Director Michael Bay plans to shoot key sequences of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with IMAX cameras. According to IMAX Corp. and DreamWorks, the footage will be integrated with state-of-the art CG to create an unprecedented look and feel for the sequel to the 2007 box office smash. The scenes shot on 35mm film will be digitally re-mastered for IMAX presentation, and will appear letterboxed on screen. The sequences captured with IMAX’s cameras will then expand vertically to fill the entire IMAX screen. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be released in IMAX venues and standard theaters on June 26, 2009.
‘The extraordinary level of detail and intensity captured by the IMAX camera creates many exciting possibilities for us with this film,’ says Bay. ‘IMAX’s all-encompassing format will take this story to a new level, and I am once again very excited to share The IMAX Experience with Transformers fans around the world.’
‘Michael Bay’s innovative use of IMAX cameras will create a spectacular cinematic adventure for moviegoers next summer,’ adds Greg Foster, chairman and president of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. ‘We’re very excited to be integrated as a core part of the Transformers production, and with the skilled marketing and distribution teams at DreamWorks and Paramount, the timing is ideal given our expanding global audience and network footprint.’
A presentation of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Benjamin Hickey, Ramon Rodriguez, Isabel Lucas and John Turturro. The screenplay was written by Ehren Kruger & Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman. The producers are Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce. Bay, Steven Spielberg, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian served as exec producers.
