The following films in development will be presented at the Film Expo in Los Angeles. New titles will be added to the list as projects are submitted.
The film submission rules and form can be found here: Submit a Film
FT = Final Title; WT = Working Title
Animal Orphans (WT)
Releases: 2011
Format: 3D
Length: TBD
Producer: IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor: IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
Travel around the globe to follow orphaned orangutans, elephants, and giant otters on a miraculous journey from rescue and rehabilitation to their triumphant release in this inspiring new IMAX 3D film.
Blowdown: The 3D Big Screen Experience (WT)
Releases: 2012
Length: 40 minutes
Producer/Distributor: Parallax Film Productions Inc.
Contact: Ian Herring
The dynamite explodes. There’s a roar as the concrete begins to collapse. Dust rises and the earth shakes. It’s highlight reel footage of implosions we all love to watch over and over. But what if you had a front row ticket and could sit in the drop zone as the building falls at your feet? Or if you could ride a building from the roof as it collapses? Through Blowdown: the 3D Big Screen Experience, we have unprecedented and exclusive access with a world-renowned demolition company as they prepare an iconic structure for demolition.
Cool Planet (FT)
Releases: Fall 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
The impact of climate change is upon us, and its potential consequences are daunting. It's time for a film that focuses upon solutions. Cool Planet will arm governments, industry leaders, and individuals with the information and inspiration they need to make wiser choices to create a productive, enjoyable, yet sustainable civilization.
Cosmic Vision (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and Day's End Pictures, Inc.
Distributor: TBD
Recent discoveries reveal the Universe is far stranger than we could imagine. Despite thousands of years of study and speculation, we know what makes up only 5 percent of the Universe. What is the other 95 percent? Is our Universe really what we think it is? Cosmic Vision is a look at our latest understanding of the Universe, from the moment when time began to the discovery of new kinds of matter and energy that challenge our current laws of physics. Using high-resolution data driven imagery, Cosmic Vision takes us on an extraordinary visual journey through our strange and remarkable Universe.
Flight of the Butterflies (WT)
Releases: Fall 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: SK Films Inc., Principal Large Format
Distributor: SK Films Inc.
The film will interweave the natural history story of the most amazing insect migration on earth--that of the monarch butterfly--with the scientific detective story of the decades-long search for their over-wintering habitat in the remote transvolcanic mountain range west of Mexico City. From the creators of Bugs!
Freefall: Exploring the Extremes of Gravity (WT)
Releases: 2013
Format: 2D
Finished Film Length: 40
Producer: Foxfire Interactive Corp.
Distributor: Big and Digital
Freefall explores the wonders and mysteries of gravity at its extremes--from the microgravity we call weightlessness to the colossally powerful gravity of a Black Hole. We're led on this extraordinary journey by an astronaut and a dozen young people selected for an annual education program called World Space Week.
Furusato: World Heritage Beheld From Space (WT)
Releases: April, 2010
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Format: 35 minutes
Producer: National Museum of Emerging Science And Innovation / TBS VISION
Distributor: Sarai Inc.
Since 2006, the Japanese Advanced Land Observation Satellite, DAICHI, has been observing World Heritage sites from space with three high-tech sensors. It has inspired this film, which uses images of World Heritage sites taken from space and here on earth with a 4K digital camera. With a story told from the children who live near the sites, the film will immerse audiences in the breathtaking structures created by nature and by man. The original script is by Kundo Koyama, winner of an 81st Academy Award for Okuribito (The Departures). World Heritage sites are a present to our future.
Heart of Africa 3D (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company
Heart of Africa 3D in being produced in association with GoodWorks International with the support of Ambassador Andrew Young. The film will showcase the striking stories coming from the significant cultural and environmental changes on the continent. Featuring the beautiful, seductive, and glorious culture, music and people of Africa.
Humpback Whales 3D (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company
Humpback Whales 3D will be an immersive, intimate portrait of these enigmatic animals. Incredibly curious, humpbacks have established a bond with man, their remarkable stewards and greatest threat. This highly tested topic is moving quickly from development to production after years of research and fundraising in beautiful 15/70.
Inception: The IMAX Experience (FT)
Releases: July 16, 2010
Format: 2D only
Finished Film Length: TBD
Producer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures/IMAX Corporation
Inception is a contemporary sci-fi action film set within the architecture of the mind.
Jerusalem (WT)
Releases: 2013
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Cosmic Picture and Arcane Pictures
Distributor: TBD
Contact: Daniel Ferguson
Experience the Holy City through the eyes of some of its most dynamic inhabitants. Jerusalem will explore the unforgettable key sites and traditions of Jews, Christians and Muslims. The film will reveal how we learn about the city: sacred texts, eyewitness accounts, ancient maps and mosaics, early photographs and the latest archaeological research help to uncover the multiple layers of Jerusalem’s past and the ongoing process of discovery. Audiences will leave with a deeper understanding of this historic city, its diverse people, and their unique beliefs.
