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The Paley Center for Media said Tuesday that its annual PaleyFest LA television festival is set for March 13-22, 2020 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The first titles on the list of shows to be presented via panels with creators and talent include ABC’s comedy Modern Family on March 13 and Pop’s comedy Schitt’s Cree…

EXCLUSIVE: Cineworld CEO Mooky Greidinger is in a bullish mood after this morning's announcement that the exhibition giant is poised to acquire Canada's Cineplex, creating North America’s largest movie theater circuit when combined with Cineworld’s Regal Cinemas. The proposed $2.1 billion deal will add Cineplex's 165…

UPDATE with additional detail on investor call, 05:10 AM PST Monday December 16. PREVIOUS STORY, 23:34 PM PST Sunday December 15: Exhibition giant Cineworld, which acquired U.S. chain Regal Cinemas in 2018 for $3.6B, is adding another group to its portfolio with a proposed $2.1B (C$2.8B) purchase of Canada’s Cineplex…

4th Update Sunday AM Final w/chart – After an awesome $23.3M Saturday, Sony’s Jumanji The Next Level has exploded to a $60.1M, far exceeding expectations. That’s the biggest domestic opening for Sony in the month of December, an all-time record opening weekend for a comedy in the month of December, as well as the…

As Morpheus said to Neo in The Matrix, “I can only show you the door. You’re the one that has to walk through it.” That’s the dilemma now facing Keanu Reeves fans at the theaters in a few months, as they ponder their strategies for choosing which film to see first on what’s being touted as Keanu Reeves Day: May 21…

Fox Searchlight is ready to put another stake in the ground for this year’s awards-season race with the theatrical release of Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life starring August Diehl and Valerie Pachner. The release marks a reunion between the Fox Searchlight and Malick after 2011’s Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and…

The Walt Disney Co. is asking exhibitors worldwide to warn moviegoers that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may pose a seizure risk to audience members with photosensitive epilepsy. The Disney/Lucasfilm fantasy film opens Dec. 20. In an unusual move, Disney has sent a letter to theater owners and operators worldwide…

Sony Pictures says its next chapter in the Ghostbusters franchise, directed by Jason Reitman, will be titled Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The pic, written by Reitman & Gil Kenan and produced by original director Ivan Reitman, had already set a July 10, 2020 release date. The next chapter in the original Ghostbusters…

Stumbling over some gala paraphernalia dropped by a Town & Country party rental truck outside the Landmark Theatres on Tuesday, I had to ask: What's the occasion? As it turns out, it is something rather grand. According to the Landmark concierge (all the best theaters have one), the stray tables and such were bound…

EXCLUSIVE: After exhibition experienced the richer side of November with Disney’s Frozen 2 and Lionsgate/Media Rights Capital’s Knives Out, they can look forward to a snowfall of cash come the late December period. Fandango reports today that in a recent poll of 1,000 participants, 93% of all moviegoers 18 and up plan…

For the Deadline record, the Laemmle family will not be selling their 81-year old Los Angeles arthouse chain and will remain in control. We first broke the news that they were looking at suitors back in August. Today, we also exclusively learned that the Music Hall in Beverly Hills is technically not closing. Laemmle…

Google and The Boxoffice Company, a collection of entertainment and tech businesses owned by French digital media giant Webedia, have teamed up to enhance the process of buying movie tickets online. The new setup aims to make the task of selecting showtimes and seats and then paying for and managing tickets more…