Interstellar’s 10th Anniversary IMAX Return Has Fans Furious

Interstellar is returning to IMAX for the sci-fi movie’s tenth anniversary on December 6. Usually, this might be a time for followers of the spectacular area epic and its director, Christopher Nolan, to rejoice. Lastly, an opportunity to as soon as once more see all 64 minutes of these wonderful 70mm photographs of blackholes and planetary tsunamis on an enormous display once more. Sadly, all the things about how Interstellar’s IMAX return has been rolled out has followers disappointed and furious.

The mess began when tickets were supposed to go up for pre-order on November 7 however there was hardly any advance warning for followers to arrange. Then, as an alternative of all going up on the identical time, some film goers have been in a position to get them earlier on the AMC app whereas Fandango didn’t have them out there till hours after it initially stated it will.

A complicated buy course of was compounded by the truth that just a few IMAX theaters will really be exhibiting Interstellar subsequent month, and even then it’s going to solely be for one week. Present instances begin on December 6 and solely run via the next Friday on December 13. And solely the eight theaters beneath, unfold out throughout simply six states, have showings:

• Dallas, TX – Cinemark Dallas & IMAX
• Fort Lauderdale, FL – AutoNation IMAX, Museum of Discovery & Science
• Indianapolis, IN – IMAX, Indiana State Museum
• Irvine, CA – Regal Edwards Irvine Spectrum & IMAX
• New York, NY – AMC Lincoln Square 13 & IMAX
• San Francisco, CA – AMC Metreon 16 & IMAX
• Tempe, AZ – Harkins Arizona Mills 25 & IMAX
• Universal City, CA – Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood & IMAX

Even in case you reside inside driving distance of one of many theaters, virtually all the tickets have already sold out within 24 hours of changing into out there. It’s attainable that extra theaters might nonetheless get IMAX showings within the weeks forward. With demand being as excessive as it’s, it is going to be competing towards different blockbusters like Moana 2 (out November 27), and, as extra dates are added, Sonic 3 (out December 20). No less than one theater, Autonation in Fort Lauderdale, has announced it is going to be exhibiting Insterstellar in IMAX for a second week.

“There wasn’t a exhibiting wherever shut,” wrote one upset fan on the IMAX subreddit. “Not even Nashville, which shocked me. I waited all yr for this too. This has been tied as my favourite movie for the previous ten years and I all the time regretting not seeing it in IMAX when it first launched.”

Even those that did mange to snag tickets at the moment are touring a whole bunch of miles to make it work. One individual booked an entire trip from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale 200 miles away, together with lodging. Others are driving as much as eight hours to seek out their closest IMAX exhibiting. Is that sensible? Within the phrases of Interstallar’s protagonist, Cooper, “No. It’s vital.”

Hopefully, theaters resolve it’s essential to convey Interstellar again to IMAX at one other time at extra locations. For now, everybody else must make due with common screenings later in December.

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