This Friday’s “Avatar: Special Edition” in 3D theaters, has about nine minutes of additional footage but the special edition coming to Blu-ray in November will have 16 additional minutes, James Cameron told the Associated Press in a story published today.
He didn’t mention the rumored 3D Blu-ray version also believed to be coming in November packaged exclusively with Panasonic 3D TVs and Blu-ray players.
At least one of the November Blu-ray editions will include a more expanded, “alternate reality version” of the film that is 16 minutes longer than the original, Cameron told AP.
As for the additional footage in the theatrical special edition this weekend, Cameron says it is sprinkled throughout the movie, with footage of a Na’vi death and “how they gather around him afterwards.” Not only is it “this big emotional scene,” he says it is also “the best CG we did in the whole movie.”
Another is an action scene of a hunt for one of Pandora’s bizarre creatures.
IMAX will run “Avatar: Special Edition” for two weeks in 175 of its theaters (125 domestic) before it will leave to make room for “Resident Evil: Afterlife” opening Sept. 10 in IMAX digital theaters.
— By Scott Hettrick
Avatar: Special Edition An IMAX 3D Experience is scheduled to play at the following IMAX(R) Theatres beginning August 27th.
UNITED STATES
Alaska
Anchorage — Regal Tikahtnu Commons & IMAX
Fairbanks — Regal Goldstream Stadium 16 & IMAX
Arizona
Glendale — AMC Westgate 20 with IMAX
Mesa — Dickinson Gateway 12 IMAX Theatre
Phoenix — AMC Deer Valley 30 with IMAX
Phoenix — AMC Desert Ridge 18 with IMAX
Tempe — Harkins Arizona Mills IMAX
Arkansas
Little Rock — Dickinson Chenal 9 IMAX Theatre
California
Alhambra — Regal Renaissance Stadium 14 & IMAX
Aliso Viejo — Regal Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 & IMAX
Arcadia — AMC Santa Anita 16 & IMAX
Camarillo — Regal Camarillo Palace Stadium 12 & IMAX
Covina — AMC Covina 30 with IMAX
El Dorado Hills — Regal El Dorado Hills Stadium 14 & IMAX
Emeryville — AMC Bay Street 16 & IMAX
Escondido — Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX
Fairfield — Regal Fairfield Stadium 16 & IMAX
Irvine — Regal Irvine Spectrum IMAX
Long Beach — Regal Long Beach 26 & IMAX
Los Angeles — AMC Century City 15 & IMAX
Los Angeles — Rave 18 & IMAX (formerly The Bridge: cinema de lux)
Los Angeles — AMC Universal Citywalk Stadium 19 with IMAX
National City — AMC Plaza Bonita 14 & IMAX
Orange — AMC 30 At The Block with IMAX
Riverside — AMC Tyler Galleria 16 with IMAX
Rowland Heights — AMC Puente Hills 20 with IMAX
Sacramento — Esquire IMAX
San Diego — AMC Palm Promenade 24 & IMAX
San Diego — Regal Mira Mesa Stadium 18 & IMAX
San Jose — AMC Eastridge Mall 15 & IMAX
Santa Clara — AMC Mercado 20 & IMAX
Simi Valley — Regal Civic Center Plaza 16 & IMAX
South Gate — Regal South Gate Stadium 20 & IMAX
Stockton — Regal City Centre Stadium 16 & IMAX
Temecula — Regal Temecula Stadium15 & IMAX
Colorado
Denver — Regal Colorado Center Stadium 8 & IMAX
Highlands Ranch — AMC Highlands Ranch 24 & IMAX
Westminster — AMC Westminster Promenade 24 & IMAX
Connecticut
Plainville — AMC Plainville 20 with IMAX
