Hello Chicago 70MM IMAX Petitioners!!!

Cinemark announced today (October 27, 2025) that it is restoring the Seven Bridges IMAX to 70MM (and potentially upgrading the digital xenon to 4k laser - details to come on what kind specifically).    This location is set to install the "new 70mm film projection system" by the time Chris Nolan's The Odyssey is set to release in theaters.

THIS IS HUGE NEWS!!!!!!!!  We want to thank Cinemark for taking the pleas of the Chicago and midwestern cinephiles seriously and for restoring this GT to its former glory. 

However, we're going to continue to fight for a state-of-the-art IMAX facility within the city limits of Chicago.  While this is a massive achievement for folks with the means to get out to the suburbs, this is still a little bit of a hike to get out there for our friends that rely on public transit (which is many, many folks in our great city).  There was a time where Chicagoland boasted at least THREE 1.43:1 IMAX screens.  This project still believes that Chicago deserves a modern, massive IMAX screen and projection system that rivals those in NYC and LA as a major cinema hub of the midwest.  

We hope you continue to sign and share this petition, and we hope theater chains see this news as a sign that the movie market in Chicago is alive and well!  

Thanks so much for all of your support so far.  I'm sure that this Cinemark upgrade was in the works prior to this petition, but it certainly feels like we moved the needle a little, doesn't it?  :)