The Cinema Foundation, in partnership with Fandango, has announced that today movie theatres across the country will take part in National Popcorn Day. Movie theatres including more than 34,000 screens have agreed to participate, with promotions including discounted prices, unlimited popcorn refills, free popcorn with the purchase of a drink, or free popcorn.
Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will debut on February 17 in the visually immersive formats from CJ 4Dplex including 270-degree panoramic ScreenX theatres and the multi-sensory 4DX theatres. The film is the official kick off for phase five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and tickets for the anticipated adventure are on sale now.
The Event Cinema Association’s annual Slate Day – now in its sixth year – will take place January 26 at the Empire Cinema, Walthamstow in London.
The Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal has approved the merger of PVR and Inox Cinemas, setting the stage for India’s top two multiplex chains to become a single conglomerate.
CinemaOne in Trinidad and Tobago is in the process of raising up to seven million dollars to partially fund its expansion at the Price Plaza shopping center in Chaguanas. The news was reported last week on the website of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange. CinemaOne said it intends to acquire and reopen the former MovieTowne Chaguanas location.
Showcase Cinemas is celebrating National Popcorn Day Thursday, January 19, by offering one free regular sized freshly popped popcorn to members of its Starpass loyalty program with any ticket purchase at all locations in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, and Rhode Island.
The Liquid Media Group subsidiary, Digital Cinema United, says it has established a presence in approximately 30 percent of U.S. movie theatres.
MoviePass says it has raised the seed financing necessary for the beleaguered company to begin its relaunch. The initiative was led by Animoca Brands with participation from Claritas Capital, Emerald Plus, Gaingels, Harlem Capital, PKO VC and Sandhill Angels. Animoca Brands’ executive chairman and co-founder Yat Siu will join the board of MoviePass.
QSC has introduced a new Q-SYS plugin for Barco Series 4 Digital Cinema projectors. This integration allows users to easily add the Barco projector into a Q-SYS system to control and monitor projector functionality including macros, power, lamp, douser, and lens adjustments along with key status indicators all from a Q-SYS network touch screen, iOS UCI viewer or web browser.
Moving Image Technologies and LEA Professional today announced a partnership to distribute LEA’s line of smart power amplifiers to the global cinema market.
