IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that 300 will be simultaneously released domestically to both IMAX and conventional theatres on March 9.
The film will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience, and Warner Bros. Pictures will be the exclusive distributor of the film.
"Warner Bros. Pictures and the filmmakers are very excited to bring this unique cinematic experience to both conventional and IMAX theatres this spring," said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution at Warner Bros. Pictures. "The immersive IMAX Experience will transform this film, offering audiences an alternative way to view this highly-charged picture."
"We are delighted that 300 will be the first feature motion picture to open in IMAX theatres in 2007," said Greg Foster, chairman and president of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "Audiences that experience 300 in IMAX¹s immersive format will feel as if they were actually with the Spartans as this larger-than-life epic story unfolds."