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‘Forrest Gump’ To Get 20th Anniversary Re-Release In IMAX
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of Forrest Gump, so in celebration, the film will be re-released in IMAX for one week only this September.

The Paramount Pictures film, originally released in theaters on July 6, 1994, won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for star Tom Hanks (who played the titular character) and Best Director for Robert Zemeckis.

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‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Confirms Use Of Actual IMAX Cameras
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We’ve known that Star Wars: Episode VII would shoot on stock film instead of digital for quite some time. But the fact that director J.J. Abrams has shot on IMAX cameras before left the door open for the possibility that the film could be shot, not converted, into IMAX.

Now a new photo from the official Bad Robot Twitter account has posted a photo of an IMAX camera being used to shoot what is presumed to be a scene in Mos Eisley. Hit the jump to check it out.

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Gets A New Teaser Poster And Description For Upcoming Trailer
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The mystery surrounding Christopher Nolan‘s space exploration epic Interstellar is gradually dissipating as the marketing campaign for the Paramount-Warner Bros. co-production roars back into the public discourse this week with the release of a new teaser poster and news of a brand new theatrical trailer set to play before one of this summer’s biggest releases.

You can check out the poster here below.

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The Drill Down 307: Turning Of The Tide
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On this week’s show: Google previously bought seven robotics companies, and this week it buys the Big Dog (literally), Sprint guns for T-Mobile, Instagram wants a piece of Snapchat‘s action, Twitter changes blocking–then changes their mind, are the NSA‘s actions unconstitutional?

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SDCC 2013: IMAX Comic-Con Prize Pack Giveaway
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How about we begin our annual coverage of the geek Mecca known as San Diego Comic-Con with a giveaway?!

Firstly, Checkitout: This year from Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21, the streets of Comic-Con will be populated with IMAX-branded pedicabs that’ll be giving free rides to all Comic-Con badge holders within the Gaslamp district of San Diego. Also, an IMAX street team will be running contests on the ground and in select pedicabs throughout the weekend to test your IMAX & movie knowledge, for a chance to win posters, sunglasses, IMAX tickets, and more!

Now, in addition to this awesome on-the-ground IMAX action in San Diego, we’ve partnered with IMAX to give away a sweet, sweet prize pack filled with all manner of IMAX & movie swag to one of our lucky readers.

To be eligible to win all you have to do is send us a creative Tweet using @IMAX @GeeksofDoom, and #IMAXSDCC in it.

One (1) winner will receive an IMAX Prize Pack containing:

  • Two (2) IMAX t-shirts
  • One (1) IMAX 2 gig USB drive
  • One (1) IMAX notebook
  • One (1) IMAX pen
  • One (1) IMAX post-it pad
  • One (1) Man of Steel water bottle stainless steel
  • One (1) Star Trek Into Darkness Knuckle tattoos
  • One (1) Iron Man 3 Frisbee

Prizing provided by IMAX; Total prizing valued at $80.

TO ENTER: There’s just two simple steps:

(1) Follow @IMAX & @GeeksofDoom on Twitter.

(2) Send us a creative Tweet using @IMAX, @GeeksofDoom, and #IMAXSDCC in it. That’s it!

Good luck!

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