Making its debut off-Broadway in 1968, “The Boys in the Band” proved to be a defining statement for the burgeoning gay rights movement of the era.
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Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: AMC has optioned the rights to Sorcerers, a novella by co-writers Maurice Broaddus and Otis Whitaker and featuring illustrations by internationally renowned artist Jim Mahfood, with plans to adapt it into a series.The short story is a psychedelic urban fantasy about a 30-year-old man from Harlem who comes into his own as a hip hop-inspired sorcerer. It follows Malik Hutchins, the black sheep to one of the most successful families in Harlem.
Making its debut off-Broadway in 1968, “The Boys in the Band” proved to be a defining statement for the burgeoning gay rights movement of the era.
If you were someone that went to buy tickets for future showings this weekend at an AMC location, you might have noticed something odd. You see, the social distancing guidelines presented by the studio said that groups of people would be spaced out with a full row of empty seats in front of and behind them, as well as one seat buffers between groups horizontally.
to lure folks back to the big screen amid the coronavirus crisis.The cinema chain said it will hawk the film passes for pennies — roughly the price of a ticket in the 1920s — on the first day of its reopening on Aug.
Jamie Otis is HPV+. The 34-year-old “Married at First Sight” alum took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal her diagnosis, which was discovered during a pap smear early in her pregnancy. Otis and her husband, Doug Hehner, welcomed their son, Hendrix, in May. They also share a 2-year-old daughter, Henley.
Recently, the CEO of AMC Theatres, Adam Aron, talked to investors and talked about how the company was going to “survive” the COVID-19 pandemic. That may sound like a bit of an early celebration, as the pandemic is still going strong, but given the company’s status just a couple of months ago (seemingly on the brink of bankruptcy), you can understand why the CEO was happy.
Jamie Otis is HPV+. The 34-year-old alum took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal her diagnosis, which was discovered during a pap smear early in her pregnancy.
AMC Theatres, as well as its major cinema chain competition, is reopening the doors to hundreds of locations beginning later this month. In doing so, the company has promised that there will be increased safety procedures including heavy sanitization and new protocols that the staff will have to follow to ensure people don’t get sick while watching “Tenet.” But those new protocols come with a price.
When Disney announced plans to take it’s $200 million “Mulan” remake and send it straight to Disney+ streaming service with an additional $30 fee, people were shocked.
Laura Whitmore, an Irish presenter based in London, has come under fire for a social media post about the British army.
Last week, a landmark deal between AMC Theatres and NBCUniversal rocked the film industry, as the two agreed to shorten the exclusive theatrical windows for films from nearly three months to merely 17 days, allowing for the film studio to release features on Premium VOD less than three weeks after they debut on the big screen.
Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVSarah Barnett is stepping down from her role as president of AMC Networks Entertainment Group president.A television veteran who has been with company for more than a decade, Barnett will stay on in her current role through Labor Day. No immediate successor for her position is in place.
Just a few months (in fact, exactly three months to the day) after the theatre chain proclaimed it would no longer play movies from the studio, AMC Theatres and Universal Pictures have signed a multi-year agreement that will allow the studio’s films to premiere on premium video on demand (including the theater’s own, AMC Theatres On Demand) within just three weeks of their theatrical debuts.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Unto most every TV-watching generation, a new Muppets show is born. The original “Muppet Show,” which ran from 1976 to 1981, had Jim Henson’s felt puppets take over a vaudeville theatre to perform songs, slapstick sketches and more unabashedly cheesy puns than its bewildered guests could count.
discussing her latest film,, British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw opened up about joining, the anticipated and tightly guarded Disney+ series starring Tom Hiddleston as the titular demi-god. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is expected to reveal where the god of mischief teleported with the Tesseract and explore what happens to him in his newly created timeline.
Several weeks ago, one of the executives over at Sony mentioned how the world of adult-focused animation is set to get a boost from this global pandemic that rendered live-action filmmaking completely impossible for several months and continues to hinder the film and TV industry. The executive predicted that we’d likely see a number of new adult animation efforts springing forth.
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.
Jim Carrey dedicated his debut novel and New York Times best-seller Memoirs and Misinformation to his brother John Carrey, who passed away in 2019. On Wednesday’s episode of the Daily Show, the actor, writer and comedian told host Trevor Noah why he decided to devote his book of real and fictional Hollywood encounters to his sibling, who died of aplastic anemia.
It’s the same cycle that has played out over and over again this summer. COVID-19 numbers don’t go down.