – bfi London IMAX Cinema
Bradford – IMAX North at National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford
Additional IMAX Theatres will continue to open the film worldwide throughout the summer. Check local listings or www.IMAX.com for theatres and opening dates.
In Columbia Pictures Spider-Man® 2, two years have passed since Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with “the gift and the curse” of his powers while balancing his dual identities as the elusive superhero Spider-Man and life as a college student. The relationships Peter holds most dear are now in danger of unraveling as he clashes with the powerful, multi-tentacled villain “Doc Ock” (Alfred Molina).
Spider-Man® 2 reunites the cast and filmmakers from the first adventure, including Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons, under the leadership of director Sam Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel’s Avi Arad. Joining the ensemble cast are Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavius (“Doc Ock”), Daniel Gillies as John Jameson, Vanessa Ferlito as Louise, Dylan Baker as Dr. Curt Connors and Donna Murphy as Rosalie Octavius.
Columbia Pictures Presents A Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin Production Spider-Man® 2 starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, Donna Murphy and J.K. Simmons. The film is directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, The Evil Dead). The screenplay is by two-time Oscar® winner Alvin Sargent (Ordinary People, Unfaithful) based on the Marvel Comic Book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. The screen story is by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Pulitzer-Prize winning author Michael Chabon. The producers are Laura Ziskin (Spider-Man, Pretty Woman) and Avi Arad (X-Men, Daredevil).
Source: IMAX Corporation
