“Every producer in Hollywood is envious that China’s theaters have been able to reopen safely,” Jeff Most, a Hollywood producer known for the film series “The Crow,” said.
“China managed their COVID-19 pandemic in a much better way than the U.S. did, and that kept their entertainment industry alive,” he told Xinhua on Thursday, after Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that movie theaters in the most populous county in the U.S. would also be allowed to open indoors at 25-percent capacity with preventive measures as early as next Monday.
“It’s a shame that we in the U.S. have had far fewer releases due to COVID-19 and that so many of our bigger films that could have been part of the resurging theater-going audiences in China have had to be released on streamers instead,” said Most, finishing the successful adaptation to a new television series of his hit film, “The Specialist,” though he hailed Thursday’s move as a major step toward the recovery of the theater business.
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