Movie Theaters’ “Full-On Rhythm” Won’t Return Until 2022, Cinemark CEO Says

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBREAKING: Paramount is taking The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run off the theatrical calendar and sending it straight into homes for an early 2021 release. We heard sources talking about this earlier today. Sponge on the Run will go on PVOD before it hits CBS All Access.The movie was originally scheduled to play over Memorial Day weekend before COVID-19, but was rescheduled for Aug.

AMC Theatres is reversing the policy it announced yesterday and will now require all moviegoers to wear masks in their theaters.

Jill Goldsmith Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi said the chain is in “active discussions” with Universal over windows but choses to do it privately instead of entering “the media fray” that exploded when AMC Entertainment threatened not to show Universal films.“I know that Universal is committed to the theatrical business” for big films like Jurassic World, he said.

Cinemark announced a phased reopening plan early Wednesday that will see most of the circuit's U.S. locations back in business by mid-July with enhanced sanitizing and social distancing protocols in place.

video Wednesday that provides patrons with a detailed look at what movie theaters will look like when they reopen their doors under new safety guidelines.Cinemark is doing a phased reopening some of its theaters in Texas by Friday but will be targeting the reopening of more than 300 theaters by mid-July.

Exhibition giant Cineworld, which owns the Regal chain in the U.S., is set to reopen some of its European cinemas next week, with its U.S. and U.K movie theaters reopening on July 10.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorRegal Entertainment owner Cineworld Group has confirmed it will re-open cinemas in some of its markets during the last week of June, with all theaters expected to be back online during the course of July.

The California Department of Public Health declared that the state’s movie theaters can reopen as of this Friday (June 12) amid the pandemic – but don’t expect many of them to do so.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Despite yesterday’s good news for exhibition from the California Department of Public Health that they can reopen as early as this Friday, June 12, we’re hearing that many notable chains won’t be.

Movie theaters in California may begin opening as early as June 12, but they’ll have to follow some strict guidelines that the state’s Department of Public Health has announced.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMovie theaters in California could begin reopening as early as June 12 under strict proposed guidelines that have been issued by the state’s Department of Public Health.Gov. Gavin Newsom has yet to weigh in on the proposed guidelines, which are part of family entertainment rules.

Anthony D'Alessandro, Dominic Patten EXCLUSIVE: With California Gov. Gavin Newsom potentially poised to make an announcement easing COVID-19 restrictions on movie theaters this week, the industry anticipates at least the semblance of a summer season.The news will come as a relief to movie theaters, which have been shut since mid-March, and studios as well which have holding back on expensive event movies.  Warner Bros.

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