Cineplex has 20 Imax screens and Cineworld is Europe’s largest operator for the brand. The three Stateside chains’ refusal to show the day-and-date release means the “Crouching Tiger” follow-up won’t be screened on 115 of Imax’s 418 U.S. “We believe that the theatrical experience and IMAX, as one of its cornerstones, should be kept apart from home entertainment”. “We bring our customers the IMAX experience as the complete opposite of home entertainment, which can be found on all sorts of smaller, every-day screens like the TV or smartphones and devices,” a Cineworld spokesman said. Playing movies ‘day and date’ with the release to home entertainment is not part of our strategy.” “We believe the theatrical window is an important component of the overall movie sales cycle. “We continually invest in our theatres to ensure they provide the best movie-going experience possible, through ongoing upgrades such as stadium seating, digital projection, reserved seating, UltraAVX, 3D, Dolby Atmos sound systems and VIP Cinemas,” said Langdon. Mike Langdon, a Cineplex spokesman, argued that theaters remain the best way to see a movie and that the theatrical release window would be undermined if it agreed to screen the film. We are therefore opposed to showing day and date releases at our entertainment complexes.” James Meredith a spokesman for Cinemark was terser, saying, “Cinemark does not play day-and-date movie releases on any of our screens including the Imax screens that we operate.”Īnd Carmike spokesman Robert Rinderman said, “We are committed to an exclusive theatrical release for the enjoyment of our valued guests. “We believe the choice for truly enjoying a magnificent movie is clear.” “While a homevideo release may be simultaneously performing in certain Imax locations, at Regal we will not participate in an experiment where you can see the same product on screens varying from three stories tall to 3-inch wide on a smart phone,” said Nunley. Russ Nunley, a spokesman for Regal, said the company was committed to presenting movies “on a grand scale,” and would not be showing “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2” if it premieres on Netflix at the same time it debuts in theaters. Sword Of Destiny is also hitting about a dozen IMAX screens today in North America.They’re joined by Cineplex, Canada’s largest chain, and Cineworld, Europe’s second largest network of theaters, which are also refusing to show the second “Crouching Tiger” if it premieres on Netflix at the same time it hits multiplexes. This was born of a deal between the streaming giant and The Weinstein Co that was hatched in the fall of 2014. Netflix’s global rollout began today in over 190 countries. Yen plays Silent Wolf, Shu-Lien’s former fiancé, who she thought had been killed by Hades years earlier. Yeoh reprises her role as Yu Shu-Lien, the renowned and lovelorn warrior who must protect the legendary Green Destiny sword against evil warlord Hades (Lee). Talent came out to promote the film in the PROC well ahead of the release. Michelle Yeoh returns from the 2000 wuxia film alongside Hong Kong action star Donnie Yen (who’s next up in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and xXx), Harry Shum Jr and Jason Scott Lee. That film incidentally stars Chow Yun-fat whose character died in the first Crouching Tiger. On Thursday, for example, there were a reported 63K showings of The Mermaid versus 32K of Sword Of Destiny which is running ahead of New Year hit The Man From Macau 3. It’s stayed in the Top 3 throughout the frame which saw The Mermaid maintain the bulk of the territory’s screens during its third week. Sword Of Destiny held well during the past week even as folks returned to work and school. 2 behind now all-time box office champ The Mermaid ($450M+). The China release came near the tail end of the Lunar New Year holiday period, opening with about $10M last Friday and landing No. Ryan Reynolds Global Heist Pitch Comedy Won By Netflix: Wild 8-Buyer Bidding Battle Dana Fox Scripting, Simon Kinberg Producing
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