The intellectual property and movie investment and licensing firm AB International acquired the Mt. Kisco Theatre in Mt. Kisco, New York last November after the theatre had been forced to close because of the pandemic. Today the company announced the venues early business records.
MovieMax has opened a six-screen multiplex in Noida, a planned city just outside Delhi, India.
FutureWorks, Mumbai, delivered more than 500 visual effects shots for the hit film Darlings. The dark comedy smashed records for Netflix, with the biggest global opening weekend for a non-English language original film, with more than 10 million viewing hours in its first three days. Editor’s Note: This article includes a major spoiler alert.
Danny Schmidt is an award-winning director, producer, and cinematographer whose work in wildlife documentaries has taken him to the most remote and forbidding parts of the globe in search of its most elusive creatures. In one of his latest projects, Schmidt served as cinematographer on Path of the Panther, a feature-length documentary directed by Eric Bendick and produced by Carlton Ward, Jr for National Geographic.
Post-production finishing for the first season of the Paramount+ drama Wolf Pack was recently completed at Pace Pictures, Hollywood. The full-service post house provided sound and picture services for the series, written and executive produced by Jeff Davis, including sound editorial, automatic dialogue replacement, sound mixing, color grading, and editorial finishing.
The Greenfield Garden Cinema in Greenfield, Massachusetts will be celebrating its 94th birthday on March 11. As part of the festivities, the theatre will offer two free movies for the public to choose from: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985).
Flix Brewhouse has signed a 15-year lease with Shops at Broad in Mansfield, Texas to complete and open a nine-screen luxury theatre this fall. The nearly 40,000-square-foot facility was originally scheduled to open in 2020 until construction stopped with the COVID-19 shutdown and remained suspended due to subsequent distress in the movie theatre and shopping center industries.
PVR Limited has opened Lucknow's largest cinema in Lulu Mall, the biggest shopping center in the city. The 11-screen theatre will increase the company's presence in Uttar Pradesh to 158 screens spread across 32 properties, and consolidate its influence in North India, where it will have 438 screens spread across 100 properties.
The National Association of Theatre Owners has appointed Michael P. O’Leary to be its president and CEO beginning May 1. He will succeed John Fithian, who is retiring.
