Hitting theaters exclusively this weekend, Paramount release Snake Eyes brings a favored ’80s property back to the big screen. Absent from cinemas since 2013’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation, with Snake Eyes the G.I. Joe franchise shifts gears to focus on a...

Roadside popcorn sales. Pop-up drive-ins. Virtual cinema. The Covid era has been one of experimentation for the exhibition industry, as cinemas worldwide struggle to compensate for shutdowns, capacity limits, and a lack of content. One of the most successful methods...

Horror movies might be designed for scares, but quite often—in between the shrieks—they’re just plain fun. Such is the case with Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, the latest in a handful of horror films (A Quiet Place Part 2, Spiral,...

Yesterday marked the official anointment of Juneteenth—June 19, a day celebrating the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the U.S.—as a national holiday. Long celebrated in Black communities, the holiday—and its lack of official federal recognition—has grown as a topic of...

Last week marked the return of in-person moviegoing to Belgium, which—like many of its European counterparts—has been subject to two different waves of lockdown since the arrival of the Coronavirus in March 2020. It’s a long stretch of time to...

Cinemark, the third largest exhibitor in North America, has announced a significant expansion to their in-theater gaming programming, giving gamers the opportunity to compete with each other on the big screen. Through their partnership with gaming platform Mission Control, Cinemark...

Texas-based dine-in chain Alamo Drafthouse, one of the three North American chains to have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, has officially emerged from bankruptcy following the sale of the chain to Altamont Capital...

Coming off a record-breaking weekend at the box office—the twin releases of A Quiet Place Part II and Cruella having spurred the domestic box office to its highest weekend since the beginning of the pandemic—AMC has announced a sale of...

San Antonio-based Santikos Entertainment has announced the opening of their tenth location, set to begin operations in late summer 2021. The theater, located in New Braunfels, Texas, is a pre-existing cinema that was operated by Alamo Drafthouse prior to that...

In a first-of-its-kind acquisition of a major Hollywood studio by a streaming outfit, Amazon and MGM have entered into a definitive merger agreement that, pending approvals, will see Amazon acquire MGM for $8.45 billion. Under the agreement, Amazon will own...

The Event Cinema Association (ECA) has announced the lineup for their 2021 ECA Slate Day, taking place virtually on Wednesday, June 9. The three-hour event—starting at 14:30 BST/15:30 CET/09:30 EST/06:30 PST—is free to attend and open to attendees from all...

Following Disney’s announcement earlier today that Jungle Cruise will be released day-and-date in theaters and on Disney Plus on July 30, 2021, CEO Bob Chapek shared in a call with investors that 20th Century’s Free Guy and Marvel Cinematic Universe...