Disney CEO Bob Chapek Sees Mask-Free Theme Parks In 2022; Disneyland Unlikely To Open This Quarter, But Hong Kong Might

Imax CEO Rich Gelfond believes a growing consensus around the long-fraught topic of theatrical movie release windows will boost the recovery of exhibition in 2021 and beyond.

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says the will-they-won’t-they Tokyo Summer Olympic Games “are getting past the point of ‘if’.”

Disney CEO Bob Chapek suggested that the company will likely shrink the exclusive period when its films play only in theaters, though he didn’t offer any specifics.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Monday that despite how rotten it was to have theme parks closed for so long, the forced downtime was also an opportunity to tinker with technology and data to reopen better than before, for both guests and for shareholders.

As Disney prepares to release “Raya and the Last Dragon” in theaters and as a premium on-demand title this Friday, CEO Bob Chapek says that he thinks the experimentation his studio and others in Hollywood are doing with releasing movies during the pandemic will permanently change the movie business.“The consumer is probably more impatient than they’ve ever been before,” Chapek said during a Q&A at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference, “particularly since now

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterSpeaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, Walt Disney Company chief exec Bob Chapek said he’s “not sure there’s going back” to pre-pandemic theatrical windows.Reiterating the company’s commitment to theatrical releases, Chapek reminded viewers that Disney in 2019 released 11 films that earned at least $1 billion, which “will continue to be a big deal” to the company.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation has taken a timeline provided by the British government as an all-clear for the summer festival season, selling some 170,000 tickets this week to three major U.K.

Mark Zoradi, CEO of major exhibitor Cinemark and a former longtime Disney executive, sees some familiar elements on the summer release calendar, which he sees as a potential Covid-19 recovery turning point.

direct to your inboxStockport residents will face a 3.5pc hike in council tax but also enjoy free Saturday parking after the council passed its budget for the next 12 months.The town hall’s financial plan for the 2021/22 municipal year was approved by a majority vote at a remote meeting on Thursday night.The Labour administration put forward what it described as its ‘Covid recovery budget’, including £10m for affordable housing, £2m to help businesses get back on their feet and one-off monies

 America Ferrera  is already an Emmy and Golden Globe winner, but she’s about to add another accomplishment to her growing resume. The actress is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

America Ferrara is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the young adultnovel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter for Netflix. The New York Times bestseller from Erika L.

Emmy and Golden Globe winner America Ferrera is set to make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by author Erika Sánchez, who will serve as a co-producer on the film. Anonymous Content and MACRO are producing the pic, which will be released on Netflix.

Cannes director Thierry Fremaux is probably best known as the vocal leader of one of the biggest film events each year. However, he’s doing the publicity rounds nowadays to hype up his new book, “Judoka,” about his time learning Judo.

After many marvel films were delayed due to the pandemic, fans were left upset, but on the bright side, there is finally an update on a very popular MCU film! One of the most anticipated movies is the Marvel’s Black Widow, and according to Bob Chapek, the new CEO of Disney, the movie will still be released in theatres, despite many other films moving to streaming platforms. In a statement to Deadline, the new CEO said: “We’ll be watching to see the reopening of theatres and consumer sentiment in

Imelda May has shared her heartache following the stabbing of a teenager and pleaded for young people to ‘leave the knives out of it’.