Fourteen theaters in the United States remained opened at the weekend box office according to recent reports obtained by Deadline, 13 of them were drive-ins. Source: Drive-Ins Were The Only Movie Theaters Open At Weekend Box Office: Coronavirus – Deadline … [Read more...]
Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: The Perspective From India; Local Producer Vikram Malhotra On How Nation’s “Lifeblood” Cinema Is Being Impacted
India, a country of 1.3 billion people, imposed a nationwide lockdown last week as it desperately battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Film and TV production had already halted on March 19, and the country’s cinemas, which are enormously popular and vital to local communities, are all shuttered. Source: https://deadline.com/ … [Read more...]
Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: UK Cinema Chain Curzon CEO On Surviving Closures & Evolving VOD Offering
Philip Knatchbull is CEO of Curzon, the UK cinema chain that also operates a distribution business and VOD service, Curzon Home Cinema. It was an auspicious start to 2020 for Curzon, with its release of the Oscar-winning Parasite becoming the highest-grossing foreign-language film in UK box office history, topping out at close to $15M. That … [Read more...]
Isolated Italians Project Classic Film Clips Onto Rome Buildings To Lift Beleaguered City’s Spirits
The deadly spread of coronavirus may be taking a harsh toll on nations around the globe, but the creative outlets that people are finding to alleviate the boredom of isolation is providing some more uplifting news to report. Italy has been one of the places most decimated by the virus. Last week, its death toll surpassed China’s. At the time of … [Read more...]
Cinemark Top Executives Follow Disney, AMC Ent. In Foregoing Salary – Deadline
It’s officially a trend: Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi and the theater chain’s board of directors are following executives from Disney, which is cutting salaries, and AMC Entertainment, which furloughed its entire staff including CEO Adam Aron, to save cash during the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Cinemark Top Executives Follow Disney, AMC Ent. In … [Read more...]
Kino Lorber Streaming Arthouse Program Counts 150 Cinemas With Alamo Drafthouse & Laemmle – Deadline
Kino Lorber’s Kino Marquee initiative, which looks to help arthouses at a time when they’ve been shuttered in the coronavirus climate, has mushroomed from 12 theaters last week to 150 including Alamo Drafthouse and Laemmle Theaters. Source: Kino Lorber Streaming Arthouse Program Counts 150 Cinemas With Alamo Drafthouse & Laemmle – Deadline … [Read more...]
