Dolby
Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB) and Paramount Pictures, a division of
Viacom Inc., today announced at ShowEast 2012 that J.J. Abrams’ Bad
Robot production of Star Trek into Darkness will use the latest technical achievements in cinematic storytelling to deliver a new experience to audiences. Star Trek into Darkness is scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on May 17, 2013.
Star Trek into Darkness will be released in Dolby® Atmos™
to deliver a more natural and realistic soundtrack that moves sound
around and above audiences, transporting them into the outer regions of
the universe. The Bad Robot Productions team will also integrate the
Dolby Professional Reference Monitor PRM-4200 into its pre- and
postproduction workflows.
“We are in the incredible and
lucky position to have access to the latest technology, the best
possible tools, and the most talented artists in the business,” said
Abrams, the producer and director of Star Trek into Darkness.
“We are therefore thrilled to announce that we will be employing the
amazingly immersive Dolby Atmos audio system to bring the Star Trek into Darkness soundtrack to life.”
Academy Award® winner
Andy Nelson and multiple Academy Award nominee Anna Behlmer are the
re-recording mixers at the helm of the Dolby Atmos mix; Academy Award
winner Ben Burtt and multiple Academy Award nominee Matt Wood are the
supervising sound editors. Dolby Atmos is a new audio platform that
revolutionizes the experience of sound in entertainment. It allows sound
designers and mixers a new level of creative control and ensures that
audiences will experience the full impact of the sound mix, regardless
of theatre configuration. Said Mark Christiansen, Executive Vice
President, Worldwide Operations, Paramount Pictures, “Dolby Atmos brings
a new sonic dimension to the amazing visuals Star Trek into Darkness will deliver audiences.”
The list of theatres selected to show Star Trek into Darkness in Dolby Atmos will be made available closer to the release date.
The
Dolby PRM-4200 has been at the center of the visual effects (VFX)
production, having been used for color-critical VFX reviews and
previsualization work. VFX producer Ron Ames reports, “The Dolby monitor
allows us to see more color-accurate and higher-quality images than
ever before right in our workspace. We’ve been able to dramatically
streamline our shot-review process, as we have confidence that the
images we’re seeing on the Dolby monitor will precisely match what we
see on the big screen.” The Dolby Professional Reference Monitor also
ensures that all the incredible detail and rich colors captured by
cinematographer Daniel Mindel are accurately represented onscreen.
“J.J.
Abrams embraces new innovations and technologies that improve
storytelling. Dolby is helping the cinema industry to deliver on this
vision as it has done for over four decades,” said Doug Darrow, Senior
Vice President, Cinema, Dolby Laboratories. “We are excited to have J.J.
Abrams use these new technologies to deliver the best picture and sound
to the big screen.”
Star Trek into Darkness is
written by Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci. It is
directed by J.J. Abrams. Abrams will also produce the feature with Bryan
Burk through Bad Robot Productions, along with Lindelof, Kurtzman, and
Orci.
About Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos brings a
powerful new listening experience to the cinema with more natural,
realistic sound that truly envelops the audience. It is an end-to-end
solution that helps mixers, studios, and distributors dramatically
improve the audio experience. The Dolby Atmos platform makes it easy for
content creators to create immersive soundscapes, and it ensures the
best possible audience experience, regardless of theatre configuration
or the number of speakers.
Hollywood studios including Disney/Pixar (Brave), DreamWorks Animation (Rise of the Guardians), Twentieth Century Fox (Taken 2, Chasing Mavericks, Life of Pi), and Warner Bros. (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) have adopted the Dolby Atmos format, increasing the count of 2012 Dolby Atmos titles to six.
In 2013, three titles, including Gravity and Pacific Rim from Warner Bros. and Star Trek into Darkness from Paramount Pictures, are already scheduled to receive the Dolby Atmos treatment, with additional studio titles to follow.
International
movie productions are currently in the works or will be started in 2013
by movie studios in China, France, Germany, India, Korea, Spain, and
the United Kingdom. Acclaimed Singapore director Jack Neo’s upcoming
movie Ah Boys to Men premieres in Dolby Atmos on November 6, 2012.
About the Dolby Professional Reference Monitor PRM-4200
The
Dolby Professional Reference Monitor PRM-4200 offers a new standard for
critical viewing applications. It renders true black levels, highly
accurate dark detail, and the most precise colors at all luminance
levels and in all formats. The backlight is an array of red, green, and
blue LEDs that are modulated individually on a frame-by-frame basis to
provide full accuracy of blacks, color, and grayscale. The LCD panel is
also modulated in real time as part of the dual-modulation process. It
is the first monitor to accurately display the full latitude of today’s
high-end digital cameras.
