Megan Colligan, the former marketing and distribution chief at Paramount Pictures, has been tapped as president of Imax Entertainment and vice president of Imax Corporation.It's a changing of the guard at the highest levels of an exhibition giant that has become a major force in popcorn movies. Colligan replaces Greg Foster, who has served as Imax's ambassador to Hollywood for the past 18 years. Foster will depart the wide-screen company, where he served as CEO of Imax Entertainment, at the...
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Since joining Imax in 2019, Colligan has been working hard to put its tech into the hands of filmmakers on movies including “The Suicide Squad,” which was shot for the Imax format, and harness the specific capabilities of its theaters to create unique moviegoing experiences. She’s collaborated with studios on special promotions, such as an exclusive event for Warner Bros.’ “Dune” at Imax theaters, where audiences watched sequences from the film along with messages from the filmmakers and cast. And she was in the lead on that push to find new ways to utilize Imax theaters with projects like “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” a 50-minute visual interpretation of Halsey’s new album shot entirely with Imax cameras, which largely sold out theaters in August.