Nat Geo’s Sea Monsters Attacks IMAX

National Geographic's new large-format film, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, will premiere worldwide in IMAX venues and other specialty theaters on Friday, Oct. 5. The movie employs 3D animation to bring extraordinary marine reptiles of the dinosaur age to the really big screen in both stereoscopic 3D and and standard 2D formats.

Narrated by actor Liev Schreiber (The Omen, The Manchurian Candidate), Sea Monsters offers an original score by Richard Evans, David Rhodes and Peter Gabriel as it takes audiences on a journey into the relatively unexplored world of massive reptiles that lived beneath the water during Cretaceous period. Funded in part through a grant from the National Science Foundation, the film follows a family of Dolichorhynchops, known informally as "Dollies," as they traverse ancient waters populated with saber-toothed fish, prehistoric sharks and giant squids. The cast of characters also includes animated representations of the giraffe-necked Styxosaurus, the 20-foot "bulldog" fish Xiphactinus and the 40-foot super-predator Tylosaurus, known as the T-Rex of the ocean.

Distributed by National Geographic, Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure will be supported by companion books for both adults and young readers in standard, 3D and pop-up formats. A video game licensed by Destination Software Incorporated will be released to coincide with the worldwide premiere of the film and will be available for Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Wii systems. An additional line of Sea Monsters licensed products, including plush toys, puzzles and apparel, will be available at www.nationalgeographic.com/store.