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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Gets IMAX 3D Release

Posted on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 by Peter Sciretta

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Disney also announced today that Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland will also be released in IMAX 3D on March 5, 2010. Read the full press release after the jump.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and IMAX Corporation today announced that Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, will be released to IMAX® theaters simultaneously with the film’s wide release on March 5, 2010. The special IMAX® 3D release will be digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-Mastering) technology. This is the third film confirmed out of the five-film agreement between IMAX and Disney, which was announced on November 19, 2008.

Commenting on the announcement, Mark Zoradi, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group, said, “If ever there was a film that cried out to be presented in Disney Digital 3D(TM) and the premium IMAX 3D format, Tim Burton’s fantastic interpretation of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is that film. This is going to be an eye-popping cinematic experience as Tim takes moviegoers down the rabbit hole and into the dimensional world filled with incredible characters, sly humor, and wild adventures. Disney’s partnership with IMAX is taking shape with two amazing films already on the schedule. We look forward to working with them in bringing exciting new experiences and quality entertainment to IMAX screens around the world.”

“We think that Disney’s new ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is exactly the type of 3D story telling that will resonate with IMAX audiences,” said IMAX Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs Richard L. Gelfond and Bradley J. Wechsler. “We believe our worldwide commercial theatre network will be approximately 50 percent larger by the time this film is released, giving more and more people a chance to experience the magic of Disney in IMAX.”

“‘Alice in Wonderland’ is a fantastic addition to our 2010 film slate,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. “Combining a beloved Disney classic re-designed through the imagination of Tim Burton’s creative vision with these incredibly outrageous characters and world class actors certainly makes for an event-status film, and we’re pleased to add another level of excitement to this highly-anticipated movie.”

Visionary filmmaker Tim Burton will put his distinctive touch on the combination live-action and performance capture version of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale “Alice in Wonderland.” The all-star cast includes Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Alan Rickman and Mia Wasikowska as Alice.

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  • This is cool, but I just hope ALICE won't be another god-awful, cliched Burton film (I hated, HATED Sweeney Todd). but I'll go see it in IMAX regardless.
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  • Looks cool. I wonder if it will be like the video game.
  • Let me get this straight...It's Burton, Depp, Alice in Wonderland, IMAX and 3-D, together??? Probably going to be the trippiest movie ever made....by humans!
  • Looking good. I can't wait to see "Tim Burton’s fantastic interpretation..." but I just hope he doesn't do too much "interpreting".
  • exactly.
  • For one thing, why is there always a role for the directors wife? She overacts like hell, and has only really been good like 3 times (that I've seen).
  • I love Helena Bonham Carter, but she needs to branch out, like Johnny Depp.
  • That's not going to happen until David Lynch makes his 3D debut. Which is never going to happen.
  • prolly cause shes an actress, and he doesnt want to sleep on the couch.
  • You got me excited there.
  • I'm not really a big Burton fan, but I'm definitely interested. I wish Spike Jonze, or Aronofski would have taken the project instead. Oh well, I'm not a big alice fan now that I think of it.
  • freemachine
    I rented Sweeney Todd and put it back in the Netfix envelope 30 minutes into the film. Yeah, it was that bad.
  • I saw it twice in theatres, but I'm a super musical fan. I enjoyed it because there aren't a lot of movie musicals that aren't dance movies too.
  • Look, Burton has a style and abuses it at times. But it's hard to say that said style doesn't have a lot of potential with Alice in Wonderland.
  • No, that honour will go to Ken Jacobs' latest version of Tom, Tom the Piper's Son. Not a film I would ever get to write about on /Film, mind.
  • It is heavily interpreted. Be warned. But I think the new story is very clever.
  • Uh-oh. Well if you say it's clever I believe you; your review of Watchmen was very much in line with my own opinions.
  • I think this is the first movie to be released before any film had been filmed.
    Your a ballsy mother fucker Mr Burton.
  • Michael
    So Wait no ones going to get to see this until we develop a time machine, your a tricky man Burton.
  • Connect Game
    Burton is perfect for this. It's a warped fantasy tale (about drugs). It's right up his alley. Plus Depp and Glover...should be pretty sweet.
  • getting very excited about this project
  • I gotta agree, I hope he puts a little more effort into this one, rather than going the default 'dark eyes, pale face, pin stripes, twisty trees' approach....that's all fine, but he's been using it WAY too much.
  • my sentiments exactly.
  • Sweeney Todd was enjoyable (not a huge musical fan here).
  • You kinda just did.

    Sort of.
  • Reimagining is keyword.
  • I guess I thought the release date was closer, like later this year, because I'm surprised we still have to wait til March 2010 to see this one. Anyway, one classic example of when Burton took a story, reimagined it in his style and completely f*cked it up was, of course, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Let's hope he has gotten it right this time.
  • But the movie wasn't shot using either 3D nor IMAX cameras. Watevah.
  • Matt Sara
    Alice in Wonderland logo has been revealed!

    http://www.timburtoncollective.com/uploaded_image...
  • Mayroth
    Yes! I'm happy this is happening. A movie like this seserves to be shown in Imax, especially if it's done by Burton.
  • bender
    I won't say that Titanic will be toppled box office wise, but all Tim Burton can do is try. After all The Dark Knight nearly toppled Titanic and that's less than a year old.
  • Brittney Farris
    I love Alice in Wonderland, it's pretty aure it's going to lean more toward the movie then the video game.
  • steve
    i hope this would be a good movie to see while trippin on shrooms!
  • tice
    Just like Saving Private Ryan...oh wait...
  • kaltheas
    wow this will be great!!!! can't wait!!!
  • your mom
    hell yeah.. hope to see some trippy shit :) while on trippy shit. you feel mahh?
  • riley
    i think this movie is going to be great im so glad that someone is re-making it. i loved this movie as a child and i really hope my little sister loves the new version as much as i loved the original.
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