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Alice in Wonderland will be shown at Swansea Odeon after deal is reached
Source: thisissouthwales.co.uk
February 25, 2009 - JOHNNY Depp fans will be able to see him at Swansea's Odeon cinema after all. The chain had been refusing to screen the new 3D Tim Burton movie, Alice in Wonderland, which stars Depp, because of a row over the time between its cinema and DVD release.
But Odeon said today it had now reached an agreement with Disney, allowing the film to be shown there.
"Odeon and UCI Cinema group is pleased to announce that following detailed negotiations with the Walt Disney Company Ltd an enduring agreement has been reached encompassing all the different aspects of both companies' commercial relationship," said a statement released by the company.
"Odeon is pleased to announce that it will now be showing "Alice in Wonderland" beginning March 5 in its cinemas in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Austria. As a result of this agreement, Odeon is pleased to confirm that it will be able to continue with its plans for significant investment in new cinemas, in digital technology in 3D capability and the other exciting developments designed for the increased enjoyment of all its customers".
Odeon at Parc Tawe in Swansea will be screening the film from Friday, March 5, on its giant silver screen installed for 3D digital screenings.
"This is a great outcome which will now enable cinemagoers in Swansea to be able to see the film the way the makers intended, in Digital 3D at a cinema. It is anticipated that advance tickets will go on sale within days at odeon.co.uk," said a spokesman for the Parc Tawe cinema.
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Avatar Conquers U.k. Cinema Chart
Source: taragana.com
December 24, 2009 - JAMES CAMERON’s AVATAR has shot to top of the U.K. box office, with the computer generated epic raking in $13.6 million (£8.5 million) in its opening weekend (19-20 Dec 09).
The groundbreaking sci-fi movie has scored the third biggest opening in Britain and Ireland of 2009 after The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
The weekend’s second spot was claimed by St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold with $2.5 million (£1.6 million), followed by Jim Carrey’s animated tale A Christmas Carol in third place with £1.6 million (£1 million).
Nativity! and Planet 51 round out the top five, pulling in revenues of $924,000 (£578,000) and $721,000 (£451,000) respectively.
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UK embraces 3D ahead of Avatar release
Source: screendaily.com
December 16, 2009 - With Avatar's arrival in the UK imminent, ScreenDaily looks at which 3D films have made an impact in the territory.
James Cameron’s science fiction epic Avatar (pictured) reached theatres in the UK on Thursday (December 17), and while it maybe the stand out 3D film from 2009 release schedules, this year has seen the continued rise of 3D’s popularity with the local audience.
Nielsen EDI’s latest report on 3D releases in the UK highlights the growth of the sector in terms of outright grosses, 3D percentage gross and release width.
Warner Bros’ Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince leads the way as the highest-grossing 3D release on £50.6m to date in the UK, although the wizard’s adventure 3D element was confining to the opening sequence of the IMAX version, which generated £1.6m or 3.2% of the total gross.
A clearer illustration of the 3D spread is provided by the animations that were released this year.
Back in March DreamWork’s Monsters Vs. Aliens took £21.3m with 44% coming from 3D screens, followed by Fox International’s Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, which from it’s July 1 opening grossed £34.9m, 52% of which was earned on 3D screens.
Released on October 9, Walt Disney/Pixar’s Up continued the trend with 3D screen providing 60.5% of the film’s current £34.2m tally.
The widest point of release for 3D films noticeably increased in the second half of the year in the run up to the Avatar launch.
Ice Age 3’s 3D screen count stood at 240 on opening, followed by the solely 3D reissue of Pixar’s 1995 classic Toy Story (on 251 3D screens), Up (on 266) and Disney’s A Christmas Carol (281 screens, the largest 3D release to date).
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UK Avatar Day
Source: empireonline.com
August 2009 - The footage went down a storm at Movie-Con II this weekend, but you can see even more of James Cameron's Avatar this Friday, dubbed Avatar Day around the world as the first footage from the film becomes available to the general public.
