Star Trek – the hugely anticipated new addition to the blockbuster movie and TV megaseries – will be released in IMAX at IMAX Melbourne Museum on May 7, a day before its US release, for an exclusive two week limited season.
Directed by J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, Lost and Alias) Star Trek chronicles the early days of James
T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members in the greatest space adventure of all time. At IMAX
Melbourne Museum, audiences will see the blockbuster digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology.
“We’re incredibly excited to offer Star Trek fans the ultimate viewing experience on the world’s third largest
screen,” said Richard Morrison, Manager, IMAX Melbourne Museum.
“I’m thrilled that audiences will be able to experience this new, epic world of Star Trek – with an incredible cast and mind-blowing visual effects – on what is, obviously, the most remarkable film format in the world,” J.J. Abrams said.
“Both Star Trek and IMAX have taken audiences to far away places they would normally not be able to go,
and in this case, it’s space – the final frontier,” added Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed
Entertainment. “J.J. Abrams has created a powerful movie that has fans worldwide feverishly anticipating its
release. We are thrilled to partner with Paramount Pictures to bring J.J.’s exciting vision of this incredible
space adventure to IMAX screens.”
Star Trek is one of the world’s most successful science fiction entertainment series and media franchises.
Created by Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek phenomenon has lead to six television series, ten feature films,
dozens of computer and video games, hundreds of novels and fan stories, as well as a themed attraction in
Las Vegas. Star Trek has also inspired a following of millions of “Trekkies” of all ages that span across the
globe.
From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Transformers, MI: III) comes a
new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek, featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise.
See Star Trek before everyone else at the exclusive IMAX Melbourne Museum midnight screening on Wednesday May 6. This session is set to sell out — book your tickets online now at www.imaxmelbourne.com.au.
When: 7 May for an exclusive 2 week limited season
Where: IMAX Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens
Cost: Adults $21.00 Concession $17.50 Child $16.00 Family $60.00
Session times: www.imaxmelbourne.com.au or 03 9663 5454