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CinemaCon 2023: ‘The Flash’ screens, Hollywood disses streaming
1 year, 7 months ago

CinemaCon 2023: ‘The Flash’ screens, Hollywood disses streaming

LA Times  

Denis Villeneuve, from left, Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet laugh onstage as they promote their upcoming film “Dune: Part Two” during the Warner Bros. Pictures Studio presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Assn. “We see very much increasing theatrical distribution from all of our key partners, and that’s the first time in my 30 years of representing theater …

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Theater owners group optimistic about future of moviegoing
1 year, 7 months ago

Theater owners group optimistic about future of moviegoing

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — For the movie theater industry, the math behind recovery is simple: More movies in theaters equals more money for theaters and Hollywood. John Fithian, the outgoing CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners, assured exhibitors Tuesday at the CinemaCon trade convention that the industry is “ off to an incredible start in 2023.” In 2022, the …

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Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all
1 year, 8 months ago

Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama “Air,” the film executives at Amazon Studios threw them a curveball. “We truly think that by putting it into theaters, you just can’t otherwise get that kind of word of mouth and press around it,” says Kevin Wilson, Amazon Studios and MGM theatrical distribution executive. But …

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Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed freedom. Unlike the founding fathers, he freed his slaves
3 years, 3 months ago

Like Washington and Jefferson, he championed freedom. Unlike the founding fathers, he freed his slaves

CNN  

CNN — It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland County courthouse and delivered an airtight legal document announcing his intention to free, or manumit, more than 500 slaves. Courtesy of Northern Neck of Virginia Historical Society “I think the story of Robert …

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Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters
4 years, 5 months ago

Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. “Distributors who want to play movies theatrically, they can’t wait until 100% of markets are allowed open because that’s not going to happen until there’s a vaccine widely available in the world.” “The old distribution models of …

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