And you can be there to see it! We have an exclusive allocation of 10% of ALL the UK's Avatar Day tickets just for Empire readers, and here's how you get your ticket.
The Screenings
All screenings take place on Friday 21 August at the following cinemas.
Location Cinema Screening 1 Screening 2 Screening 3 Screening 4
Aberdeen Cineworld 18:00 18:30
Birmingham, Broad St Cineworld 18:00 18:30
Brighton Cineworld 18:00 18:30
Bristol, Cribbs Vue 18:00 18:30
Cardiff Cineworld 18:00 18:30
Edinburgh Cineworld 18:00 18:30
Glasgow, Renfrew St Cineworld 18:00 18:30
London, IMAX Greenwich Odeon 18:00 18:30
London, IMAX Southbank BFI 10:00 13:30 18:30 19:45
London, IMAX Wimbledon Odeon 18:00 18:30
London, West End Vue 18:00 18:30
Manchester, IMAX Printworks Odeon 18:00 19:10
Sheffield Cineworld 18:00 18:30
Southampton Odeon 18:00 18:30
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Bournemouth ABC Odeon Cinema upgrades to 3D
Source: harrogateadvertiser.net
July 2009 - Four years after the closure of the IMAX, Bournemouth cinema-goers are celebrating being able to watch 3D films again. Bournemouth’s ABC (Odeon) Cinema on Westover Road now has a screen with 3D capabilities and has been showcasing the latest in 3D technology.
Audience members no longer have to don those geeky-looking red and blue glasses – the new chic black-framed sunglass-esque glasses provide a much-improved visual effect, at no expense of fashion.
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Scunthorpe: 3D cinema proves a hit at Vue
Source: thisisscunthorpe.co.uk
July 2009 - FILM fans felt as if they were part of the picture as Scunthorpe's Vue Cinema showed North Lincolnshire's first ever 3D movies. The cinema, based in The Parishes, screened Ice Age 3 on its new 9.5-metre by six-metre RealD screen yesterday.
Among the first to don special black-rimmed glasses and experience the realistic technology were David Kitchen, 24, and Paul Bradley, also 24. After emerging from the 158-seater auditorium, Mr Kitchen, of Ogilvy Drive, Bottesford, said: "It was excellent.
"We were sat there and it felt like you could grab them out of the sky." Mr Bradley, of Cloister Close, Scunthorpe, also enjoyed the 3D experience. "It was phenomenal and it felt like you were there." Before yesterday, the closest cinemas offering the technology were in Hull and Sheffield.
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 UNITED KINGDOM |
| Derby - Showcase Cinemas Osmaston Park Rd. | |
| Leicester - Odeon Freemens Park, 90 Aylestone Road | |
| Lincoln - Odeon Brayford Wharf | |
| Nottingham - Cineworld The Corner House, 29 Forman St | |
| Stockton on Tees - Natl Am Showcase Cinemas Aintree Oval; Teesside Leisure Park | |
| EAST ENGLAND REGION |
| Chelmsford - Odeon Kings Head Walk Essex | |
| Colchester - Odeon Head Street Essex | |
| Harlow - Cineworld Queensgate Centre, Edinburgh Way Essex | |
| Hatfield - Odeon 9 Cinemas - The Galleria, Comet Way | |
| Ipswich - Cineworld Cardinal Park, 11 Grafton Way Suffolk | |
| Luton - Cineworld The Galaxy, Bridge Street | |
| Norwich - Odeon Norwich Riverside Leisure Park; Wherry Road | |
| Southend on Sea - Odeon The Broadway Essex | |
| Stevenage - Cineworld Unit 4, Leisure Park, Kings Way | |
| LONDON REGION |
| Enfield - Cineworld Southbury Leisure Park, 208 Southbury Road | |
| Feltham - Cineworld Leisure West, Air Park Way Middlesex | |
| Greenwich - Odeon IMAX®, Bugsby's Way | |
| Kingston Upon Thames - Odeon The Rotunda, Clarence Street | |
| Lambeth - BFI IMAX Cinema, 1 Charlie Chaplin Walk | |
| South Kensington - Science Museum IMAX, Exhibition Road |
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| Wandsworth - Cineworld Southside Shopping Centre, High Street | |
