IMAX Opens Fast Five on 255 Screens

IMAX Corporation and Universal Pictures announced today that Fast Five will be released in the immersive IMAX^(R) format on Friday, April 29th. In this fifth installment, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on speed. The film will open on 245 IMAX screens in USA, simultaneous with its North American wide release. The film is also getting released simultaneously at Big Cinemas, Mumbai and at Prasad IMAX, Hyderabad.

Fast Five has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience^(R) with proprietary IMAX DMR^(R) (Digital Re-mastering) technology for presentation in IMAX. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX's customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique immersive environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.

About Fast Five:

In Fast Five, former cop Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opposite side of the law. Dwayne Johnson and Elsa Pataky join returning favorites Jordana Brewster, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon and Don Omar for this ultimate high-stakes race.

Since Brian and Mia Toretto (Brewster) broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he's not the only one on their tail.

Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can't separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey…before someone else runs them down first.

Fast Five is directed and produced by Justin Lin and produced by Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell and Neal H. Moritz, with Amanda Lewis and Samantha Vincent serving as executive producers. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan with characters created by Gary Scott Thompson.