UNDERWORLD AWAKENING To Open In Over 340 IMAX Theatres On January 20

IMAX and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced that Underworld Awakening, the highly anticipated fourth installment of the stunning vampire action franchise starring Kate Beckinsale, and the first to be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format, will open this Friday, January 20. The film will open in about 255 IMAX® digital theatres domestically, simultaneously with the film’s wide North American release. The movie will also open in approximately 90 IMAX digital theatres internationally, of which at least 51 will open by this Friday, with remaining runs to debut over the coming weeks. Additional playdates will be added as pending bookings are confirmed.

Underworld Awakening: An IMAX 3D Experience has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® through proprietary IMAX DMR® technology. With crystal clear images, laser-aligned digital sound and theatre geometry that maximizes field of view, IMAX provides the world’s most immersive movie experience.

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Plus, want to hear some samples of the UNDERWORLD AWAKENING soundtrack before the movie hits theatres on January 20th?

UNDERWORLD AWAKENING brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. The film also features Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, Sandrine Holt and Charles Dance.

Directed by Mårlind & Stein , UNDERWORLD AWAKENING will be in theaters January 20, 2012. Underworld Awakening has been rated “R” for strong violence and gore and for some language.

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