Starting next Thursday, the Sphere-like venue called Cosm in Inglewood will experiment with an iconic franchise to test the boundaries of what the theater-going experience in Southern California might feel like over the next few years.
On Thursday, Page Six Hollywood got an exclusive look at how “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” looks splattered across an 87-foot LED curved screen that literally makes you feel like you are — at times — at Hogwarts Academy.
Cosm’s tech wraps imagery from the film — in this case part of a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. — around its entire LED dome as the movie plays in a traditional rectangle format (though in certain scenes, the screen shifts dynamically around the dome). The desired effect is that in scenes where Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is flying around on a broom during a Quidditch match, the audience feels as if they are flying with him.
The entire process in creating these formats takes about a year, according to Neil Carty, head of Cosm studios.
Alexis Scalice, VP of business development and entertainment, said that Warner Bros. was heavily involved in the production, which makes sense given that they are handing over some of their most valuable IP assets.
The company, first formed in 2020, opened its first venue in the Hollywood Park area of Inglewood, right next to SoFi Stadium, in 2024. (The Intuit Dome opened across the street a few months later as part of a wider plan to revitalize the area.) A second building opened in Dallas later that year. This year, Cosm will open two more venues in Atlanta and Detroit, and just broke ground in Cleveland.
The company raised $250 million in 2024 from former Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry, current Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert and David Blitzer, who co-owns the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia 76ers and has a minority stake in the Washington Commanders. Hotel magnate Steve Wynn is also an investor.
