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It's fascinating to watch local governments — New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans — rush to enact Covid vaccine requirements for entry to the publicly accessible spaces of private business, including, yes, movie theaters. I'm not equipped to judge the ultimate propriety or efficacy of such mandates…

On Wednesday morning, film industry operatives will rally at AMC's Century City 15 multiplex to cheer the return of movie theaters that had been closed by the pandemic. "The Big Screen Is Back," they'll declare. Glad to hear it. That's great, as far as it goes. But those movers and shakers should probably charter a…

A federal judge has ruled that the state of New Jersey, for now, can keep movie theaters closed at the same time religious services or other indoor gatherings are allowed to proceed. The case, closely watched in industry circles, has offered a close-up look at one effort by beleaguered theaters to open their doors…

Tenet, the movie expected to kick off Hollywood’s long-deferred summer, has a “low likelihood” of being released in August, according to a veteran exhibition analyst. Additional delays of the movie re-start will put further strain on theater circuits’ balance sheets and put 2020 box office on a path toward 70% decline…

Major movie theaters in New Jersey have filed a federal lawsuit against the state for its decision to hold back on reopening multiplexes due to lingering concerns about COVID-19. The National Association of Theatre Owners of New Jersey is leading the complaint (read it in full HERE), with major circuits like AMC…

A new online search tool called Trailered aims to connect moviegoers with showtimes, trailers and tickets for all available films. The free service is launching in the U.S. and Canada. While Fandango and others have long targeted the movie ticket buyer, building out additional offerings such as reviews, UK-based…

Sinemia, a rival to MoviePass in the percolating movie ticketing space, has announced a plan that offers discounted movie tickets without requiring a subscription. The new Sinemia Limitless plan offers a card — either virtual or physical — worth $100, which can be redeemed for movie tickets. That card costs $70 in a…

A study by Ernst & Young commissioned by the National Association of Theater Owners has found minimal impact on theaters by Netflix and other digital outlets streaming feature-length films. If anything, the more a consumer streams movies, the study found, the more likely they are to pay for a ticket in a movie theater…

Ted Sarandos began his entertainment career running video stores and has a well-established passion for film. As Netflix’s head of content, he has spent the past few months green-lighting an array of ambitious feature projects as the streaming giant makes an aggressive push into the movie business. Despite all of…

As an old Wall Street saying goes, the market climbs a wall of worry. In the case of Netflix, the more people worry about the company exhausting its potential (or cash reserves), the higher it seems to climb. Founder and CEO Reed Hastings said during today’s earnings video conference that he sees plenty more upside…

Aiming for a level of output not seen since the two-reeler silent movie days, Netflix plans to put out a new original movie on average every four and a half days in 2018, for an eye-popping total of 80 releases, content chief Ted Sarandos said after today’s release of third-quarter earnings. That level compares with…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s surprise decision to double back and release The Interview in limited fashion on Christmas Day has exhibitors in a rage, and it sure looks like it is going to take them a long time to get over it. After Sony canceled the December 25 bow, pulled its advertising and began scrapping billboards…