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Goblet of Fire Article:
Goblet of Fire coming to IMAX
LOS ANGELES, CA, May 2 /CNW/ - IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures
announced today that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be simultaneously
released to both IMAX(R) and conventional theatres on November 18, 2005. The
film is based on the best-selling J.K. Rowling book and is the fourth
installment of the tremendously successful Harry Potter film series, which has
grossed a total of more than $2.6 billion around the world. Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire will be digitally re-mastered into IMAX's format through the
company's revolutionary IMAX DMR(R) (Digital Re-mastering) technology and
released to the worldwide IMAX theatre network. The film represents Warner Bros.
Pictures' ninth IMAX film commitment, and follows on the June 2004 day-and-date
release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience, one of
IMAX's highest grossing digitally re-mastered releases. Warner Bros. Pictures
will be the exclusive distributor of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to IMAX
theatres worldwide.
"IMAX is carving out a new distribution platform that can generate incremental
revenues for event films," said Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution
at Warner Bros. Pictures. "We previously committed to releasing two of Warner
Bros. Pictures' biggest tentpole films of 2005 in IMAX's format - Batman Begins
and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
is a great addition to that list. We believe releasing the next Harry Potter
adventure in IMAX theatres will add to the excitement around this excellent film
and enable audiences to experience it in a whole different way."
"Securing highly anticipated titles like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is
an important component of our commercial growth strategy, and we are excited to
be working with Warner Bros. Pictures on another one of their great event
films," said IMAX Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs Richard L. Gelfond and Bradley J.
Wechsler. "With five digitally re-mastered Hollywood event films in place for
2005, as well as an attractive original IMAX(R) 3D production, we believe we've
assembled the best film slate in IMAX's history - and that this will continue to
fuel expansion of the IMAX theatre network."
Added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment, "The
impressive performance of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX
Experience showed that Harry Potter is a perfect match for IMAX's immersive
format, and we are confident the fourth installment of this globally beloved
series will also be a box office draw for commercial and institutional IMAX
theatres worldwide. The IMAX theatre network has expanded since the last Harry
Potter release, and the increase in IMAX screens should yield even greater
incremental box office returns for Warner Bros. Pictures."
Warner Bros. Pictures presents a Heyday Films production of a Mike Newell film,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,
Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson,
Richard Griffiths, Gary Oldman, Miranda Richardson, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith,
Timothy Spall and Julie Walters.
Directed by Mike Newell, the film is produced by David Heyman from a screenplay
by Steve Kloves, based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. The executive producers are
David Barron and Tanya Seghatchian. The director of photography is Roger Pratt;
the production designer is Stuart Craig; the editor is Mick Audsley, and the
music is composed by Patrick Doyle. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be
released in November 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment
company. More information on the film can be found at www.harrypotter.com.
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