IMAX Inks 3-D Movie Deal with Dreamworks

LOS ANGELES, November 14:
IMAX Corporation has reached a deal with DreamWorks Animation to release the
studio’s first three 3-D motion pictures worldwide in IMAX 3-D.

The IMAX 3-D releases will
include Monsters vs. Aliens in
March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Forth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, Kung
Fu Panda, will be released in
IMAX's 2-D format in June 2008. The IMAX 3-D titles are expected to be among
the first presented with IMAX's digital 3-D projection system, which is slated
to launch beginning June 2008. The 3-D titles also will be simultaneously
released to conventional digital 3-D theatres. Paramount Pictures will be the
exclusive distributor of the pictures.

“3-D cinema has an
opportunity to revolutionize the way people experience movies," said
Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO of DreamWorks Animation. "We believe the
immersive quality of IMAX will provide our audiences with a unique way to
experience our films and we are delighted to include IMAX as a key part of our
3-D strategy."

—By Irene Lew