Already have your ticket for Man of Steel? You may be missing out on the best theater experience possible. Of course, we're not talking about squeezing into a packed theater, so you can be elbow-to-elbow with your fellow Superman fans. You can actually experience the true superpowers of Man of Steel by seeing it with Dolby Atmos -- in more theaters than ever before.
Dolby just announced the completion of 20 additional RPX: Regal Premium Experience Theatres, just in time for the release of the Warner Bros. blockbuster. Currently, Dolby Atmos is available in almost 200 theaters around the world.
"Dolby Atmos is a great new addition to what makes movie theatre sound such a superior environment for viewing films, and it enhances the immersive experience," says Rob Del Moro, chief purchasing officer for the Regal Entertainment Group. "We're all familiar with the evolution of image clarity that came with digital cinema. Now, Dolby Atmos can provide greater definition and dimension to moviegoing as sound moves around the auditorium with precision placement to match the action as the filmmakers intended."
Dolby Atmos delivers a whole new theatrical experience, via a new audio format. It boasts a more natural, realistic soundfield, all thanks to 128 discrete audio tracks and up to 64 unique speaker feeds. That collection can include more screen speakers, pan-through arrays, and speakers positioned on the ceiling.
"Dolby Atmos lets filmmakers decide where specific sounds should be placed or moved within an auditorium to make audiences feel as if they, too, are in the middle of the onscreen action," said Doug Darrow, senior VP for cinema at Dolby Laboratories. "It is a real paradigm shift from traditional approaches like 5.1, 7.1, and 11.1, where filmmakers had to think about channels and the number and location of speakers."
The new Dolby Atmos-equipped theaters are located in Anchorage, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Knoxville, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington. For a complete listing of the theaters and locations, check out the Dolby Atmos website.
If you want to get a peek behind the cape, check out Joe Lotizo's theatrical review of Man of Steel.
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