John Woo Makes IMAX Debut With 'Flying Tigers'

[Paroxysm]

IMAX Corporation announced that John Woo and his producing partner Terence Chang will have their next film, Flying Tigers, digitally remastered for The IMAX Experience. The film--a Hollywood-China joint production with China Film Group as lead Chinese financier--tells the story of the American Volunteer Group and its later incarnation as the 14th Air Force during WWII. Led by Air Force General Claire Chennault, the joint air forces consisted of American and Chinese pilots flying side by side against the Empire of Japan. Shooting begins next spring.

Said Woo: "It has always been a dream of mine to explore shooting with IMAX cameras and to work in the IMAX format and the strong visual element of this film is incredibly well-suited to the tastes of cinemagoers today. Using IMAX for Flying Tigers would create a new experience for the audience and I think it would be another breakthrough for Chinese movies."

Last week when I wrote about Mike Medavoy and The Wildest Dream director Anthony Geffen's plans for a company formed to make 3D documentaries on larger than life subjects, Geffen said that exploiting the expanding IMAX screens were an important part of that business plan. Getting in on the ground floor of Chinese produce seems a smart way for IMAX expansion in an untapped region with massive growth potential.

http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/john-woo-makes-imax-debut-with-flying-tigers/#more-63799

WWII dog fights in IMAX 3D? :u:

 

[Jackasscoley15]

Now THIS is news I like to hear. Nothing about an over-exposed actor starring in a remake of an adaptation of a comic-book based on a 70's/80's TV show. Awesome.

 

[Max J Power]

Sounds good. I'm not crazy about 3D, but Woo's action sequences in could be quite a spectacle.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Great news. Although they're talking about the movie being remastered to the IMAX format , i'm hoping that Woo also shoots scenes with the IMAX camera

 

[louiebling$]

o hell yea

 

[bullets]

It's a great idea for IMAX .