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Disney signed a multi-year, multi-film partnership with Cosm on 12 November 2026. It is the third major studio to license films to Cosm’s LED domes, after Warner Bros. Pictures and Universal Film. The first title, Star Wars: A New Hope, premieres in March 2027, ahead of the film’s 50th anniversary.
Cosm shows the 2019 version in its 16:9 frame at the centre of each 87-foot LED dome. The rest of the dome shows Tatooine, the destruction of Alderaan, the Rebel base, the Death Star and the trench run.
“The Star Wars franchise blazed the trail for cinematic fandom and has been the north star of the entertainment industry,” said Alexis Scalice, VP and head of Cosm Studios.
Tickets go on sale in 2027 at Cosm Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas and Detroit.
Warner Bros. Pictures made four titles for Cosm with the immersive cinema company Little Pictures, from The Matrix to IT. Universal’s Shrek in Shared Reality, built with Reel FX for the film’s 25th anniversary, premieres on 15 December.
Star Wars: A New Hope is Cosm’s sixth Shared Reality film and Disney’s first. Cosm developed it with Disney, Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and the creative studio MakeMake, CNBC reported.
Sony Pictures Entertainment, a fourth studio, led a $100 million Series C investment in Cosm and took a board seat.
Each Cosm film screening comes with a themed menu. For Harry Potter, the venues served shepherd’s pie, pretzel wands with cheese dip and Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans.
“What I love is that we really are kind of building these Cosm communities built on fandom,” Scalice told CNBC.
For dome operators, Cosm sells each studio film as a fan night with its own menu, and Cosm Technology sells the same LED dome to planetariums. For content studios, Cosm has timed its next two studio titles to anniversaries: Shrek’s 25th and A New Hope’s 50th.
When does Star Wars: A New Hope play in Cosm’s LED dome cinema?
From March 2027, at Cosm Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas and Detroit. Tickets go on sale in 2027.
Which studios license films to Cosm?
Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Film and now Disney. Sony Pictures Entertainment is an investor in Cosm.
Who built the Star Wars version for the LED dome?
Cosm, with Disney, Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and the creative studio MakeMake.
How does a 16:9 film fill an LED dome?
The film plays in its original frame at the centre of the dome. The surrounding dome shows the film’s locations, such as Tatooine and the Death Star, as the story moves.
