Get ready to lose yourself in a feast of big Filmed For IMAX blockbuster titles from April to July 2025. The films bring to life stories from some of the world’s most visionary filmmakers who are opting to film with IMAX.
Through the Filmed For IMAX programme, filmmakers partner with IMAX to harness the company’s technology, from pre-production to release, to deliver the world’s most immersive cinema viewing experience. IMAX cameras are known for their ability to capture the highest-quality footage, making each scene come alive with breathtaking clarity and scale. When the film plays out, the larger-than-life IMAX screens and sound systems create an experience that’s simply unmatched in the world of cinema-viewing today.
Leading the charge is Sinners, the latest Filmed For IMAX title, which released at all Ster-Kinekor IMAX locations nationally on Friday, Sinners is a suspense-filled, supernatural horror film that transports viewers into a world of dark secrets, high drama and stunning visuals. Twin brothers, trying to leave their troubled lives behind, return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. From director Ryan Coogler (Black Panther, Creed), the film stars Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Saul Williams, Andrene Ward-Hammond and Jack O’Connell.
May sees the release of three big movie titles. The first of these Filmed For IMAX titles, Thunderbolts, releases at Ster-Kinekor theatres on 1 May 2025. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of anti-heroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. This political drama is directed by Jake Schreier and stars Florence Pugh, Lewis Pullman and David Harbour.
If horror on the biggest screen is your movie thing, you can’t miss Final Destination: Bloodlines, releasing in IMAX locations from 16 May 2025. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein.
It is only fitting that the Tom Cruise action-packed epic thriller Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning releases in IMAX locations. After escaping a calamitous train crash, Ethan realises The Entity is stashed aboard an old Russian submarine, but a foe from his past named Gabriel is also on the trail. Director Christopher McQuarrie’s Filmed For IMAX blockbuster, starring Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Hannah Waddingham and Shea Wigham, releases on 23 May 2025.
With school holidays in June and July, the whole family will enjoy the Filmed For IMAX release of How To Train Your Dragon, from 13 June2025. And then, roaring onto the IMAX screen with revs pumping and tyres screeching is the highly anticipated F1, from 27 June 2025. Superheroes fill the screen in July with the launch of Superman on 11 July 2025 and the incredible Fantastic Four: First Steps from 25 July 2025 in IMAX.
What: Filmed for Imax
Where: All titles will be released in Ster-Kinekor IMAX locations nationally – Eastgate, Mall of Africa and Cradlestone in Johannesburg; The Grove in Tshwane; Gateway in Durban; Baywest in Gqeberha; and at V&A Waterfront, Blue Route and Capegate in Cape Town
Filmed for Imax Tickets: www.sterkinekor.com
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