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EXCLUSIVE: AMC streamer Acorn TV and ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5 are to further cement their forays into original drama by co-producing an adaptation of P.D. James’ best-selling Inspector Dalgliesh Mysteries crime novels. Catherine The Great and Cobra producer New Pictures secured the rights to the novels and…

UPDATE, SATURDAY 3:30PM: The National Association of Theater Owners has responded to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s move to allow theaters outside of New York City starting Oct. 23. NATO of New York provided the following statement: “We are exceptionally pleased that Governor Cuomo has allowed for movie theaters in New…

The National Association of Theatre Owners urged Congress again Thursday to #SaveYourCinema and pass relief for cinemas that are struggling to survive during the pandemic. The exhibition lobbyist group is asking moviegoers nationwide to urge D.C. lawmakers with a goal of reaching a half million letters sent. Already, N…

Thanks, but no thanks, San Francisco Mayor London Breed. While San Francisco County gave the go-ahead for movie theaters to reopen today, members of the National Association of Theatre Owners of California/Nevada have agreed unanimously to remain closed in the City by the Bay. Why? San Francisco’s current ban on movie…

New York City will shutter nonessential businesses again in new COVID clusters in Brooklyn and Queens and restrict restaurants to takeout only as well as shutting schools and clamping down on religious services and mass gatherings, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. The measures, under a newly unveiled ‘Cluster…

In the wake of Cineworld’s decision to shutter its UK venues and Regal U.S. theaters, AMC, the No. 1 exhibitor in the world, will remain open. AMC joins No. 3 exhibitor Cinemark in staying open during the pandemic, despite Cineworld and Regal’s plans to close this Thursday. More than 80% of AMC's U.S. circuit is open…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of tonight's Season 10 semi-finale of The Walking Dead. "It was just such an epic finale, but it was an epic year," says The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus of tonight's long-delayed Season 10 finale "A Certain Doom.” "I mean, we had Alpha, we had Beta, we had these giant super…

San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed and county officials finally gave the go-ahead for movie theaters to reopen on Oct. 7, despite the fact that  California state health officials said it was OK to do so weeks ago. That might come as good news for Warner Bros.’ Tenet, which has always pegged the city as one of the…

AMC Networks said its president of SVOD Miguel Penella is expanding his role to add AMC+ to the portfolio of subscription video on demand services he oversees. The SVOD umbrella includes Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and UMC. (Shudder recently became the second of AMC Networks' targeted SVOD services to surpass the…

AMC has unveiled the trailer for its upcoming crime series Gangs of London. Starring Peaky Blinders alum Joe Cole, Colm Meany, Michelle Fairley and Paapa Essiedu (of Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You), Gangs of London follows the explosive power dynamics between the multicultural city’s international gangs when the…

AMC ordered six half-hour episodes of Mega City Smiths, an innovative stop-motion animated baby doll dramedy series from Patriot and Perpetual Grace, LTD creator Steve Conrad and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords) for premiere in 2021. Created by Conrad, the Mega City Smiths story unfolds via the…

In the wake of the announced reopening of OC earlier this week, AMC is officially throwing the doors open to four locations in the greater Los Angeles area this weekend, followed by the AMC Woodbridge 5 on Sept. 18. The AMC Anaheim GardenWalk 6, AMC Orange 30, and AMC Tustin 14 will open on Friday, Sept. 11 with the…