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Personal posts on cinema events
Odeon shuts cinemas with immediate effect; Cineworld and Picturehouse to close doors in Ireland today (March 17) and the UK from tomorrow (March 18). Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
The French TV festival and industry event Series Mania has announced the launch of the Digital Forum, an online platform virtually replicating some of the key elements of its industry-focused Series Mania Forum. Series Mania had been scheduled to take … Continued
BFI chief executive Ben Roberts has issued a statement on the novel coronavirus outbreak amid a wave of production and festival postponements and theatre closures around the globe. Concerns over the spread of the virus saw the UK box office … Continued
The creative implementation of ultrasound in the new invention effectively allows a user to interact with a hologram at a tactile level, if the reports about this technology are to be believed. Source: https://sputniknews.com/science/
For the latest hit film to come out of Australia, the gripping psychological drama The Invisible Man, it was crucial that becoming ‘unseeable’ seemed scientifically plausible. Audiences had to believe that a controlling tech billionaire terrorising his former partner had developed … Continued
The entertainment industry has witnessed much change in this age of multinational mega-mergers, and the Motion Picture Association has been touched by those changes as well. Charles Rivkin has overseen some of them as the head of that industry association, … Continued
UK Cinema Association CEO Phil Clapp was in bullish form about the health of the UK’s exhibition sector at the start of the UKCA’s 2020 annual conference, titled “Audiences – growing the big screen experience.” “There is a recognition that the industry as … Continued
Two of Metro Vancouver’s largest architectural visualization companies have merged together to become the largest and most specialized creative visual studio in Western Canada. Source: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lng-studios-dg-group
Disney has just announced that all four of its Walt Disney World theme parks and its two theme parks at Disneyland Paris will be closing Sunday, March 15th. Cast Members will continue to receive wages. Source: https://monorailnews.com/2020/03/12/walt-disney-world-disneyland-paris-and-disney-cruise-line-to-close-due-to-covid-19/
Airport attractions are landing across the globe, with Jewel Changi Airport leading the way when it comes to ‘traveltainment’. Chubu Centrair in Japan has an ‘airport theme park’, Munich International Airport is home to a brewery, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol … Continued