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Friday, July 3, 2015

PARAMOUNT PICTURES AND SKYDANCE TEAM UP WITH IMAX® AND AMC® THEATRES FOR A “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION” IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FANS CAN PLAY “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROOM ESCAPE” AT AMC IMAX® THEATRE LOCATIONS IN BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO


In anticipation of the highly anticipated release of “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION,” Paramount Pictures and Skydance have partnered with IMAX and AMC Theatres to create “Mission: Impossible Room Escape,” an immersive experience that allows fans to become IMF agents at select AMC IMAX® theatre locations in Boston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco.

Inside the free “Mission: Impossible Room Escape” game, teams of up to six will be locked in a Mission: Impossible-themed room and given 20 minutes to unlock clues, solve puzzles and find a way to escape. 

The “Mission: Impossible Room Escape” is playable at the following AMC IMAX® theatre locations: 

New York 

AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 

July 10 & 11


Boston 

AMC Loews Boston Common 19 

July 18 & 19


San Francisco 

AMC Metreon 16 

July 25 & 26


Los Angeles 

AMC Century City 15 

August 1 & 2


Fans can experience “Mission: Impossible Room Escape” free of charge on a first come-first served basis. For more information, visit www.missionimpossible.com/roomescape


Tickets for “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION” are on sale now at www.IMAX.com/missionimpossible and www.amctheatres.com


Paramount Pictures and Skydance present a Tom Cruise / Bad Robot Production, “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION.” With the IMF disbanded and Ethan (Tom Cruise) out in the cold, the team now faces off against a network of highly skilled special agents, the Syndicate. These highly trained operatives are hellbent on creating a new world order through an escalating series of terrorist attacks. Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with disavowed British agent Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson), who may or may not be a member of this rogue nation, as the group faces its most impossible mission yet. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin. 

The film is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, with a screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and story by Christopher McQuarrie and Drew Pearce. Based on the television series created by Bruce Geller. Produced by Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger. Jake Myers is an executive producer. 

Paramount Pictures will distribute “MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION” on July 31, 2015.

About Paramount Pictures Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment, is a unit of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. Paramount controls a collection of some of the most powerful brands in filmed entertainment, including Paramount Pictures, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films, and Nickelodeon Movies. PPC operations also include Paramount Home Media Distribution, Paramount Pictures International, Paramount Licensing Inc., and Paramount Studio Group.


About Skydance 
Skydance tells big stories and creates immersive worlds, producing narratives that span film, television, games and more. Skydance is currently in post-production on a reset of the TERMINATOR franchise, TERMINATOR GENISYS, to be released on July 1, 2015. The company is also in post-production on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 5, the latest installment in the highly successful franchise starring Tom Cruise with Chris McQuarrie directing, to be released July 31, 2015. Additionally, Skydance recently wrapped production on a disaster film on a global scale titled GEOSTORM written by Dean Devlin and Paul Guyot with Devlin also directing. Skydance will next begin production on STAR TREK 3, the third installment in the JJ Abrams franchise. Simon Pegg and Doug Jung are attached to co-write with Justin Lin to direct. The film is slated for a July 8, 2016 release date. 

Skydance’s recent releases include JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT, from director Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Pine; WORLD WAR Z, starring Brad Pitt and directed by Marc Forster; STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto; and G.I. JOE: RETALIATION, directed by Jon M. Chu and starring Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson. Skydance’s previous projects include Christopher McQuarrie’s JACK REACHER, starring Tom Cruise; MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, starring Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner; and the award-winning Coen Brothers film TRUE GRIT, starring Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon. 

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