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The National Association of Theaters has officially responded to the current shutdown of U.S. exhibition amid the coronavirus climate, and also had something to say about the window-busting that’s currently going on with titles, without mentioning Universal by name. In sum, NATO doesn’t expect … Continued
With the coronavirus socking it to the Asian box office, Deadline has learned that MGM, Eon and Universal are postponing the next James Bond movie, No Time to Die from its UK and international release date of April 2 and … Continued
Edgar Wright, who is currently in London finishing the edit on his latest pic Last Night In Soho, took a short break from the cutting room to chat to UK cinema owners today, using the platform to deliver a pep talk … Continued
Everyone knew this day was coming. No one lives forever, and Kirk Douglas was 103, but for some reason he seemed invincible to me. Maybe it was all those movies, but for my entire life Kirk Douglas has always been … Continued
UK funding body the British Film Institute (BFI) has published a study on how its ‘Diversity Standards’, the guidelines introduced in 2016 to improve diversity in film production, engaged with representation in 235 movies across a three-year period. The disclosed … Continued
CineAsia, the exhibition conference that has been held in Hong Kong since 2009, is setting up in Thailand capital Bangkok. Organizers Film Expo Group sent out a brief note today stating that they had decided to relocate the event to … Continued
Less than 30 days after hitting 1 million subscribers, Helios and Matheson Analytics’ MoviePass has now swelled to 1.5M monthly customers. Source: MoviePass Jumps Past 1.5M Subscribers In The Post Holiday Period At The B.O. | Deadline
The Digital Cinema Distribution Coalition announced a new live-streaming technology that will make it possible for theater owners to simultaneously book video from four different programs, two of them live streams, to an unlimited number of screens in their facilities. via Digital … Continued
A federal mediator has been called in to help resolve the ongoing labor dispute between IATSE Local 33 and ArcLight Cinemas over a living wage for the theater chain’s projectionists. On Friday, the union’s chief negotiator called the company that … Continued
Despite a fantastic Christmas at the box office, 81 million people didn’t buy movie tickets this year. Not only were this year’s domestic admissions of 1.259 billion off 6% from 2013’s 1.34B, but the number of tickets sold hit their lowest … Continued