Turning into Led Zeppelin, the long-awaited documentary first introduced in 2019, lastly has a launch date. The movie, which tells the story of Led Zeppelin‘s early days, premiered on the Venice Worldwide Movie Competition in 2021, however was subsequently re-titled and re-edited.
It will lastly make it to the massive display in February subsequent yr, however there is a catch: the distribution will probably be restricted completely to IMAX theatres. Within the US and Canada, preview screenings will probably be held in 18 theatres on February 5 earlier than a normal launch two days later. As but, there’s been no affirmation of launch dates elsewhere.
“The cinematic energy of IMAX paired with the movie’s genuine sound creates an immersive and transportive viewing expertise letting audiences really feel like they’re there, within the venues with the band,” says director Bernard MacMahon.
“We spent 5 years flying backwards and forwards throughout the Atlantic scouring attics and basements in pursuit of uncommon and unseen movie footage, images and music recordings,” says author/producer Allison McGourty. “Then we transferred every bit of media with customized strategies in order that in IMAX, these 55-year-old clips and music would look and sound like they got here out of the lab yesterday.”
“I had a mind-blowing expertise seeing Led Zeppelin for the primary time in August 1969 on the Texas Worldwide Pop Competition in Grapevine, Texas and it has stayed with me ever since,” says Sony Photos co-president and co-founder Tom Bernard. “This legendary group deserves a spectacular North American theatrical launch of this unbelievable movie!
“I can not consider a single film that extra brilliantly attracts you into an artist’s story, reveals you the way their music was made, and makes you expertise it as if it had been model new. I do know it is going to be inspirational to younger folks and legacy-defining for generations to return.”
For particulars on showings, go to the IMAX web site or becomingledzeppelinfilm.com
