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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: PARAMOUNT PICTURES, BAD ROBOT AND CHARITYBUZZ PARTNER TO OFFER STAR TREK FANS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO MEET DIRECTOR J.J. ABRAMS AND THE CAST OF "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" AT THE FILM'S LOS ANGELES PREMIERE. PROCEEDS WILL...
New National Ad Campaign Features Original Trek-themed TV Commercial SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, is continuing its promotional collaboration with Paramount Pictures by giving away 30,000 tickets to see Star Trek Into Darkness, the highly anticipated sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2009 hit film, in theatres May 17. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
LONDON, March 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As the UK prepares to go 'into darkness' for WWF's Earth Hour, Paramount Pictures is pleased to announce its support with a special 'Star Trek' themed light display which will dim as Earth Hour approaches. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/19991206/PARLOGO ) This amazing light show by Paramount, in conjunction with Ars Electronica Futurelab & Ascending Technologies, will see quadrocopters fly into the night sky, forming the Star...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the debut of the "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" TV spot in today's big game, users who downloaded the film's first-of-its-kind movie app are now among the first people anywhere to unlock movie tickets for show times on Wednesday, May 15(th) at 8:00 p.m. - two days ahead of the film's scheduled release on Friday, May 17(th). Additionally, app users also received an exclusive look at an extended big game spot. (Logo:...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct to consumer personal car insurance company, is teaming with Paramount Pictures to promote "Star Trek Into Darkness," the sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2009 hit film which introduced Star Trek to a new generation of fans. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
Award-Winning Film and Television Writer, Producer and Director and Video Games Legend Faceoff in Vegas CALABASAS, Calif., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veteran writer, director and producer J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Person of Interest, Revolution) and Valve president and co-founder Gabe Newell (Steam, Half-Life, Portal, Counter-Strike, and more) will meet for a special opening keynote discussion at the 2013 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom Inc., and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its subsidiary Qualcomm Labs, Inc., today announced that Gimbal(TM) context awareness technologies will be used to deliver exclusive content and advanced real world game experiences for the "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" application based on the upcoming movie from J.J. Abrams. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/19991206/PARLOGO)...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount Pictures will release the first 9 minutes from J.J. Abrams' eagerly-awaited "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS" exclusively in IMAX 3D months prior to the film's official release in May 2013. This first-look at the movie will play in approximately 500 digital IMAX 3D theatres beginning December 14(th). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/19991206/PARLOGO) "STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS," the sequel to Abrams' 2009 hit film that...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online It may seem like poppycock, but the methods utilized in the popular movie Armageddon wouldn't work, according to science. Students from the University of Leicester were the ones to burst everyone's bubble by using a popular arch-nemesis when it comes to battling the reality of a movie: physics. In the 1998 film, Bruce Willis, an old-drilling platform engineer, must save Earth from being pummeled by an asteroid by drilling to the...
LOS ANGELES, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX; TSX:IMX) and Paramount Pictures Corporation, a unit of Viacom Inc., today announced that the sequel to J.J. Abrams' 2009 blockbuster Star Trek, will be released in the immersive IMAX® 3D format on May 17, 2013. The film represents the second feature in the ground-breaking franchise to be released in IMAX following Star Trek, which grossed more than $375 million at the worldwide box office. (Logo:...
