'Game of Thrones' Season 4 and Season 5 Update: Two Season 4 Episodes Plus Season 5 Trailer to Show in IMAX Theaters
"Game of Thrones" will air the last two episodes of Season Four in 150 IMAX theaters across the nation later this month, reports New York Daily News.
For roughly $13 a ticket "Thrones" fans can enjoy the medieval cinematography and action-packed battle scenes of episodes nine and 10 on the 50 feet wide screen from Jan. 23 to Jan. 29. It is the first time TV series episodes have been remastered for the sound and large-scale visuals of the IMAX format.
HBO and IMAX partnered following months of talk about screening "Game of Thrones." The HBO series, which costs a reported $6-$10 million an episode, has the production quality and fan base to make it a worthwhile venture.
"'Game of Thrones' is one of the few television shows that has the scope and cinematic qualities to really support the IMAX format," Pamela Levine, chief marketing officer at HBO, told the New York Times.
Season Four of "Game of Thrones," which ended in June, averaged 19 million cumulative viewers, making it the most-watched HBO original series of all time, according to the New York Times.
"A lot of our core audience is fanboys, and there's a similar audience for 'Game of Thrones,' so it seemed like a natural extension," IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond told the Daily News. "I don' think if we did 'Jeopardy' in IMAX, you would find the same kind of excitement."
Fans can expect to feel the sensation of being among the dire wolves, dragons, White Walkers, power-hungry political factions and feuding families as they view the medieval fantasy on IMAX's massive screen and hear the intense sound from IMAX's patented speaker system.
Season Five premieres in April, and fans that attend the IMAX showing will also get a sneak peek at the special Season Five trailer.
Tickets for the IMAX engagement will go on sale "in the coming days."
"Game of Thrones" is a medieval fantasy epic based on George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire." In the story, two powerful families play a deadly game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros with the goal to sit atop the Iron Throne.
The series premiered on HBO in the U.S. on April 17, 2011. Following the fourth season premiere in April 2014, HBO renewed "Game of Thrones" for a fifth and sixth season.
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