The movie business famously creates curious bedfellows: Consider Olivia Wilde and Charles S. Cohen. Wilde is the gifted actress whose buoyant first-time directing venture, Booksmart, is trying to break the indie film business out of a dismal slump. Cohen is the billionaire investor and art film connoisseur who, as the…

After roughly eight months on the selling block, Landmark Theatres is being purchased by Oscar-winning theatrical distributor and producer Cohen Media Group. Cohen Media Group will acquire the nation’s largest and most prominent stateside independent theater chain, spanning 252 screens in 27 markets. The announcement…

EXCLUSIVE: A report surfaced last night that Amazon is in the running to acquire the Landmark arthouse movie chain. We hear from various sources on good authority that Amazon isn’t in the running nor are they even in the final rounds for Landmark. Landmark, owned by Wagner/Cuban cos., was put up for sale a second time…

Atom Tickets has pacted with independent cinema circuit Landmark Theatres, and will now sell tickets to the chain’s 53 theatres and 255 screens. Atom sells movie tickets to more than 20K screens in North America. Other chains that Atom’s mobile ticketing app covers include AMC,, Regal, Southern Theatres, National…

EXCLUSIVE: It’s very early in the process, but Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios is taking a look at Landmark Theatres which is on the sales block. "We are pursuing the acquisition of numerous companies that have excellent management and brands in distribution, content, cable networks and technology. Yes, we are…

EXCLUSIVE: Wagner/Cuban companies’ Landmark Theatres arthouse chain is on the sales block. Sources inform Deadline that buyers showed interest, and an investment bank was hired to vet possibilities. We understand it’s still early in the sales process. Seven years ago Wagner/Cuban put Landmark up for sale, but then…

Monthly movie ticket subscription service MoviePass announced an agreement today with Wagner/Cuban Companies’ Landmark Theatres. Through this agreement, MoviePass will be integrated into Landmark Theatres' ticketing system. MoviePass members who use the service at Landmark Theatres will be able to take advantage of…

Landmark has confirmed Sunday, January 21 as the date when the Sunshine art house will screen its final reel, Deadline has learned. The five-screen complex, which opened in 2001, has been a hotspot in New York for cinephiles and specialty distributors alike but will now make way for retail development. While the…

Indie film exhibitors the Denver Film Society, Cinema Detroit and Washington DC-based West End Cinema and the Avalon Theatre have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia claiming the specialty film circuit owned by Mark Cuban has violated federal antitrust law by denying them access to…

On Sept. 15, Landmark Theatres is throwing the doors open to The Landmark at 57 West, a new eight-screen movie venue that will span the block between 11th and 12th Avenues on 57th Street in New York City. In addition to its wall to wall screens, laser projection and a premium full bar aka JD’s Place, The Landmark at…

EXCLUSIVE: Independent film exhibition chain Landmark Theatres has promoted Mabel Tam to VP and head film buyer. She had been senior film buyer at Landmark for 15 year, managing seven key markets across the country. In her new role, she’ll oversee all nationwide responsibilities of the film department. Additionally…

UPDATE 9/14/16 PM: A trailer was released today, which you can watch above. Original article 9/13/16 at 11:30 AM: EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Theatres and Submarine Deluxe are teaming to release Morgan Spurlock’s new feature documentary Rats in 10 markets nationwide in midnight screenings September 23-24 exclusively at…