We will have lots of big screen IMAX wizardry in the next Harry Potter installment! We get wind of this news from our friends at comingsoon:
Last month, during the IMAX Corporation’s 2008 Q2 Earnings Report conference call, Rich Gelfond, the Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of the IMAX Corporation told shareholders, “we believe this film will include approximately 25 minutes in IMAX 3-D split between the opening sequence of the film and the finale.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will open in IMAX and conventional theaters on July 17, 2009.
I am pumped to see this action in 3-D IMAX. I am hoping the finale will feature a battle that makes good use of the medium and create a memorable movie going experience. I will watch 3-D films all day long; the more, the better as far as I am concerned.
For those of you that have read the book – is the finale worthy of this IMAX treatment?
I cant wait and I read the book and it is really good for 3-D imax
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I never liked Harry Potter, but this latest trailer is very creepy…
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE !!!
No thank you. I’ve had a bad experience with Superman Returns. The 3D effects have to be done right like in Beowulf.
http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/exclusive-david-heyman-talks-dumbledore-s-funeral-hogwarts-battle-more-update-4-a-59248/
In this article David Heyman said that they cut out the battle at Hogwarts and the funeral. And to think, I was getting my hopes up that Yates would finally deliver some action. The more I here, the more I get nervous. Lets hope Yates doesn’t mess up the end of this series.
There are some sections at the end of HP6 that should look pretty good in 3D. One in particular should have the audience dodging in their seats.
So I’m assuming that they don’t just do the whole movie in 3D because of cost. But 25 minutes is apparently enough to get people to pay the premium ticket price. Smart.
I’m getting tired of the “we’ll show you a few minutes of what the whole movie could have looked like” nonsense. But I guess most people go to IMAX for the IMAX experience and the 3D is just a bonus. And a slow movement to 3D is better than nothing.
What full length 3D movies can we look forward to?
Hells yes. Half Blood Prince is my favorite of the books and the ending is nothing short of EPIC. It will kick ass. My only reserve is for the 3D elements. I hope they don’t go all 3D gimmicky and do lame 3D tricks like shooting stuff right at the camera. I am a fan of 3D, don’t get me wrong, but until I can watch the film at home and not see a part and say “OH, that CLEARLY was a 3D trick ie. shoving a spear toward the camera”, I won’t know what to think. I await the day they use 3D properly but the film still holds up for those who are standard viewing without noticing the “3D tricks”.
I could careless about IMAX for HP…I’m still ticked off about waiting.
But the climax is pretty wicked in HBP.
So IMAX-less countires won’t get the full movie, great that’s fair
the finale is great for Imax. I can picture crazy lighting, sound and epicness perfect for imax