Jerusalem and the Holy Land 3D (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company
A co-production with Israeli-based Sirius Productions, Jerusalem and the Holy Land 3D will be shot using breathtaking IMAX 3D film to document the culture, history and religion of Jerusalem. The film will feature the world's most prominent historical sites in this holy city for the world's three major religions.
Lightning 3D (WT)
Releases: September 2010
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Kalisti Media Ltd.
Distributor: BIG & Digital
On rare occasions one gets to see the commonplace in a new and unique way. Lightning 3D is the first stereoscopic filming of lightning ever undertaken. Using brand new cutting-edge photography, lightning will be seen in all its beauty, complexity, and full glory at full Giant Screen resolution. Lightning may be familiar, but it is one of the least understood natural phenomena, and audiences will learn alongside the best and brightest scientists on the planet as we see what has never been seen before.
Rescue (FT)
Releases: Early 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Mark Kresser
Rescue will tell the story of the heroes who render care and aid to people and communities facing extreme emergencies. International response to Haiti's disaster will be among those rescues featured. The film will be visually dramatic as we see the great scale of this assistance from military and non-governmental entities--including the massive aircraft, ships and other equipment needed to dispatch this critical assistance. Rescue will be released in early 2011.
Rise Again 3D (WT)
Releases: 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Diatribe Pictures
Distributor: TBD
Rise Again 3D follows Sharkwater star and biologist Rob Stewart on an adventure to save the planet. While protecting sharks in New Guinea, Stewart learns that these diverse reefs now face extinction. Embarking on an epic journey to save the oceans, Stewart works with leading activists to shut down coal power plants, stop deforestation, and save endangered tigers and lemurs. This heart-warming story though the beautiful wildlife of Brazil, Madagascar, New Guinea, and India becomes a "how-to guide" to protecting the ecosystems we depend on for survival, and a perfect tool for educational systems worldwide
Treasures of Israel (FT)
Releases: Spring 2012
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Treasures of Israel explores the past and present cultures and diverse natural wonders that span this hallowed crossroads of civilization. In giant screen 3D, we journey beside the historic footprints of three Great Faiths through a land where ancient glory inspires modern achievement and lights a path to the future.
The following films in development will be presented at the Film Expo in Los Angeles. New titles will be added to the list as projects are submitted.
The film submission rules and form can be found here: Submit a Film
FT = Final Title; WT = Working Title
Animal Orphans (WT)
Releases: 2011
Format: 3D
Length: TBD
Producer: IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor: IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures
Travel around the globe to follow orphaned orangutans, elephants, and giant otters on a miraculous journey from rescue and rehabilitation to their triumphant release in this inspiring new IMAX 3D film.
Blowdown: The 3D Big Screen Experience (WT)
Releases: 2012
Length: 40 minutes
Producer/Distributor: Parallax Film Productions Inc.
Contact: Ian Herring
The dynamite explodes. There’s a roar as the concrete begins to collapse. Dust rises and the earth shakes. It’s highlight reel footage of implosions we all love to watch over and over. But what if you had a front row ticket and could sit in the drop zone as the building falls at your feet? Or if you could ride a building from the roof as it collapses? Through Blowdown: the 3D Big Screen Experience, we have unprecedented and exclusive access with a world-renowned demolition company as they prepare an iconic structure for demolition.
Cool Planet (FT)
Releases: Fall 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
The impact of climate change is upon us, and its potential consequences are daunting. It's time for a film that focuses upon solutions. Cool Planet will arm governments, industry leaders, and individuals with the information and inspiration they need to make wiser choices to create a productive, enjoyable, yet sustainable civilization.
Cosmic Vision (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and Day's End Pictures, Inc.
Distributor: TBD
Recent discoveries reveal the Universe is far stranger than we could imagine. Despite thousands of years of study and speculation, we know what makes up only 5 percent of the Universe. What is the other 95 percent? Is our Universe really what we think it is? Cosmic Vision is a look at our latest understanding of the Universe, from the moment when time began to the discovery of new kinds of matter and energy that challenge our current laws of physics. Using high-resolution data driven imagery, Cosmic Vision takes us on an extraordinary visual journey through our strange and remarkable Universe.
Flight of the Butterflies (WT)
Releases: Fall 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: SK Films Inc., Principal Large Format
Distributor: SK Films Inc.
The film will interweave the natural history story of the most amazing insect migration on earth--that of the monarch butterfly--with the scientific detective story of the decades-long search for their over-wintering habitat in the remote transvolcanic mountain range west of Mexico City. From the creators of Bugs!
Freefall: Exploring the Extremes of Gravity (WT)
Releases: 2013
Format: 2D
Finished Film Length: 40
Producer: Foxfire Interactive Corp.
