THE WIZARD OF OZ AT
SPHERE
In Collaboration with Warner Bros.
Discovery, Google, and
Magnopus
and
FROM THE
EDGE
From Academy Award-Winning Directors
E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
BURBANK,
Calif., April 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Sphere
Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR) announced today two new projects –
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere and From The Edge –
currently in production from Sphere Studios. Both productions are
part of The Sphere ExperienceTM, Sphere's slate of
original immersive content. The Wizard of Oz at
Sphere is set to open on August 28, 2025, and From
The Edge is set to debut in 2026.
Jim Dolan, Executive Chairman and
CEO of Sphere Entertainment, said: "Our goal for The Sphere
Experience is a diverse slate that leverages Sphere's power as an
experiential medium. The Wizard of Oz at Sphere and
From The Edge will push that vision forward in
different ways."
THE WIZARD OF OZ AT SPHERE
The original 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz,
will be presented as a fully immersive experience for Sphere. In
collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery; Google; and Magnopus,
Sphere will use cutting-edge technologies to enhance the original
film. The Wizard of Oz at Sphere will maintain the integrity
of the original while pushing the boundaries of Sphere's
experiential medium.
The creative team behind The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
includes Academy Award and Emmy-nominated producer Jane Rosenthal (The Irishman); Academy
Award-winning visual effects specialist Ben
Grossmann (Hugo); Academy Award-winning editor
Jennifer Lame (Oppenheimer);
and Creative Director Zack Winokur
(Little Island).
FROM THE EDGE
Directed by Academy Award winners E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin (Free Solo) From The
Edge will feature premier athletes – free diver Alenka Artnik,
skier Markus Eder, rock climber
Alex Honnold, BASE jumper
Katie Hansen Lajeunesse, and
surfer Kai Lenny – and take audiences inside the world of
extreme sports.
All five athletes are being captured on location by Big
SkyTM, Sphere Entertainment's proprietary camera system
developed to capture images at the scale and fidelity necessary for
Sphere's display. Filming is underway in locations in Jordan, Dubai, Switzerland, the Bahamas, Austin, Las
Vegas, and Maui.
From The Edge is produced by Vasarhelyi and Chin and
their Little Monster Films along with Evan
Hayes and Callum Greene.
Executive Producers are Anna Barnes
(Little Monster Films) and Nick
Martini (Stept Studios).
To be the first to know more about The Wizard of Oz at
Sphere and From The Edge, please visit thesphere.com and
sign up for The Inner Circle.
For press assets, please click here.
About Sphere
Sphere is a next-generation entertainment medium that is redefining
the future of live entertainment. A venue where the foremost
artists, creators, and technologists create extraordinary
experiences that take storytelling to a new level and transport
audiences to places both real and imagined. The venue hosts
original Sphere Experiences from leading Hollywood directors; concerts and residencies
from the world's biggest artists; and premier marquee events. The
first Sphere venue opened in Las
Vegas in September 2023, and
is a new Las Vegas landmark,
powered by cutting-edge technologies that ignite the senses and
enable audiences to share experiences at a never-before-seen scale.
More information is available at thesphere.com.
Contact
Sphere Entertainment – spherepr@thesphere.com
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