For The Wizard of Oz, Sphere Entertainment is collaborating with Warner Bros. Discovery, Google, and Magnopus – a studio who has previously created immersive experiences for Disney, Sony, and NASA. “Sphere will use cutting-edge technologies to enhance the original film,” according to the company. “The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will maintain the integrity of the original while pushing the boundaries of Sphere’s experiential medium.”
Although The Wizard of Oz received a 4K HDR restoration in 2020, the Sphere’s screen has a much higher resolution of 16,000 pixels by 16,000 pixels. The venue also offers multi-sensory experiences through sound and haptics and can recreate environmental elements like heat, wind, and scents, but details on what the immersive version of The Wizard of Oz will include haven’t been revealed yet.
From The Edge will feature extreme sports and five premier athletes – rock climber Alex Honnold, free diver Alenka Artnik, skier Markus Eder, surfer Kai Lenny, and BASE jumper Katie Hansen Lajeunesse – and is currently filming in locations including Jordan, Dubai, Switzerland, the Bahamas, Austin, Las Vegas, and Maui.
Both productions are coming from Sphere Studios, the company’s Burbank-based production studio that launched nearly two years ago and developed Sphere Entertainment’s Big Sky ultra-high-resolution camera system that’s currently being used to capture footage for From The Edge.
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