IMAX

I'm too busy(lazy?) at the moment to check IMDB, but if this flick is being shot in anamorphic widescreen, which Ridley likes to do, that is obviously a very different aspect ratio from Imax.

but doesn't IMAX do some conversion process it does to convert films not shot originally with IMAX cameras -- in fact most are not shot with IMAX aspect ratio but converted somehow. Now you have me wondering. I guess I cant think of a Ridley Scott film in IMAX other then the short-re-release of Gladiators. Too bad, because this Prometheus film would seem to really kill in IMAX

I hope so, I'm planning on seeing it at the Arclight Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood.

IMAX can be either really great, or really mediocre i saw "300" in IMAX, and was sadly disappointed since it wasn't filmed in IMAX proper, it was merely formatted to IMAX. i can't say for certain if PROMETHEUS is being filmed in IMAX proper, if so then awesome, if not, i'm with Cinefan, i will be at the Arclight Hollywood hoping and praying the film blows my simple mind times will tell...

the guy who developed the imax camera was ron fricke who developed the idea and the technology to sell so he could get the money to travel the world and to make one of the best films ive ever seen on blue ray BARAKA. I brought this recently and the 70 mm negative has been put through 8 k digital process restoration and the result is staggering quite simply the best blue ray film i have ever seen.

@alteredstate: speaking of Ron Fricke, i was lucky enough to see his IMAX film "Chronos" back in the mid-1980's when it debuted at the IMAX here in Lost Angles, it was a really beautiful, and equally pensive film to behold i did see Baraka, only i saw it on cable, another beautifully pensive film experience, haven't seen it on Bluray though, but i'd guess it looks great. i will look for it. thanx for the info

Honestly shardy i cant recommend any film more on bluray than baraka for something to give your tv its best ever possible clarity buy this film its stunning . It even looks better than apocalypse now and i dont say that lightly.

the scenes in which lisa gerrard sings over in baraka are some of the most moving images ever put to film its breathtaking and heartbreaking .

@alteredstate: YES! agreed, those scenes and sounds are really awesome to behold

It was shot on Red video cameras so they could release it in 3d. Potentially I guess they could do some kind of film out to IMAX format but it's far more likely it will be at best available in the IMAX 2k digital format that people sometimes call lieMAX. Would be good if it could be screened in 4k in the few cinemas capable of doing that but 4k releases are extremely rare sadly. I feel sad it wasn't shot in Anamorphic 35mm (or real IMAX!) but I get the impression they actually wanted the slightly nasty look that Prometheus has. I preferred the look of Alien and Aliens but I am still really looking forward to Prometheus. :)

its a shame more films are not made using the traditional 70mm format the quality for that format takes some beating.