Cosm and Disney Announce Multi-Film Deal, Starting With Star Wars: A New Hope
Disney and Cosm have agreed a multi-year deal to bring Disney films to Cosm's shared reality venues. The first title is Star Wars: A New Hope, the 1977 film that started the saga, according to Variety.
Shared reality is Cosm's name for its format. Audiences sit together in a large dome, and the film plays on a big LED screen at the centre while visuals fill the space around it. The partnership is multi-film, so more Disney titles are expected to follow, though no others have been named.
The Star Wars experience is set to debut in March. It will show the film in its original format, and it was developed with Disney, Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and MakeMake. The film turns 50 in 2027, which is the anniversary the timing points to. Tickets go on sale in 2027.
Cosm is an open venue network, and the Star Wars show will run at its locations in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit and Los Angeles. Cosm's website gives street addresses for each. The Los Angeles site is at 1252 District Drive in Inglewood, and the Atlanta site is at 85 Centennial Olympic Park Drive in the city centre.
Disney is the third major studio to partner with Cosm, after Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Film. Each deal has put older or well-known films on the dome screen, so the pattern is a familiar one for the company.
Cosm has a sooner date for another film too. Shrek arrives on 15 December, and it will be the first animated film to play at Cosm. Alexis Scalice, vice president and head of Cosm Studios, leads the company's film programming.
For moviegoers, the news is a reminder that a classic can return in a new form. A film made nearly 50 years ago can now be watched in a dome built for it, with the original picture at the centre. Fans who want to see it that way will have to wait until March, and then pay for a ticket in 2027.
