
Cinemas struggle with content, lean on old hits in first phase of reopening
Live MintNEW DELHI: For India's movie theatres, reopening, though welcome, comes with its own set of challenges. The new James Bond film, No Time to Die, expected to bring audiences back in the first phase of reopening, has been pushed from November 2020 to April 2021. The latest move comes on the back of a spate of delays announced earlier--Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick was pushed from June to December 2020 and then slated for July 2021, while horror flick A Quiet Place Part II will premiere in April 2021 instead of September 2020. The absence of big-ticket Hollywood offerings is not good news for India where local producers are not keen to release new films immediately -- in case they haven't already been acquired by video streaming platforms. “Since cinemas haven’t reopened across India and.particularly so in Bombay which is the nerve centre of the film industry, no producer has shown inclination to release a new film.
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