Dolby Digital Cinema Helps Screen UK’s Biggest Movie Premiere

Audience of 10,000 to view The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian premiere

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) will provide digital cinema technical support for the UK’s biggest single-screen digital cinema movie premiere to date. Disney Pictures’ and Walden Media’s The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian will be screened this evening at the O2 arena in London before an expected audience of 10,000, including stars from the movie Liam Neeson (the voice of Aslan), Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), and the film’s director, Andrew Adamson.

A giant 28-metre cinema screen has been installed in the O2 arena to accommodate the largest single-screen digital cinema audience experience to date in the UK. To help make this happen, Disney Pictures called upon the engineering support and consultancy of the Dolby Professional Services Group. Dolby will provide digital playback for the three Christie DLP™ projectors via the renowned Dolby® Digital Cinema system, as well as Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound audio processing for the massive auditorium.

“Because the UK is the home of CS Lewis, we wanted to do something unique for the premiere of Prince Caspian,” said Saul Mahoney, Executive Technical Director, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture UK. “The huge screen size at the O2 arena presents a number of technical challenges, so we wanted the very best technical expertise and equipment to ensure the highest quality digital presentation for this much-anticipated premiere.”

With its massive seating capacity of 10,000, the O2 arena can hold more than five times as many people as the UK’s biggest existing cinema. Recreating a cinematic experience on such a large scale has its technical challenges. However, the technical team from Dolby is working to ensure that the quality of the image and the overall cinematic experience will be first-rate, even in the back row, which is more than 100 metres from the screen.

Prince Caspian is the latest installment of The Chronicles of Narnia series and promises even more action and incredible visual effects than the first film, which earned USD 750 million worldwide. The premiere will also generate a donation to Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity as part of Disney’s partnership with the hospital. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is on general release across the UK from 26 June.

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Dolby Digital Cinema features a complete digital system for storing, managing, and playing digital movies. Built to ensure the highest levels of quality and security in the industry, Dolby Digital Cinema provides exhibitors with superior technology and customer support.

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