| Wimbledon - Odeon, 39 The Broadway | |
| BAFTA Screening Room | |
| Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue 13 Coventry St Piccadilly Circus | |
| Cineworld 11 Hertsmere Road West India Quay | |
| Dome Peninsula Square (3 screens) | |
| Odeon Covent Garden 135 Shaftsbury Avenue | |
| Odeon Whiteleys of Bayswater, Queensway | |
| Odeon Leisure Park; Redriff Road Surrey Quays | |
| Vue West End 3 Cranbourn St; Leicester Square | |
| Warner Bros. screening room | |
| LONDON REGION - KENT |
| Odeon Tunbridge Wells Knights Park, Knights Way Tunbridge Wells | |
| Showcase Cinemas Bluewater Greenhithe | |
| Cineworld Bexleyheath 28-70 Broadway Bexleyheath | |
| NORTHWEST ENGLAND REGION |
| Ashton-Under-Lyne - Cineworld Leisure Park, Fold Way, Off Lord Sheldon Way | |
| Blackpool - Odeon Rigby Rd Lancashire | |
| Liverpool - City Screen Picturehouse at FACT 88 Wood Street | |
| Merseyside - Vue Cheshire Oaks The Coliseum, Coliseum Way Ellesmere Port | |
| St Helens - Cineworld Chalon Way West | |
| NORTHWEST ENGLAND - MANCHESTER |
| Cineworld Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre; Wilmslow Road East Didsbury | |
| IMAX® Cinema @ thefilmworks / The Printworks, 27 Withy Grove | |
| Odeon 6-8 Dantzic St. | |
| SCOTLAND |
| Aberdeen - Cineworld Queens Leisure Park, Links Road | |
| Braehead - Odeon X-scape, Kings Inch Rd | |
| Edinburgh - Cineworld Fountain Park, 130/3 Dundee Street | |
| Falkirk - Cineworld Central Retail Park, Old Bison Works | |
| SCOTLAND - GLASGOW |
| Cineworld 7 Renfrew Street | |
| IMAX Theatre at Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay | |
| SOUTHEAST ENGLAND REGION |
| Basingstoke - Odeon Churchill Way West | |
| Brighton - Cineworld Marina East Sussex | |
| Chichester - Cineworld Gate West Sussex | |
| Crawley - Cineworld Unit 1 - Leisure Park, London Road | |
| Guildford - Odeon Bedford Road Surrey | |
| Maidenhead - Odeon 42-44 King Street | |
| Milton Keynes - Cineworld Xscape, 602 Marlborough Gate Central | |
| Southampton - Odeon Leisure World, West Quay Road | |
| Wycombe - Empire Cinemas High Crest Rd High | |
| SOUTHWEST ENGLAND REGION |
| Bath - Odeon Kingsmead Complex, James Street West | |
| Cheltenham - Cineworld The Brewery, Oxford Passage, St Margret's Road | |
| Cornwall - WTW Cinemas The Plaza Cinema at Truro Lemon Street Truro | |
| WALES |
| Cardiff - Cineworld Mary Ann Street | |
| Newport - Cineworld Retail Park, Steven Styles Avenue Spytty | |
| WEST MIDLANDS REGION |
| Walsall - Natl Am Showcase Cinemas Bentley Mill Way West Midlands | |
| Wolverhampton - Cineworld Bentley Bridge Leisure Park Wednesfield | |
| WEST MIDLANDS - BIRMINGHAM |
| Cineworld Broad Street 181 Broad Street | |
| Thinktank IMAX Curzon Street | |
| WEST MIDLANDS - SHREWSBURY |
| Cineworld Old Potts Way | |
| Old Market Hall The Square Shropshire | |
| YORKSHIRE REGION |
| Bradford - IMAX Theatre at the National Media Museum |
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| Castleford - Cineworld Xscape, Colorado Way West Yorkshire | |
| Kingston Upon Hill - Vue Princes Quay Princes Quay Hull | |
| Sheffield - Cineworld Valley Centertainment, Broughton Lane | |
| Wakefield - Cineworld Westgate Retail and Leisure Park, Colinsway | |
First 3D film shown at Lakeside cinema
Source: harrogateadvertiser.net
July 2009 - Cinema-goers can now experience films in 3D. Vue Cinemas has invested millions of pounds in the technology nationwide and the cinema at Lakeside Shopping Centre showed its first film in 3D, Ice Age 3, yesterday. Gone are the red and green cardboard specs of the past. Viewers are now given black-rimmed shades to bring the technology alive.