Distributor: Big and Digital
Freefall explores the wonders and mysteries of gravity at its extremes--from the microgravity we call weightlessness to the colossally powerful gravity of a Black Hole. We're led on this extraordinary journey by an astronaut and a dozen young people selected for an annual education program called World Space Week.
Furusato: World Heritage Beheld From Space (WT)
Releases: April, 2010
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Format: 35 minutes
Producer: National Museum of Emerging Science And Innovation / TBS VISION
Distributor: Sarai Inc.
Since 2006, the Japanese Advanced Land Observation Satellite, DAICHI, has been observing World Heritage sites from space with three high-tech sensors. It has inspired this film, which uses images of World Heritage sites taken from space and here on earth with a 4K digital camera. With a story told from the children who live near the sites, the film will immerse audiences in the breathtaking structures created by nature and by man. The original script is by Kundo Koyama, winner of an 81st Academy Award for Okuribito (The Departures). World Heritage sites are a present to our future.
Heart of Africa 3D (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company
Heart of Africa 3D in being produced in association with GoodWorks International with the support of Ambassador Andrew Young. The film will showcase the striking stories coming from the significant cultural and environmental changes on the continent. Featuring the beautiful, seductive, and glorious culture, music and people of Africa.
Humpback Whales 3D (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company
Humpback Whales 3D will be an immersive, intimate portrait of these enigmatic animals. Incredibly curious, humpbacks have established a bond with man, their remarkable stewards and greatest threat. This highly tested topic is moving quickly from development to production after years of research and fundraising in beautiful 15/70.
Inception: The IMAX Experience (FT)
Releases: July 16, 2010
Format: 2D only
Finished Film Length: TBD
Producer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures/IMAX Corporation
Inception is a contemporary sci-fi action film set within the architecture of the mind.
Jerusalem (WT)
Releases: 2013
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Cosmic Picture and Arcane Pictures
Distributor: TBD
Contact: Daniel Ferguson
Experience the Holy City through the eyes of some of its most dynamic inhabitants. Jerusalem will explore the unforgettable key sites and traditions of Jews, Christians and Muslims. The film will reveal how we learn about the city: sacred texts, eyewitness accounts, ancient maps and mosaics, early photographs and the latest archaeological research help to uncover the multiple layers of Jerusalem’s past and the ongoing process of discovery. Audiences will leave with a deeper understanding of this historic city, its diverse people, and their unique beliefs.
Jerusalem and the Holy Land 3D (WT)
Releases: TBD
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: MacGillivray Freeman Films
Distributor: MacGillivray Freeman Films Distribution Company
A co-production with Israeli-based Sirius Productions, Jerusalem and the Holy Land 3D will be shot using breathtaking IMAX 3D film to document the culture, history and religion of Jerusalem. The film will feature the world's most prominent historical sites in this holy city for the world's three major religions.
Lightning 3D (WT)
Releases: September 2010
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Kalisti Media Ltd.
Distributor: BIG & Digital
On rare occasions one gets to see the commonplace in a new and unique way. Lightning 3D is the first stereoscopic filming of lightning ever undertaken. Using brand new cutting-edge photography, lightning will be seen in all its beauty, complexity, and full glory at full Giant Screen resolution. Lightning may be familiar, but it is one of the least understood natural phenomena, and audiences will learn alongside the best and brightest scientists on the planet as we see what has never been seen before.
Rescue (FT)
Releases: Early 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Contact: Mark Kresser
Rescue will tell the story of the heroes who render care and aid to people and communities facing extreme emergencies. International response to Haiti's disaster will be among those rescues featured. The film will be visually dramatic as we see the great scale of this assistance from military and non-governmental entities--including the massive aircraft, ships and other equipment needed to dispatch this critical assistance. Rescue will be released in early 2011.
Rise Again 3D (WT)
Releases: 2011
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 40 minutes
Producer: Diatribe Pictures
Distributor: TBD
Rise Again 3D follows Sharkwater star and biologist Rob Stewart on an adventure to save the planet. While protecting sharks in New Guinea, Stewart learns that these diverse reefs now face extinction. Embarking on an epic journey to save the oceans, Stewart works with leading activists to shut down coal power plants, stop deforestation, and save endangered tigers and lemurs. This heart-warming story though the beautiful wildlife of Brazil, Madagascar, New Guinea, and India becomes a "how-to guide" to protecting the ecosystems we depend on for survival, and a perfect tool for educational systems worldwide
Treasures of Israel (FT)
Releases: Spring 2012
Format: 2D and 3D
Finished Film Length: 45 minutes
Producer: The Stephen Low Company
Distributor: K2 Communications
Treasures of Israel explores the past and present cultures and diverse natural wonders that span this hallowed crossroads of civilization. In giant screen 3D, we journey beside the historic footprints of three Great Faiths through a land where ancient glory inspires modern achievement and lights a path to the future.
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