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LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov. 14 — IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE:DWA) today announced an agreement to release the studio’s first three 3D motion pictures worldwide in IMAX(R) 3D. The IMAX 3D releases will include Monsters vs. Aliens in March 2009, How to Train Your Dragon in November 2009 and Shrek Goes Forth in May 2010. A fourth DreamWorks Animation title, Kung Fu Panda, will be released in IMAX’s 2D format in June 2008. The IMAX 3D titles are expected to be among the first presented with IMAX’s digital 3D projection system, which is scheduled to be launched beginning June 2008. This is IMAX’s first multiple 3D picture deal with a Hollywood studio. The 3D titles also will be simultaneously released to conventional digital 3D theatres. Paramount Pictures will be the exclusive distributor of the pictures.

Because Iron Maiden RULES, it is with great pleasure that I report that the band’s classic live concert video Live After Death is being released as a 2-disc DVD in the U.S. on February 5, 2008.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The concert was originally released on video cassette in 1985 and was recorded during the band’s World Slavery Tour in support of the album Powerslave. At the time, the British heavy metal band’s line-up included singer Bruce Dickinson, bassist Steve Harris, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave Murray and Adrian Smith. (The current line-up also includes third guitarist Janick Gers.)

Disc one of the upcoming DVD will contain the original 90-minute concert recorded a four-night sold-out run at Los Angeles’ 13,200 capacity Long Beach Arena (scream for me, Long Beach!). Disc two will have over three hours of bonus features.

The Live After Death DVD will be release on February 4, 2008, in the UK (and from what I can tell, the rest of the world too) to coincide with the band’s Somewhere Back In Time World Tour (and yes, I HAVE MY TICKETS ALREADY – FUCK YEAH!). See tour dates.

For more information, check out the press release here after the jump.

Focus Features has released information on their upcoming films for 2008, which includes Burn After Reading, a dark spy-comedy from the Coen Brothers starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

IN BRUGES
Release Date: February 8, 2008 (limited)
Synopsis: This darkly comic suspense thriller from Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh tells the story of hit men Ray and Ken (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson). After a botched job in London , the team is ordered by their boss Harry (two-time Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes) to cool their heels in the storybook city of Bruges, Belgium. Very much out of their comfort zones, the men find themselves drawn into increasingly dangerous entanglements with locals, tourists, and a film shoot. As their stay in Bruges gets weirder, they realize Harry may have other plans for them than a simple vacation.
Writer/Director: Martin McDonagh (“Six Shooter”)
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy
MPAA: Rating: R

Reposted on behalf of the Awesomest weekly movie podcast on Teh Internets, Movie Geeks United. If you love movies, you need to check ’em out! —Dave3

Famed director Brian De Palma (Scarface, The Untouchables) will join Movie Geeks United Internet podcast on Wednesday, November 7 at 10pm to discuss his latest and most controversial film Redacted.

This is an unprecedented opportunity to hear from one of our foremost directors and submit your questions to him through our chat room.

We will also be accepting phone calls immediately following Mr. De Palma’s segment, and will be welcoming Redacted co-star Izzy Diaz, Midnight Movies: From the Margins to the Mainstream director Stuart Samuels and cinematic blogger extraordinaire Keith Uhlich. This will be an epic 2-hour podcast that will delight every lover of film.

Please spread the word to all of your friends to listen in. To listen to the podcast LIVE at 10pm EST or anytime on replay, simply go to:

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New York, NY – In an attempt to break the Guinness World Record® for Largest Toy Drive, Walden Media and Fox Walden have partnered with Toys For Tots© to collect over 12,000 pounds of toys. The record is determined by the most toys collected within a week as valued by total weight.

The drive comes timed to 20th Century Fox’s holiday release of Walden’s and Mandate Pictures’ magical family film Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. The film is written and directed by Zach Helm and stars Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman, and Zach Mills. “What an incredibly special way to bring some of the magic from this movie off the screen and into the lives of children this holiday season,” stated star Natalie Portman. She continues, “I’m thrilled to be a part of an initiative that will bring happiness to so many children this holiday season.”