20th Century Fox has renegotiated with IMAX for continued partnership on several upcoming films including
Maze Runner: The Death Cure,
Predator,
Alita: Battle Angel and most interesting enough - an
Untitled Marvel movie.
Currently, Hugh Jackman's next solo
Wolverine film will drop in 2017, and two
Untitled Marvel films are slated for March 2, 2018 and June 29, 2018.
Fox is presently developing
Deadpool 2,
New Mutants,
Gambit, a
Fantastic Four sequel and a
Stan Lee Biopic. There's also another
X-Men film in development with both Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg confirming a '90s setting and expressing interest in tackling the
Dark Phoenix storyline. It's widely believed that one of the 2018 release dates belongs to Ryan Reynolds'
Deadpool sequel but it's anyone's guess as to what Fox's second 2018 Marvel release could be.
You can read the official press release below.
IMAX AND TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX EXPAND EXISTING PARTNERSHIP WITH NOTABLE FOUR-PICTURE GLOBAL AGREEMENT
Pact Includes Future Tentpoles Predator and Fox’s Untitled Marvel Film
LOS ANGELES – Sept. 27, 2016 – Re-upping their existing long-term partnership, IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) and Twentieth Century Fox, a division of 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOX), jointly announced the companies have signed a new multi-picture agreement including four key future tentpoles from the Fox slate. The deal includes Maze Runner: The Death Cure, Predator, Alita: Battle Angel and the studio’s untitled Marvel film, all of which will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® format and released in IMAX® theatres worldwide.
“After sharing success with such recent box-office hits as the global phenomenon Deadpool, we are thrilled to sweeten the existing deal with our friends and partners at Twentieth Century Fox by providing IMAX fans worldwide a selection of the studio’s most exciting upcoming blockbusters,” said Greg Foster, CEO of IMAX Entertainment and Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. “With this agreement, we look forward to expanding our partnership with Fox and together offer fans around the world IMAX’s one-of-a-kind movie-going experience.”
The IMAX release of each film will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.