Image Entertainment, Inc. has announced a special agreement with Big Picture Digital Productions to distribute three IMAX 3D titles in the 3D Blu-ray format. The first titles to be released under the new agreement will be
Dinosaurs Alive! 3D by Giant Screen Films;
Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D from award-winning producers MacGillivray Freeman Films; and
Wild Ocean 3D by Yes/No Productions. All three have a street date of December 7. Other titles to be released will be announced shortly.
Special features are the same as in the respective 2D Blu-ray releases.
All titles were originally conceived, photographed and released in ultra high-resolution IMAX 3D process. For these releases, Image worked with Big Picture to optimize the 3D image for home viewing, scanning the original 15/70 image at a minimum of 5.6K, and in some cases, 8K resolution for the 3D Blu-ray release. Addressing the fans' concerns about 3D "conversions," the studio confirmed that "these releases were conceived, photographed and produced in the multi-dimension format," and that "fidelity will be faithfully translated with Image's 3D Blu-ray releases."
"3D Blu-ray is the next revolution for home entertainment," remarked Bromiley. "Coupled with the amazing visual clarity of the IMAX process, these Blu-ray titles will vividly bring home the 3D experience to consumers and enthusiasts everywhere."
"I am very honored to represent some of the most important producers of IMAX format films in the world and it is through this relationship that I am able to bring extraordinary 3D content to the 3D Blu-ray format," said Mullins. "In partnership with Image Entertainment, we have pioneered many formats with the Big Picture library but with 3D Blu-ray, we are further out in front then we have ever been before. The IMAX industry has been making high quality 3D content for over 25 years, these titles are a product of that wealth of experience."