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Evolving technologies and consumer habits are changing the movie theater business amid the coronavirus pandemic, potentially giving new players a rare chance to enter the business through opportunistic M&A. Recent reports indicate that AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. — beleaguered with … Continued
“We may have to make some changes to that overall strategy.” With those words, Disney CEO Bob Chapek jumped into the theatrical fracas initiated by Jeff Shell at Universal over the past few weeks. Disney’s boss reaffirmed the company’s belief … Continued
As festivals continue to cancel and studios retreat on release dates, the movie industry is resolutely pursuing what it acknowledges to be a perilous scenario. “Even Hollywood needs love now and then,” Samuel Goldwyn once proclaimed, but instead it faces stubborn exhibitors … Continued
As a very ugly standoff between legacy cinemas and legacy studios plays out in real time, Disney appears to be treading lightly around the sensitive issue over how studios will handle releases now and in a post-covid-19 future. Last week, remarks by … Continued
The Canadian exhibition giant on Thursday announced Regal’s U.K.-based owner “remains committed to closing the transaction” on or prior to June 30. Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cineworld-reaffirms-plans-close-21-billion-deal-cineplex-theater-chain-1293845
What feels like a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, hundreds of people would gather in the same, darkened spaces to watch the same films at the same time. The Covid-19 lockdown has ended such eccentricities, … Continued
FILM fans might be missing their usual Friday nights at the Winnersh Showcase Cinema, but they know the movie legends they’d rather spend isolation with. Cinemagoers across the U.K have been voting for which big screen stars they’d most like … Continued
A 270-metre skyscraper planned for George Street is approved as an addition to the Event Cinemas site, alongside a new boutique cinema. The Central Sydney Planning Committee approved the development will replace the last major cinema in the city on … Continued
For nearly a month now, the Cinémathèque française, which has a rich archive of films, has been curating films on their new streaming platform called Henri. Due to the lockdown in France, the Cinémathèque has been closed since March 13. … Continued
The horror that has been unfolding around us for the better part of 2020 has made us wonder: did we miss reading the signals? It is the future that films have been showing us for a long time. While Contagion … Continued