AMC movie theaters delay reopening — again

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Management and production company 42 (The Courier) is teaming with fledgling LA-based label A-Major Media to develop and produce Megan Chan Meinero’s play Good Fortune for film. New York playwright Chan Meinero is writing the adaptation.Mary Lee, previously head of film at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment, is producing for A-Major, which she set up last year year to champion Asian-American voices in film and TV.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

According to Seth Rogen, the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is making it tougher to launch big-screen comedies.

La réaction d’un exploitant suite à la décision de Disney… #Mulan pic.twitter.com/I2uWICofve— Destination Ciné (@destinationcine) August 6, 2020Also Read: 'Mulan' to Skip US Theaters for September Debut on Disney+Theaters in France have been reopened since June, as new infections of COVID-19 have largely been contained throughout the summer.

The making of iconic Hollywood movie Chinatown is getting the movie treatment from Ben Affleck and Parmaount. Affleck will write the script and is set to direct The Big Goodbye, an adaptation of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by author Sam Wasson.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWhile the Hollywood studios continue to keep their tentpoles locked up till most American cinemas reopen, indie distributors are releasing a handful of smaller movies with big stars in supporting roles this week.Can’t wait to see Robert Pattinson in “Tenet”? Well, you can always catch him in the festival-anointed imperialist critique “Waiting for the Barbarians.” While the release date for “Dune” remains in question, Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård leads the

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPantheon, AMC’s first hourlong animated primetime drama series has announced its full cast.

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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ARMY, get excited! BTS is coming back on the big screen in a big way. The septet just announced Break The Silence: The Movie - Persona which will hit theatres in about 70 countries with limited screenings on September 10.

Looking forward to watching An American Pickle this week? The one where Seth Rogen falls into a vat of pickles in 1920 and wakes up in modern day New York? Chances are you haven’t been looking forward to it for too long, since the trailer only dropped at the start of July. You might have also missed Unhinged, the Russell Crowe road-rage thriller and the first new film to reopen cinemas along with Eva Green’s astronaut drama, Proxima.

Empire’s latest issue is the Ultimate Movie Playlist edition, featuring 235 film chosen for you, curated exclusively by some of the very best actors, directors, producers and more – and there’s something inside for everyone.This month's issue is on sale from Thursday 6 August, and you can take a peek inside it below.Give your to-watch pile a major boost with the Ultimate Movie Playlist, selected by Hollywood's finestWe have Christopher McQuarrie and Simon Kinberg on their favourite heist movies,

Lifetime is putting an LGBTQ romance and an Asian American family at the forefront of two of its 30 original holiday movies this year. While Hallmark promised in July that its upcoming films will prominently feature LGBTQ storylines and characters, its competitor is putting its money where its mouth is — expanding the call for diversity through its storytelling, casts and themes.

Trolls World Tour led to AMC saying they would not screen films distributed by Universal once cinemas reopened after the coronavirus lockdown.The dispute came after Universal announced that it would release films “on both formats” (digitally and in cinemas) after the lockdown was over, considering the “viability” of on-demand releases.Things now seem to have been patched up between the two companies as a new deal will see them sharing access to big movies.The move allows Universal to release its

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe Hunger Games and Fortitude actor Stanley Tucci is to star in Oscar-winner Alejandro Amenábar’s first TV series La Fortuna, which is a co-production between AMC and Spain’s pay-TV broadcaster Movistar+.Based on Paco Roca and Guillermo Corral’s graphic novel El Tesoro del Cisne Negro (The Treasure Of The Black Swan), the story centers on young diplomat Alex Ventura who teams with a combative public official and a brilliant American lawyer to recover treasure

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOscar and Emmy nominated actor Brad Dourif (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Deadwood) is set to reprise his role as the voice of the titular murderous doll in the forthcoming Syfy and USA Network series Chucky.Dourif originated the voice of the character in the original 1988 Child’s Play movie and its six sequels, which are all part of the Chucky-verse. Don Mancini (Hannibal, Channel Zero), who penned the entire franchise, serves as the showrunner and

Also Read: 'Tenet' Delayed Again to Unnamed 2020 DateMore to come…As the coronavirus continues to spread, an increasing number of movies are delaying or suspending production.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres has delayed plans to reopen its cinemas as coronavirus cases surge across the United States. The company, which with more than 600 locations ranks as the country’s largest movie theater chain, will now open its venues in mid to late August.The problem of when and how moviegoing can safely resume and cinemas can broadly reopen has been a thorny one for the exhibition space.

Peter White Television EditorRosario Dawson-fronted drama Briarpatch is not returning for a second season.The freshman drama series has been canceled at USA Network after one season, a move which showrunner Andy Greenwald called a “bummer”.The show, which is based on the Ross Thomas novel, premiered in February.