Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War – Parts 1 & 2’ to be filmed entirely in IMAX
Hot on the heels of the opening of Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron in the US, Marvel, the Russo brothers and IMAX Corporation have today announced that Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War – Parts 1 & 2, the two-part installment to the blockbuster franchise, will be shot in their entirety using IMAX and ARRI’s next generation revolutionary 2D digital camera – a joint customized digital version of ARRI’s new large format camera, the Alexa 65.
The two-part Avengers saga marks the first time a Hollywood feature film will have been shot completely using IMAX cameras and will feature IMAX’s exclusive aspect ratio, providing moviegoers a uniquely immersive experience. Prior to filming Avengers: Infinity War – Parts 1 & 2, Joe and Anthony Russo, who also directed Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, will use the IMAX/ARRI 2D digital camera for select action sequences on the forthcoming Captain America: Civil War, which will release in IMAX theatres in May of 2016.
Joe and Anthony Russo stated:
The intent with the Infinity War films is to bring ten years of accumulative storytelling to an incredible climax. We felt that the best way to exploit the scale and scope required to close out the final chapter of these three phases, was to be the first films shot entirely on the IMAX/ARRI Digital camera.
Adds Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment:
Over the years, IMAX has had the incredible good fortune to work with some of the world’s finest, most talented filmmakers, who continue to push the envelope both technically and creatively. We could not be more excited to deepen our partnership with Joe and Anthony Russo, a pair of filmmakers we believe are next-generation trailblazers. Marvel’s Avengers franchise has become a global phenomenon and to have it pay off in this epic way using the IMAX/ARRI digital camera is the very definition of event movie-going.
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 is slated for release in IMAX theatres on May 4th 2018; Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 will open on May 3rd 2019.
