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Carnegie Sci Center to play 'Star Trek' sequel

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newtrekposterblogCarnegie Science Center will play “Star Trek Into Darkness” in its Rangos Omnimax Theater through June 13.
 
Paramount announced this week that the movie will open at IMAX theaters on Wednesday at 8 p.m. and be everywhere on Thursday. That is a day earlier than initially planned, 
 
Cost at the science center is $12 per ticket for all ages for showtimes during opening week (May 15-19).  After that, the cost  will be $11 per ticket for all ages. 
 
Tickets are on sale now. Reservations for all showtimes will be available by phone. Call 412-237-3400, then press 7. In addition, online reservations and a complete list of showtimes will be available at CarnegieScienceCenter.org.
 
The Rangos Omnimax Theater, a four-story, state-of-the-art IMAX Dome Theater, is one of only 50 theaters of its kind in North America. It’s about 4,000 times bigger than the average home television and has 15,000 watts of sound.

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The end of 'Hangover' to come earlier

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hangoverposterCall it the release-date creep. 
 
“The Hangover Part III” will now open Thursday, May 23, a day earlier than announced. 
 
And if you cannot wait to see how Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis wind up this comic trilogy, there will be 10 p.m. shows on Wednesday, May 22. 
 
Your move, “Fast & Furious 6.” 

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Ray Harryhausen dies

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Ray Harryhausen, revered in the world of moviemaking and frequently mentioned by directors, animators, special-effects experts and others in interviews, died today in London. 
 
The Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation announced his passing on Facebook. 
 
The  guru, who created the special effects for such movies as “The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad,” “Jason and the Argonauts” and original “Clash of the Titans,” received a special Oscar in February 1992 for “extraordinary scientific and technical achievement in film.” 
 
His boyhood friend, sci-fi author Ray Bradbury had presented the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to him at an earlier function, but a clip was shown the night “The Silence of the Lambs” cleaned up. 
 
Harryhausen’s legacy lives on, courtesy of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, John Landis, Nick Park and countless others. He planted the seeds for their love of movies and the sorts of effects now accomplished by computers and not painstaking, time-consuming moves. 
 
When I interviewed former West View resident Don Waller, a 1974 graduate of North Hills High School, for Peter Jackson’s “King Kong,” he mentioned Harryhausen, as many others have.
 
Waller, who contributed to some of the remake’s epic signature scenes featuring rampaging dinosaurs, supersize spiders and a girl, a gorilla and a skyscraper,  had spent a memorable day at Harryhausen’s London home in the early ’90s. It was a brush with Hollywood history and greatness.
 
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Photos from A.M.P.A.S. courtesy of: The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation.

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'Star Trek' opening now May 16

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An updated answer to the question, when does the new Star Trek open?
 
“Star Trek Into Darkness," returning Zachary Quinto as Spock (above), is now opening everywhere on Thursday, May 16 a day earlier than planned. Here is part of the press release: 
 
IMAX theaters are reporting sell-outs of its special “Star Trek Into Darkness” sneak peek shows on Wednesday, May 15, with showings in Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, Houston, San Diego and Minneapolis now at capacity. 
 
Interest continues to be strong at other IMAX locations across the country, which are offering fans the opportunity to be the first to see the film at 8 that evening.  In response, Paramount Pictures has moved the film’s May 17 release up a day to May 16th.
 
Tickets are available on the film’s movie App, a technology that allows users to delve deeper into the Star Trek universe, and can also be accessed via IMAX.com or through Fandango.com, Movietickets.com, as well as other ticketing platforms and at theater box offices. 
 
 While supplies last, all 8:00 p.m. IMAX fan sneak attendees will receive a limited-edition IMAX FANFIX “Star Trek” Gallery 1988 movie print by Mark Englert.
 
The IMAX release of “Star Trek Into Darkness” will feature approximately 30 minutes of footage filmed with the extremely high-resolution IMAX cameras. These specific sequences will expand to fill more of the screen exclusively in IMAX.
 
 

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Zachary Quinto booked on Fallon

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Pittsburgh native Zachary Quinto will be a guest on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on Wednesday, May 8. (He's shown above with Zoe Saldana.)
 
He is promoting “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Also booked for that night are Rachel Maddow and Lady Antebellum. 

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