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‘Voyage Of Time: The IMAX Experience’- 40 Years In The Making

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This past week iHorror was graciously given the opportunity to step out of the horror realm and enter a world of science and discovery at the red carpet Los Angeles premiere of Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience, narrated by Brad Pitt. Directed by Terrance Malick, the film focuses on the origins of the universe covering the birth of stars and galaxies, the beginning of life on our planet and the evolution of a variety of species. Simply put, it is our story, the story of our universe.

The red carpet event was mind blowing with the hustle and bustle of camera operators and photographers; excitement filled the air as the production team hit the red carpet along with celebrity guests. Everyone was cheerful and eager to speak about their experiences and their place with the film. I was enjoying myself, however yearning to watch this film, I couldn’t help whisking out my smartphone every so often checking the time, counting down the minutes until I could witness this ultimate journey through time.

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience offers a one-of-a-kind peek at life, teleporting audiences through a personal journey covering a collage of magnificent effects that recreate the creation of the universe, life on earth (including the Jurassic period), all leading up to present time. It overwhelming projects a clear sense of justification of human existence. The film was not boring by any means and spans the perfect length of an uninterrupted 45 minutes allowing audiences to glide through like a peaceful dream. The narration by Brad Pitt was compelling, nurturing, and full of optimism, similar to a father reading to his child before turning in for the evening. I sat in awe as I bared witness to images of destructive storms, formations of various rocks, and big city life, I felt as if I was flying over everything. The beauty of our universe was revealed in 45 minutes and will change the perspectives of many.

Audiences will either embrace this vision of our universe or reject it altogether; there is no in between. Director Terrance Malick proficiently captures the magnificence of life and the universe. The Voyage of Time will live on for generations to come and will serve as visual aide making minds ponder for not only the public but for students and educators all over the world.

Something wonderful has been created. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience will be available in IMAX theaters on October 7th, 2016. Take advantage of this golden opportunity. This film comes with the highest of recommends and congratulations to all involved.

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During a Red Carpet Interview With IMAX, This is what Dan Glass, Visual Effects Supervisor had to say about the film and Director Terrance Malick:

Well, I think part of what Terry [Director] is trying to encourage is that people are with us on the experience and first and foremost, shown and hopefully appreciate and wonder what is there. To really be able to look at life and what is immediately around us and to think about what’s beyond and really how we ended up here in the first place. And from that raise the questions and curiosity to look into it, because it is fascinating. It has been an incredible blessing to be involved with this project and have the chance to talk to some of the scientists and understand more about their thoughts and theories on how we ended up where we are has been very exciting and fulfilling.

The process has always been very collaborative with Terry he is a highly collaborative filmmaker. We reached out at his guidance to many, many artists and contributors around the planet that had either done works that we were interested in already or had a style or even a sensitivity to some of the subjects that we were handling. And we would either commission or license and involve them in our process as best we could. So it really became this collection of myriad ideas and contributions rather like the story of life itself. It is full of many examples and a variety of things.

We always set out to make it an IMAX Experience. I think for a combination of reasons: One, it makes it very experiential, you’re not aware of the sides of the frame, so you feel in the journey and on the journey which was really always the intent. Obviously, the scale that you can work at is both a challenge in terms of the needs and demands of the image but, also exciting you can put in incredible detail in the frame that you really can’t or have the opportunity with the smaller formats.

 

The Red Carpet Premiere Photo Gallery

 

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Red Carpet: Celebrity Guests

 

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Sophokles Tasioulis. Producer, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®

 

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Greg Foster. CEO, IMAX

 

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Actress, Bernice Marlohe

 

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Sarah Green. Producer, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®

 

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Actress, Cassie Scerbo

 

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Actor, Beau Bridges & Jordan Bridges

 

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Trailer For Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVyWObJY9FQ

Voyage Of Time Links

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Enjoy The Breath Taking Photo Gallery Below

Courtesy of IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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A band of early hominids explore stark African landscapes as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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The future sun stripping away the atmosphere beautifully illustrates the passing of ages “like shadows” as seen and described in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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Waves of light and heat emitted from the Sun form transfixing patterns as seen in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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The filmmakers shot on location with IMAX® cameras to capture the natural beauty of sea stacks in Iceland as seen in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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Mosses spread up from the sea over old lava fields as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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Lava cools and hardens to form rock on the early Earth as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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The grandeur of tabular icebergs representing the many ice ages Earth has passed through as seen in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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A band of early hominids explore stark African landscapes as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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Representing mineral-rich volcanic vents sparking chemical reactions, geysers jet up from the Earth as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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A colorful artistic rendering of the formation of membranes—prior to the beginnings of life—as seen in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter—passes over the planet’s persistent anticyclonic storm known as the Great Red Spot. —as seen in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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A rendering of the end of Earth as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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While no photographic visuals exist of black holes, the filmmakers working with scientists used supercomputer simulations and other creative approaches to depict these phenomena as seen in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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The filmmakers referenced laboratory footage and electron – microscopy to illustrate the beginnings of early life forms as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

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Representing mineral-rich volcanic vents sparking chemical reactions, geysers jet up from the Earth as depicted in the new IMAX® film Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience®.

