The Laika Experience Takes Up Residence in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter July 14-23, 2017
Oscar-winning animation studio Laika, creators of “Coraline,” “ParaNorman,” “The Boxtrolls” and “Kubo and the Two Strings,” brings its pop-up exhibit The Laika Experience to the heart of San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter from Friday, July 14th to Sunday, Jul…
Legendary Director Luc Besson Offers Moviegoers An Exclusive First Look at the Opening Sequence of EuropaCorp’s Summer Blockbuster “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
Moviegoers will get an early look at the complete and unedited opening sequence of Luc Besson’s “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” in select theaters showing “Spider-Man: Homecoming” beginning with its first showtimes on Thursday, July 6. STXfilms will distribute the epic adventure in the…
Crunchyroll to Premiere “The Ancient Magus’ Bride” at Anime Expo in Anticipation of Theater Event on July 26th
Crunchyroll, the leading destination for anime and manga, today announced a special sneak peak of “The Ancient Magus’ Bride,” followed by a Q&A with its director and Wit Studio’s president for a limited number of attendees as a part of their exciting line up for this year’s Anime Exp…
Alamo Drafthouse Announces 20th Anniversary Celebration With First Wave of Genre-Spanning Programming
In 1997 two young cinephiles — Tim and Karrie League — opened the doors of the very first Alamo Drafthouse on Colorado Street in Austin, Texas. A single-screen theater converted from an old warehouse, their original website promised “good food, good beer and good film, all at the s…
Odeon Cinemas Group Announces New Managing Director for Spain and Portugal
Odeon Cinemas Group, Europe’s largest cinema exhibition company, has today announced the appointment of Ramón Biarnés as Managing Director for Spain and Portugal. Ramon will be responsible for the Group’s successful brands in the region – Cinesa is Spain’s largest and most popular cinema chain…
2017 Maui Film Festival at Wailea Honored Connie Britton, Pierce Brosnan, Karen Gillan & Freida Pinto This Past Week
The Maui Film Festival has wrapped its eighteenth year of cinema-under- the-stars. Honoring Connie Britton, Pierce Brosnan, Karen Gillan and Freida Pinto, the 18th Annual Maui Film Festival took place June 21-25, 2017 at the Celestial Cinema located at the Wailea Gold and Emerald Golf Course, the Ca…
AMC Theatres Begins Implementing Its Recliner-Renovation Rollout Strategy in the United Kingdom
The recliner-renovation strategy that AMC Theatres (“AMC”) pioneered in the United States this decade is now headed overseas. AMC announced today that construction has started at three ODEON locations in the United Kingdom (Odeon Leeds-Bradford in Bradford, England; Odeon Wester Hailes in Edinburgh…
“Transformers: The Last Knight” Shape Shifts the Box Office in 3D with Approximately 67% of Estimated $265M in 3D Ticket Sales Worldwide
RealD Inc., the world’s largest 3D cinema platform and visual technology company, announced today that Paramount’s summer blockbuster “Transformers: The Last Knight” generated 67% of its worldwide gross from 3D performances of the film. $178 million of the total estimated $265 million wo…
BAFTA Announces the Winners of the 2017 Student Film Awards
Tonight, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced the winners of its 2017 Student Film Awards in a gala ceremony and presentation at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The vote for the first ever BAFTA Student Film Award for Animation presented by LAIKA result…
STXfilms Gets “Second Act” with Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez (“Monster in Law,” “Maid in Manhattan,” “Wedding Planner”) will star in and produce the romantic comedy “Second Act” for STXfilms, it was announced today by Adam Fogelson, Chairman of STXfilms, and Sam Brown, President of Production for…
UNIC Launches Ground-Breaking Mentoring Scheme
Focus Features Acquires Worldwide Rights to Coming-of-Age Drama “Boy Erased”
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to “Boy Erased,” the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on “Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family” by Garrard Conley. Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (“Manchester by t…
CinemaNext Announces Technology Licensing Agreement with Adaptive Technologies Group at CineEurope 2017
CinemaNext (Ymagis Group – ISIN: FR0011471291, MAGIS, PEA-PME), the European specialist in cinema exhibitor services, today announced a new technology licensing agreement with US-based Adaptive Technologies Group (ATG) for its PS Box boothless cinema solution. Under this exclusive agreement, A…
Eclair Announces Theatrical Delivery Agreement with Diagonal for Switzerland at CineEurope 2017
Vista Entertainment Solutions Enters Austrian and South-Eastern Europe (SEE) Markets by Partnering with the Country’s Biggest Chain, Cineplexx
Vista Entertainment Solutions (‘Vista Cinema’), a Vista Group company (NZX & ASX: VGL) and the leading provider of cinema management software for the global exhibition market, today announced it has signed a major new customer, Austria’s biggest cinema chain, Cineplexx. This is the first signing…
Vista Group Signs Leading German Independent Cinema Operator Yorck Kinogruppe
Vista Group International (NZX & ASX: VGL) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to pursue a partnership with German independent cinema operator Yorck Kinogruppe, Berlin’s premier art house cinema chain. Yorck Kinos has the intention to work with two Vista Group companies: Vista Entertainmen…
Leading Cinema Operators Launch Gobal Trade Body
CinemaNext Announces Technology Licensing Agreement with Adaptive Technologies Group at CineEurope 2017
CinemaNext, the European specialist in cinema exhibitor services, today announced a new technology licensing agreement with US-based Adaptive Technologies Group (ATG) for its PS Box boothless cinema solution. Under this exclusive agreement, Adaptive will manufacture the PS Box at their factory in so…
Ticketing Software Set Up by CineStar and Vista Receives VdF Certification In Germany
CineStar software, provided by Vista Entertainment Solutions, (‘Vista Cinema’) is now a VdF certified system, satisfying all cinema governing body requirements in German. Cinema associations in Germany have agreed to provide a cross-platform ticket sales system using standardized POS systems moving…