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Naman Ramachandran Mani Ratnam’s hugely anticipated epic “Ponniyin Selvan: I” will become the first Tamil-language film to release in the IMAX format. IMAX Corporation and Lyca Productions have set a partnership to bring the film to IMAX screens in India and worldwide on Sept.

There will be a lot of new faces in the room at the next meeting of the Board Of Governors of the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences including actor Lou Diamond Phillips. Eleven first timers have been elected in the organizations annual election to select one third of the Board as eleven other members have termed off including Actors Branch Governor Whoopi Goldberg and Writers Branch Governor Larry Karaszewski. With AMPAS’ more stringent guidelines for service in place now two longtime Board members, Charles Bernstein (Music) and Jon Bloom (shorts and feature animation) are permanently off the Board, while others termed out can run again in two years.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2023-2024 year. Elected to the board for the first time are acclaimed actor Lou Diamond Phillips, screenwriter Dana Stevens, executive Hannah Minghella, costume designer Daniel Orlandi and more. Among the newly elected is technology executive Wendy Aylsworth, who will represent the brand new Production and Technology Branch. Aylsworth, who also serves on the Board of Governors for the Television Academy, spent more than two decades at Warner Bros. and became the first woman president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers.

through 2025. He was given $1.25 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation as opposed to $1.9 million in 2021. The April 14 SEC filing noted that Megan Colligan, who will soon step down as president of Imax Entertainment, earned $3.47 million in 2022 versus $4 million in 2022.

joined Imax Entertainment in 2019 from Paramount, where she was the head of global marketing and distribution. A graduate of Harvard, Colligan’s past work also includes a start at Miramax and a vice president position at Searchlight Pictures.At Imax, Colligan oversaw the launch of the company’s “Filmed for Imax” program to bring in new filmmakers to shoot on cameras designed for the premium format.

IMAX Entertainment President, Megan Colligan is stepping down per a note just dropped to staff from Imax CEO Rich Gelfond.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Veteran Hollywood executive Megan Colligan is resigning her post as president of Imax Entertainment. The announcement was made Thursday in an internal memo circulated by Imax CEO Rich Gelfond. Gelfond said Colligan “decided to move on from IMAX. Megan will stay with the company through the end of April — helping see us through a busy period that includes our annual CEO Forum, CinemaCon, and our first quarter earnings report — while we complete a search for her replacement,” per the memo obtained by Variety. Colligan joined Imax in 2019. She previously served as global head of marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures.

Imax is out this Sunday with Brandi Carlile: In The Canyon Haze – Live from Laurel Canyon on 31 screens nationwide, an encore of a live event that reps a milestone for the large format exhibitor.

Oscar-winner Marlee Matlin, and past Oscar nominees producer Jason Blum and director Jason Reitman are among first-time members elected to the Board Of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as AMPAS announced its new 2022-2023 Board today.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterWith “Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise pulled off a seemingly impossible mission: Getting moviegoers to leave their house and pay money to watch a sequel to a 36-year-old film.The follow-up to 1986’s “Top Gun” jetted past box office expectations, collecting $154 million over the long Memorial Day weekend in North America and $248 million worldwide. COVID times or not, those are impressive ticket sales, as well as a career-best start for Cruise.

EXCLUSIVE: The Game Awards and Summer Game Fest producer Geoff Keighley has partnered up with Imax to level up the two annual gaming events.

Imax reported a global quarterly box office total of $173.2 million, up 57% over Q1 2021 thanks in large part to the March release of “The Batman” and post-holiday holdover screenings of “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Imax also had screenings of seven local language films in countries like China, India and France. Adjusted EBITDA stood at $14.8 million, up from $2.8 million in Q1 2021 during which theaters worldwide closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Imax EVP Megan Colligan had a difficult time navigating the existential challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. But in a conversation with TheWrap ahead of Thursday’s earnings, she said there was a silver lining: it forced everyone to stop debating over cinema’s future and work together.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterImax’s headquarters in Los Angeles is not officially a shrine to Christopher Nolan, but the casual observer could easily assume the entire building exists in tribute to the director.The office has several rooms dedicated to cameras and post-­production equipment that’s used predominately by Nolan, who deployed Imax technology for the likes of “The Dark Knight,” “Inception” and “Tenet.”Nolan isn’t the only auteur who gets rock star treatment at Imax. In another area, Jordan Peele’s next nightmarish vision, “Nope,” is closely safeguarded in stacks of cumbersome film reels.

Imax has started development on a new fleet of Imax cameras in cooperation with Kodak, Panavision, and FotoKem.

Kanye West is launching is new record in a big way.

The Beatles’ iconic 1969 rooftop concert will debut as a 60-minute feature at select IMAX theaters later this month, with the event screening also featuring a filmmaker Q&A with The Beatles: Get Back director/producer Peter Jackson.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterImax has appointed John Turner to oversee all things documentary and non-fiction.As head of documentaries, Turner will spearhead the development of non-fiction film and will report to Imax Entertainment president Megan Colligan.“This is the most exciting time for documentary filmmaking and Imax is renowned for its transformative and groundbreaking films – including my own first experience with Imax at the Cinesphere in Toronto,” Turner said in a statement.

John Turner, a veteran of the nonfiction world and creator of Netflix crime series Dirty Money, has been appointed head of documentaries for Imax.

IMAX has named Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker John Turner as head of documentaries for the IMAX Corporation.In the role, Turner will oversee the development of all documentary films and non-fiction content for the IMAX global network.

Gregg Goldstein If 2020 has proven anything, it’s that nothing is certain — and that’s never been truer in the film business.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA) is forging ahead on Nov. 9 with the 41st edition of the American Film Market with a full slate of 300 exhibitors and 200 speakers for conferences, panels, conversations, workshops and podcasts.John Cena, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, John Sloss, Jeffrey Greenstein and Megan Colligan are among the high- profile participants.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe Independent Film and Television Alliance is forging ahead on Nov. 9 with the 41st edition of the American Film Market with a full slate of 300 exhibitors and 200 speakers for conferences, panels, conversations, workshops and podcasts.John Cena, SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, John Sloss, Jeffrey Greenstein and Megan Colligan are among the high-profile participants.