Sad News: No More 3-D Movies At IMAX

Some good news has come out of IMAX XX Century lately, mostly involving the price cuts. It will be cheaper to watch movies at the screen beginning later this week and throughout the next week (read about it here).

Last evening, the theatre announced that the first show, a 9:15 a.m. screening of the superhero movie and highest grossing film of the year, Avengers, will be canceled due to “maintenance and cleaning procedure.” They assured fans that other shows will go on as scheduled.

Today, they announced that they are encountering a “projection system malfunction” and thus will not be able to screen 3-D films “for some period of time.” IMAX assures fans that they will be informed when the problem is resolved.

Luckily, there are no 3-D films showing at the moment. The Amazing Spiderman was the last 3-D to show and it was pulled last week in favour of the earlier release, Avengers. The three superhero movies, The Amazing Spiderman, Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises had been sharing a theatrical run at the cinema, the first two having the ticket prices slashed.

The next release, Total Recall, is also not a 3-D film, so the malfunction might not even really affect operations even if it is not fixed immediately. Total Recall comes out on IMAX on the 31st of August.