Those of you lucky enough to have seen The Dark Knight on Imax screens this summer know that Christopher Nolan shot the film's six big action scenes in full Imax for maximum mindblowing impact. Well, Hollywood's never one to let a good idea die, so it looks like Michael Bay, Jon Favreau and DJ Caruso may follow suit on (respectively) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Iron Man 2 and Y: The Last Man.
To date, The Dark Knight has taken over $60 million on Imax screens, making it clear that this is a format worth bothering about (especially since ticket prices there are higher, which the studios approve of). Also, action sequences in full Imax were freakin' awesome. And Michael Bay, f'r instance, is never one to back away from a chance to show explosions in the most freakin' awesome format possible (see the evidence here{
The plan is that Bay will film "at least three action setpieces" in the format, with work on Transformers 2 well underway already. Favreau and Caruso have expressed an interest in taking a similar approach on their next big films, but since both of those are in the early stages of development, there's no firm word on their plans yet.