PATHE CINEMAS and IMAX® Expand Strategic Partnership with Agreement Spanning Five New IMAX Systems and Content Slate
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Monday, November 27, 2023
NEW YORK and PARIS, Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PATHE CINEMAS, leading exhibitor in Continental Europe, and IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced a significant expansion to their historical partnership with five new state-of-the-art IMAX® with Laser systems in Europe, including four in France. The new agreement also spans distribution, with IMAX and PATHE LIVE, PATHE's subsidiary dedicated to production and distribution of event cinema, set to release three upcoming PATHE LIVE films across the IMAX network.
Key Points:
- The new agreement also spans distribution, with IMAX and PATHE LIVE, PATHE's subsidiary dedicated to production and distribution of event cinema, set to release three upcoming PATHE LIVE films across the IMAX network.
- The first of the three films under the deal will be the first-ever Filmed for IMAX classical ballet stage performance released in cinemas.
- In 2022, IMAX and PATHE LIVE successfully collaborated on the first concert ever to be released through the Filmed for IMAX camera program, "Indochine's Central Tour".
- "We are delighted to deepen our historical partnership with IMAX through this new agreement which represents a significant milestone in our strategic alliance," said Aurélien Bosc, Chairman of PATHE CINEMAS.