One of the theaters at Regal Dole Cannery complex will be converted to the IMAX format during the first three months of next year.

Regal Entertainment Group announced it will convert the theater with an IMAX digital projection system in early 2009. Under the system, films are projected in a large format onto screens that are slightly curved and moved forward to help create the feeling of being immersed in the movie.

Other IMAX theatres in Hawai'i include one in Waikiki and another at the Polynesian Cultural Center.