The Walking Dead Could Hit The IMAX Screens
During the annual IMAX Day, which took place in USA at the end of May 2015, IMAX Vice President John Schreiner announced an upcoming joint project with the streaming service Netflix. But the company's intentions to increase television content, apparently, will not be limited to cooperation only with Netflix – On Tuesday June 9, 2015, IMAX executives confirmed that they are in talks with AMC to air their hit TV series The Walking Dead on the big screen. This is reported by The Hollywood Reporter. "We will be looking for a Game of Thrones-like theme. Our next target is The Walking Dead, and we have already negotiated this with our friends at AMC. ", - said senior vice president and CEO of Imax Entertainment Greg Foster in his statement during the presentation of Investors Day. Recall that in January this year, two final episodes of the fourth season of the HBO fantasy series "Game of Thrones", were shown in IMAX theaters, followed by the premiere of a teaser for the fifth season, created especially for IMAX. The first successful experience of showing a television series on the big screen convinced the management of a network of cinemas of the need to increase the volume of such content. "There is no deal with the Walking Dead yet, but the solution to this issue is a priority. And we are also looking for the same epic projects that, with the help of IMAX technology, will help fill some ... gaps " The Topic of Article: The Walking Dead Could Hit The IMAX Screens. |