 

 

 

-ABOUT THE AUTHOR-

Ryan T. Cusick is a writer for ihorror.com and very much enjoys conversation and writing about anything within the horror genre. Horror first sparked his interest after watching the original, The Amityville Horror when he was the tender age of three. Ryan lives in California with his wife and Eleven-year-old daughter, who is also expressing interest in the horror genre. Ryan recently received his Master’s Degree in Psychology and has aspirations to write a novel. Ryan can be followed on Twitter @Nytmare112

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Vampire Flick “Flesh of the Gods” Will Star Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac

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80s nostalgia is still going strong in the horror community. As proof of this, Panos Cosmatos (Mandy) is developing a new 80s themed vampire film. However, unlike some of the other nostalgia bait films that have come out recently, Flesh of the Gods is packing some serious talent.

First, the film is written by the legendary Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en). If that wasn’t enough, the film will star Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) and Kristen Stewart (Underwater).

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Variety gives us a glimpse into the story line, stating that: “Flesh of the Gods is set in glittering ’80s L.A., where married couple Raoul (Oscar Isaac) and Alex (Kristen Stewart) each evening descend from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into the city’s electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with a mysterious and enigmatic figure known as Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, the pair are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.”

Cosmatos offers his own opinion of the film. “Like Los Angeles itself, ‘Flesh of the Gods’ inhabits the liminal realm between fantasy and nightmare. Both propulsive and hypnotic, ‘Flesh’ will take you on a hot rod joy ride deep into the glittering heart of hell.”

Producer Adam McKay (Don’t Look Up) seems to also be excited about The Flesh of the Gods. “This director, this writer, these incredible actors, vampires, choice ’80s punk, style and attitude for miles… that’s the film we’re bringing you today. We think it’s wildly commercial and wildly artful. Our ambitions are to make a movie that ripples through popular culture, fashion, music and film. Can you tell how excited I am?”

Flesh of the Gods is set to begin filming later this year. It will launch at Cannes with WME Independent, CAA Media Finance, and XYZ Films. The Flesh of the Gods does not currently have a release date.

That’s all the information we have at this time. Make sure to check back here for more news and updates.

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The Pope’s Exorcist Officially Announces New Sequel

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The Pope’s Exorcist is one of those films that’s just fun to watch. It isn’t the most terrifying film around, but there’s something about Russel Crow (Gladiator) playing a wise cracking Catholic priest that just feels right.

Screen Gems seems to agree with this assessment, as they have just officially announced that The Pope’s Exorcist sequel is in the works. It makes sense that Screen Gems would want to keep this franchise going, considering the first film scared up almost $80 million with a budget of only $18 million.

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According to Crow, there may even be a The Pope’s Exorcist trilogy in the works. However, recent changes with the studio may have put the third film on hold. In a sit-down with The Six O’Clock Show, Crow gave the following statement about the project.

“Well that’s in discussion at the moment. The producers originally got the kick off from the studio not just for one sequel but for two. But there’s been a change of studio heads at the moment, so that’s going around in a few circles. But very definitely, man. We set that character up that you could take him out and put him into a lot of different circumstances.”

Crow has also stated that film’s source material involves twelve separate books. This would allow the studio to take the story in all kinds of directions. With that much source material, The Pope’s Exorcist could even rival The Conjuring Universe.

Only the future will tell what becomes of The Pope’s Exorcist. But as always, more horror is always a good thing.

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New ‘Faces of Death’ Remake Will Be Rated R For “Strong Bloody Violence and Gore”

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In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, the Faces of Death reboot has been given an R rating from the MPA. Why has the film been given this rating? For strong bloody violence, gore, sexual content, nudity, language, and drug use, of course.

What else would you expect from a Faces of Death reboot? It would honestly be alarming if the film received anything less than an R rating.

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For those unaware, the original Faces of Death film released in 1978 and promised viewers video evidence of real deaths. Of course, this was just a marketing gimmick. Promoting a real snuff film would be a terrible idea.

But the gimmick worked, and franchise lived on in infamy. The Faces of Death reboot is hoping to gain the same amount of viral sensation as its predecessor. Isa Mazzei (Cam) and Daniel Goldhaber (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) will spearhead this new addition.

The hope is that this reboot will do well enough to recreate the infamous franchise for a new audience. While we don’t know much about the film at this point, but a joint statement from Mazzei and Goldhaber gives us the following info on the plot.

“Faces of Death was one of the first viral video tapes, and we are so lucky to be able to use it as a jumping off point for this exploration of cycles of violence and the way they perpetuate themselves online.”

“The new plot revolves around a female moderator of a YouTube-like website, whose job is to weed out offensive and violent content and who herself is recovering from a serious trauma, that stumbles across a group that is recreating the murders from the original film. But in the story primed for the digital age and age of online misinformation, the question faced is are the murders real or fake?”

The reboot will have some bloody shoes to fill. But from the looks of it, this iconic franchise is in good hands. Unfortunately, the film does not have a release date at this time.

That’s all the information we have at this time. Make sure to check back here for more news and updates.

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