Michael Rushton, general manager at Vue Thurrock said: “Everyone who has seen 3D has been blown away by it. We’re really excited about bringing the experience to cinema-goers in Thurrock. 3D magnifies all the magic and excitement of the big screen as the film literally comes alive in front of your eyes – an unforgettable experience that cannot be replicated at home.”
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Edinburgh Film Festival's Unique Technology Focus
Source: roadcastnewsroom.com
June 2009 - Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) MD Ginnie Atkinson today announced details of a new initiative for industry professionals at the Festival.
Reinforcing its ethos as a 'festival for filmmakers', the EIFF will be hosting a series of presentations, debates, screenings and masterclasses that look at cinematography and 3D stereo production.
Led by professionals working at the cutting edge of motion picture technology, the aim is to assist filmmakers with the vast range of film and digital choices that are available today.
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Harrogate Odeon gets 3D
Source: harrogateadvertiser.net
June 2009 - CINEMA-goers in Harrogate will be able to watch films come to life next week thanks to the installation of a new digital 3D screen at the Odeon. To celebrate the arrival of this state-of-the-art technology, the cinema will be screening the latest 3D must-see - Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - from Wednesday.
Armed with a pair of high-tech, polarized 3D glasses, audiences will now be able to get up close and personal with an exciting range of 3D releases set to storm into cinemas during the year. Alternative 3D screenings, including sports events, popular music concerts, opera and ballet, are also in the pipeline.
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Inverness to get its first 3D cinema
Source: pressandjournal.co.uk
May 2009 - Inverness is to get its first permanent 3D cinema, and it’s due to open in time to screen one of the biggest summer blockbuster movies. Nick Clark, general manager of the Vue Cinema within Inverness Retail and Business Park, said the team at the cinema is thrilled to be bringing the 3D experience to Highland audiences. “We are having new, rather expensive, special equipment fitted in one of the cinemas within the complex, to transform it into a permanent 3D cinema,” said Mr Clark.
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New digital age for High Wycombe cinema
Source: thisislocallondon.co.uk
March 2009 - A High Wycombe cinema is to boldly go where only a handful have gone before, after it announced plans to heavily invest in 3D digital technology. Cineworld has announced it will roll out 3D upgrades for 64 of its 75 cinemas, with the High Wycombe cinema welcoming two new 3D digital screens.
Currently, only one of The Eden-based multiplex's screens are 3D capable screens, which will screen the highly anticipated Dreamworks movie, Monsters Vs Aliens, from next Friday. But with 13 3D films already promised for the coming year, the additional two 3D screens will help to cope with the growing demand.
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Vue Entertainment and RealD Announce Exclusive Digital 3D Partnership
Source: yahoo.com
February 2009 - Vue Entertainment, the UK’s leading developer and operator of state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas, and RealD, the world’s leading outfitter of 3D-enabled theatres, announced today that Vue Entertainment will add 200 RealD 3D screens to its circuit. The rollout of RealD 3D-enabled screens has already begun with an installation at Vue’s flagship location in Leicester Square. Vue has 62 cinemas with 607 screens and 134,413 seats which attract over 32 million customers a year. The company is the largest operator of modern multiplex cinemas in the country.
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