Florida
Fort Myers — Regal Gulf Coast Town Center Stadium 16 & IMAX
Jacksonville — AMC Regency 24 & IMAX
Orange Park — AMC Orange Park 24 & IMAX
Orlando — AMC Universal Cineplex 20 with IMAX
Orlando — Regal Waterford Lakes Stadium 20 & IMAX
South Miami — AMC Sunset Place 24 & IMAX
St. Petersburg — Muvico Baywalk 19 & IMAX
Sunrise — Regal Sawgrass Stadium 23 & IMAX
Tallahassee — AMC Tallahassee Mall 20 with IMAX
Tampa — AMC Veterans 24 & IMAX
West Palm Beach — Muvico Parisian 20 & IMAX
Georgia
Augusta — Regal Augusta Exchange Stadium 20 & IMAX
Kennesaw — AMC Barrett Commons 24 & IMAX
Morrow — AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 & IMAX
Hawaii
Honolulu — Regal Dole Cannery 18 & IMAX
Illinois
Batavia — Goodrich Randall 15 IMAX
Chicago — Navy Pier IMAX Theatre
Hodgkins — AMC Quarry Cinemas 14 with IMAX
Indiana
Evansville — Showplace East 18 & IMAX
Noblesville — Goodrich Hamilton 16 IMAX
Portage — Goodrich Portage 16 IMAX
Kentucky
Newport — AMC Newport Levee 20 with IMAX
Louisiana
Harahan — AMC Elmwood Palace 20 with IMAX
Maryland
Baltimore — AMC White Marsh 16 with IMAX
Massachusetts
Boston — AMC Boston Common 19 with IMAX
Danvers — AMC Liberty Tree Mall 20 with IMAX
Michigan
Auburn Hills — AMC Star Great Lakes 25 with IMAX
Grand Blanc — NCG Trillium Cinema & IMAX
Lansing — Celebration! Lansing 19 & IMAX
Livonia — AMC Livonia 20 with IMAX
Sterling Heights — AMC Forum 30 with IMAX
Minnesota
Eden Prairie — AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18 with IMAX
Edina — AMC Southdale 16 with IMAX
Missouri
Independence — AMC Independence Commons 20 with IMAX
Kansas City — AMC BarryWoods 24 with IMAX
Nevada
Henderson — Regal Sunset Station Stadium 13 & IMAX
Las Vegas — Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX
North Las Vegas — Regal Aliante Stadium 16 & IMAX
New Jersey
Elizabeth — AMC Jersey Gardens 20 with IMAX
Hamilton — AMC Hamilton 24 with IMAX
Paramus — AMC Garden State 16 with IMAX
New York
Brooklyn — Regal Sheepshead Bay 14 & IMAX
Deer Park — Regal Deer Park Stadium 16 & IMAX
New York City — AMC Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX
Stony Brook — AMC Stony Brook 17 with IMAX
West Nyack — IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center
White Plains — National Amusements City Center 15 IMAX
North Carolina
Charlotte — Regal Stonecrest At Piper Glen Stadium 22 & IMAX
Concord — AMC Concord Mills 24 with IMAX
Ohio
Columbus — AMC Easton Town Center 30 with IMAX
Columbus — AMC Lennox Town Center 24 with IMAX
Springdale — Springdale 18: Cinema de Lux IMAX
Westlake — Regal Crocker Park Stadium 16 & IMAX
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City — AMC Quail Springs 24 with IMAX
Oregon
Tigard — Regal Bridgeport Village Stadium 18 & IMAX
Pennsylvania
Bensalem — AMC Neshaminy 24 with IMAX
Homestead — AMC Waterfront 22 with IMAX
King of Prussia — UA King of Prussia Stadium 16 & IMAX
Reading — RC Reading Movies 11 & IMAX
South Carolina
Charleston — Citadel Mall Stadium 16 with IMAX
Simpsonville — Great Escape 14 & IMAX
Tennessee
Knoxville — Regal Pinnacle Stadium Cinemas 17 & IMAX
