Star Wars: A New Hope to stray even further from original release with Cosm

The original Star Wars will run in Cosm’s “shared reality” venues in March. Cosm’s venues (there are four, in Atlanta, Austin, Detroit, and Inglewood, CA) feature 12K wraparound screens with the original film playing in a 16 by 9 ratio and then “surrounded by an array of enhancements and immersive feature[s] designed to deepen the audience experience,” according to Deadline. Basically, it sounds similar to something like The Wizard Of Oz at Sphere (albeit with hopefully fewer edits to the original film’s runtime). The version of A New Hope presented here will be taken from the 2019 update of the film. 

In addition to the news of the Star Wars release, this kicks off a multi-year partnership between Disney and Cosm. The entertainment company already has deals in place with Warner Bros. (which now, we assume, means they effectively have a deal with Paramount, too) and Universal, the latter of which yielded a screening of Shrek. Other movies that have played in the format include Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone, The Matrix, and Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.