it features the voices of zach tyler eisen, julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep and paul giamatti, was produced by tom hanks and gary goetzman's playtone, john a. davis and keith alcorn's dna productions, and was released in theatres on july 28, 2006, by warner bros. and legendary pictures. concurrently with the general release, it was offered in big screen imax 3d, the format, also used with "blended".