User blog:Ceauntay/Shortest and Final 'Hoop' Ends With Largest IMAX Releases

Eleven years is enough, and the series finale will not be as long as the other films in the franchise. And why are they announcing the release of IMAX theaters early?

"Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 2" will end the franchise by becoming the shortest film in the entry bringing in 125 minutes. The former shortest film goes to 2005's fourth installment "The Magic Ball" with 130 minutes just two minutes cut off. But it will not be as long as "Jane Hoop Elementary: The Final Rush: Part 1" when it ran to 147 minutes, about 22 minutes longer than "Part 2".

But the film may end the franchise shortly, but it will premiere in as many IMAX theaters as it can than the predesessors. When "Part 1" opened 215 theaters, "Part 2" will play roughly in 292 IMAX theaters starting on July 8, 2011. That will be the widest release in IMAX history.

Also, 133 IMAX will include internationally, giving its total of a whooping 425 IMAX theaters worldwide, bringing it as the widest release of IMAX theaters of all-time. The film is going to end with a big bang for eleven years.

The film, starring Blake Brown, Ben Linkin and Amy Tammie, opens in theaters, 3D and IMAX on July 8, 2011.