Audiences at IMAX 3D and other select theaters will have the chance to be the first to experience The Walk, the new motion picture event from Academy Award winner Robert Zemeckis, when it is released exclusively in those theaters on Wednesday, September 30.

The film, which has also been chosen as the opening night selection of the New York Film Festival, will then enter wide release on October 9.

The Walk is a biographical drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Christopher Browne and Zemeckis.

It is based on the story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit’s walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on August 7, 1974.

The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz, Steve Valentine and Charlotte Le Bon. It is scheduled to be released by TriStar Pictures.