After Movie Theaters’ Summer Revival Plans Fizzle, Hollywood Asks, What Now?

Mackenzie Nichols Staff WriterNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo addressed the prospect of reopening movie theaters during a news conference in Manhattan on Monday, saying they’re “not that high on the list of essentials” and pose a higher risk of spreading COVID-19.“I am sure there is a whole group people who say, ‘I cannot live without going to the movies.’ But on a relative risk scale, a movie theater is less essential and poses a high risk,” Cuomo said.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday gave gyms a green light to reopen August 24 following recent nods to bowling allies, museums and malls but is still leaving movie theaters, which he called less essential and higher risk, in the dark.That’s both literally and figuratively. He gave no indication of a reopening timetable for the key movie going market.“It’s the level of risk.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterConsumers believe movie theaters and live music concerts have been among the hardest hit industries by the coronavirus pandemic, according to an exclusive new survey from Performance Research in partnership with Full Circle Research.And yet, despite that understanding, they are also much less eager to support federal relief for theaters and live music venues compared to other sectors.According to the survey of over 1,000 people in the U.S.

MEXICO CITY -- The few, the brave — those were the people returning this week to movie theaters in Mexico City that had been closed for four months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yes, there was popcorn.

Last week, came the exciting news that BTS' new film Break The Silence: The Movie will be released in several countries (Around 110) with limited screenings.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record between April-June as the effects of the pandemic triggered an official recession for the first time since the economic crisis of 2009.According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the economy shrank a record 20.4% compared with the first three months of the year.

popcorn. It’s not merely a tasty salty buttery snack.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticEver since the ’50s, when the motion-picture industry felt existentially threatened by the rise of television (much as forces within it today feel existentially threatened by the rise of streaming), the movies have found ways to entice people into theaters with added benefits. 3D was the original P.T.

Also Read: How the Studio-Movie Theater Power Dynamic Will Change Without Paramount Decree Antitrust RulesThe Justice Department as led by Makan Delrahim formally filed to terminate the decrees back in November, saying that the legacy antitrust rules “served their purpose” in eliminating horizontal distribution practices and could today actually harm the American consumer.The rules were established in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1948 decision United 
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Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterWith the release calendar in tatters, and hopes vanishing for a nationwide reopening any time soon, the movie theater industry is increasingly looking to Congress for billions in aid.The industry has put its energy in recent weeks into lobbying for the “RESTART Act,” which would extend hundreds of billions of dollars in loans for businesses that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.“It would be a lifeline for us,” said Bobbie Bagby, executive vice

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorUniversal and AMC are looking like saints in the exhibition business right now after taking a kicking in the teeth by rival circuits for their controversial deal last week to crunch the theatrical window to 17 days with an option for PVOD thereafter.Disney’s announcement Tuesday after the market closed that it is bringing to its 60.5 million Disney+ subscribers for a rental of $29.99 (and in theaters in those places of the world that

In-theater advertising firm National CineMedia has swung to a second-quarter loss on sharply lower revenues as major cinema chains face an uncertain reopening amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company recorded a net loss of $13.8 million, or 18 cents per share, against a year-earlier profit of $8.9 million, or 11 cent per share.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe hope for NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell in the studio’s new unprecedented 17-day theatrical window collapse-PVOD deal with AMC Theatres is to make more money in the post theatrical windows which have waned in recent years.“Movies are our lifeblood,” said the NBCUniversal pro-PVOD exec, “Over the last couple of years, it’s become more increasingly difficult to generate the same returns over the first couple of windows.

Gary Holt insists he wants his players to aim for “longevity” and to become a mainstay club in the Scottish Premiership.Speaking ahead of the season opener in Paisley against St Mirren at the weekend, the Livi manager said that his target is to avoid relegation and continue the club’s evolution.He scoffed at the suggestion that his club would be aiming for fifth place again.Holt said: “No, we wouldn’t even ask for that.

Following in the wake of similar announcements by AMC Theatres now that more concrete cinema release dates for new films have been decided (mainly “Tenet”), Regal Cinemas, has announced that it will begin to reopen its U.S. locations starting from August 21.

coronavirus continues to recede in China’s capital. Cinemas in parts of the city deemed at low risk of cross-infection began admitting moviegoers under social distancing rules.

NEW YORK -- A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. In 1975, “Jaws” set the blueprint.

reopening kicking off July 15 with the hope of being fully operational by July 24, but pushed back the plan July 30 late last month.The latest delay comes just days after Warner Bros. indefinitely postponed the release of its big-budget spy film, “Tenet,” which had been slated to hit theaters on August 12.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, Online“Bill & Ted Face the Music” has shifted its release plans, and instead will debut on premium video on demand and in select movie theaters on Sept. 1 as coronavirus cases spike across the country.The announcement comes following the news that Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” has been taken off release calendars, though its still expected to launch in 2020.