Germany’s Largest Cinema Organization Calls For Less Distancing In Cinemas: “Only Then Will Cinemas Survive”

This year turned out to be different for us. Planned trips got canceled, Pride parades have been postponed or held online and we all had to get used to the idea of spending this summer in our countries.

Bryan Adams is playing a socially distant show in Germany next month.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterGermany’s largest organization of cinema operators, HDF Kino, has issued a statement weighing in on the controversy swirling around Disney’s decision to put Mulan directing onto Disney+ in major markets.The move has prompted an angry response from international exhibitors.

straight to your inbox Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says his Manchester United team selection against LASK Linz is designed to build confidence throughout the first-team squad. United go into the second leg of their last-16 tie against LASK on Wednesday night with a 5-0 lead on aggregate and all but assured of a place in the final tournament next week.Solskjaer's side will face Copenhagen in Germany next Monday night and the United manager has chosen a strong side for the second-leg.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorWhile Universal’s Dolittle and Warner Bros’ reissue of Interstellar were the big kahunas in China this weekend, Russell Crowe-starrer Unhinged hit the road in 19 new markets over the session. Among them, the UK, Australia, Netherlands and New Zealand where the Solstice Studios pic was No.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: International cinema giant Vue has weighed in on the controversial Universal-AMC window crunch, announced earlier this week.Universal and AMC put aside bad blood to sign a multi-year deal that will allow the studio’s films to premiere on premium video on-demand within three weeks of their theatrical debuts.Like Cineworld, before it, the move has bemused Vue, which accounts for 2,000 screens in 10 major international markets, including UK, Germany,

straight to your inbox Leroy Sane has revealed that his new team-mate Joshua Kimmich was the Bayern Munich player who pestered him the most to join the club from Manchester City.Sane finally joined Bayern last month after a year of speculation, with City receiving €49million up front plus a possible €11million in add-ons.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: Lots of movement on the international box office front this past weekend, and into the beginning of the week. Korean zombie sequel Peninsula, as we reported Sunday, made a meal of five overseas markets with a $21M Wednesday-Sunday frame.

Dennis Quaid is speaking out about the controversy that surrounded his 2017 movie “A Dog’s Purpose,” denouncing the incident as overblown hype. Days prior to the film’s release, a video emerged from the set showing a German shepherd being forced into rough water in order to create a scene that takes place in a river.

Werner Herzog is one of Germany’s great filmmakers. French director Francois Truffaut called Herzog “the most important film director alive” and legendary film critic Roger Ebert was a huge fan of Herzog’s work.