Paramount Pictures is finally going to give fans a good look at their upcoming sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness. On December 14, the first nine minutes of footage from the 2013 release will screen in 3D at IMAX theaters before showings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
Our longtime partners J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and the Bad Robot team have really hit it out of the park the footage is absolutely incredible,” said Greg Foster, Chairman and President, IMAX Filmed Entertainment. Their use of the IMAX Camera and canvas is sure to impress current and future Star Trek fans alike, and were thrilled to once again work with our friends at Paramount Pictures to offer this extended first look at this highly anticipated summer blockbuster.
To further the IMAX experience, Star Trek Into Darkness used IMAX cameras to capture several sequences. Exclusively in IMAX theaters, sequences filmed with the extremely high-resolution cameras will expand to fill more of the screen with unprecedented crispness and clarity, putting moviegoers right into the explosive action and vast scope of the film.
Similar IMAX previews have been used to great success with films like The Dark Knight, Avatar and, last year, Paramount’s own Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.
The film, set for release on May 17, 2013, is directed by J.J. Abrams with a script by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof. Chris Pine, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban and Anton Yelchin will reprise their roles from the 2009 original with new parts for Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve and Peter Weller. Abrams is producing with Bryan Burk through Bad Robot Productions, along with Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci.
