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A Few Good Ideas – CinemaCon 2019

CinemaCon as a tech show is amazing for new good ideas. 4K RGB for the price of 2K laser phosphor… good idea. 10 years of support included in the price of the projector… good idea. Not blaming Netflix for cinema’s fortunes… good idea. Having a day without a long lunch program…

ECA Slate Day 2019

CJ Interviews: Grainne Peat, MD Event Cinema Association (ECA)

July 2018 saw the appointment of new Event Cinema Association Managing Director, Grainne Peat. Having officially taken up the role in October and with the rapidly approaching ECA Slate and Insight Day 2019, Grainne Peat talks to Celluloid Junkie about her future vision for the ECA, its new direction…

The King and I. (image: Trafalgar Releasing)

The Year of Trafalgar

2018 was a rollercoaster ride of a year, and as 2019 dawns, there’s still plenty of uncertainty around the future of the UK. But in the Event Cinema industry for one company in particular, 2018 has been a certified smash hit. Enter Trafalgar Releasing. Join us as we look at how 2018 really was their…

'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' Musical performed at the Apollo Theatre, London, UK

A Musical You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of Just Re-wrote the Rules of Event Cinema

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – or are they? Whether you’ve heard of it or not, this West End, London musical re-wrote the rules of event cinema this summer. It transferred from its opening run at the Sheffield Crucible to the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue in November 2017 where it ha…

Four Macbeths coming to event cinema in 2018

How Many Macbeths Is Too Many?

In the year that will see the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, even more Star Wars mania and Jamie Lee Curtis returning to the Halloween film franchise, we, the general public, are going to be treated to four, yes FOUR, productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth when they grace the big scr…

Newsies - Fathom Events - February 2017 Release

Disney and Fathom Team Up to Help “Newsies” Make Headlines

When “Disney’s Newsies: The Broadway Musical!” screened in movie theatres in February as a three-day event cinema offering, there was a good chance it would be a financial success for all involved; Disney Theatrical Productions, which produced all aspects of the project, Fathom Events which acted as…

#ECACON2017 ECA Melissa Cogavin

#ECACON2017 Preview – Interview With Melissa Cogavin

CJ interviews ECA's Melissa Cogavin ahead of the #ECACON2017 conference in London on Friday 3 February 2017

Lost in London Live

Fathom and Woody Harrelson Set for Live Feature Film “Lost In London”

January in London can be an unforgiving month. With winter well underway, temperatures average 6 °Celsius (42 °Fahrenheit) and it rains a majority of the time. There is even the possibility of snow on the rare occasion. London’s inhospitable weather, however, is but one of the unknown variables that…

Batman: The Killing Joke

Fathom Events Set for Record Success With “Batman: The Killing Joke”

If you wonder why Hollywood studios continue to churn out superhero sequels, or if you have any doubt as to the popularity of such films, you need only look at the success Fathom Events is having with “Batman: The Killing Joke”. Tickets for the July 25th limited-screenings of the animated feature we…

Emma Keith, a producer and Head of Broadcast at NT Live

40 Under 40 EUR: Emma Keith of National Theatre Live

This story first appeared in a special CineEurope 2016 issue of BoxOffice magazine. To subscribe to the magazine click here. Name: Emma Keith Company: NT Live Title: Head of Broadcast & Producer Country: United Kingdom Emma Keith’s first cinema memory was “watching ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ as a…