Texas
Arlington — AMC The Parks At Arlington 18 with IMAX
Garland — AMC Firewheel 18 with IMAX
Houston — AMC Gulf Pointe 30 with IMAX
Mesquite — AMC Mesquite 30 with IMAX
Utah
Sandy — Megaplex 17 & IMAX at Jordan Commons
Virginia
Alexandria — AMC Hoffman Center 22 with IMAX
Hampton — AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 with IMAX
Midlothian — Regal Commonwealth 20 & IMAX
Washington
Bellevue — Lincoln Square Cinemas IMAX Theatre
Kent — AMC Kent Station 14 with IMAX
Lacey — Regal Martin Village Stadium 16 & IMAX
Lynnwood — AMC Alderwood Mall 16 with IMAX
Seattle — Pacific Science Center Boeing IMAX
Seattle — Regal Thornton Place Stadium 14 & IMAX
Spokane — AMC River Park Square 20 with IMAX
Wisconsin
Wauwatosa — AMC Mayfair Mall 18 with IMAX
CANADA
British Columbia
Richmond — Cineplex SilverCity Riverport IMAX Theatre
Ontario
Mississauga — Coliseum 12 Mississauga & IMAX
Woodbridge — Colossus Toronto & IMAX
Quebec
Montreal — Cineplex Cinema Banque Scotia Montreal & IMAX
Quebec City — Galeries de la Capitale IMAX
INTERNATIONAL
Australia
Melbourne — Highpoint Hoyts IMAX**
Melbourne — Melbourne Museum IMAX**
Perth — Carousel Hoyts IMAX**
Sydney — Entertainment Quarter Hoyts IMAX**
Sydney — LG IMAX Theatre Sydney**
Brazil
Curitiba — Dom Bosco IMAX Palladium Shopping Center*
Sao Paolo — Bourbon Shopping Center Espaco Unibanco Pompeia IMAX*
Costa Rica
San Jose — Nova Repretel Cine IMAX Centro Comercial Avenida Escazu*
France
Lyon — Pathe Carre de Soie
Paris — Cinema Pathe Quai d’Ivry
Paris — Gaumont Disney Village
Rouen — Gaumont Rouen Grand Quevilly
Guatemala
Guatemala City — Circuito Alba IMAX Pradera Concepcion*
Hong Kong
Hong Kong — UA iSQUARE IMAX Theatre**
Hong Kong — UA MegaBox BEA IMAX Theatre**
India
Mumbai — Big Cinemas IMAX Theatre
Japan
Kanagawa — 109 Cinemas Kawasaki*
Minoh — 109 Cinemas Minoh*
Nagoya — 109 Cinemas Nagoya*
Saitama — 109 Cinemas Shobu*
South Korea
Daegu — CGV Daegu**
Gwangju — CGV Gwangju**
Ilsan — CGV Ilsan**
Pusan — CGV Seomyun**
Seoul — CGV Wangsipni**
Seoul — CGV Yongsan**
Mexico
Guadalajara — Cinepolis Galerias IMAX Theatre*
Juarez — Cinepolis Las Misiones Cd. Juarez IMAX Theatre*
Mexico City — Cinepolis Perisur IMAX Theatre*
Mexico City — Cinepolis Universidad IMAX Theatre*
Monterrey — Cinepolis Galerias Valle Oriente*
Toluca — Cinepolis Galerias Metepec IMAX Theatre*
Philippines
Cebu — Cebu
Manila — SM City North Edsa Mall IMAX
Russia
Moscow — KinoStar City @ Mega Belaya Dacha IMAX**
Moscow — KinoStar Teply Stan IMAX**
Perm — Kristall IMAX**
St. Petersburg — Coca-Cola IMAX Kinostar City**
Ufa — IMAX Iskra Theatre**
United Kingdom
Birmingham — IMAX Cinema at Millennium Point
Cardiff — Odeon Cardiff IMAX
Gateshead — Odeon Metrocentre IMAX
Glasgow — Glasgow Science Centre IMAX Cinema
Greenwich — Odeon Greenwich IMAX
Liverpool — Odeon Liverpool
London — BFI IMAX London
Manchester — Odeon Manchester IMAX @ The Printworks
Southampton — Odeon Southampton IMAX
Wimbledon — Odeon Wimbledon IMAX
Please check local listings or IMAX.com for final theatre listings, launch dates and showtimes.
** denotes earlier launch * denotes later launch