Vista Group has announced the dates for its 2024 conference in Auckland, New Zealand – its first since 2019. Held at the Aotea Centre from February 12-15, 2024, the conference will bring cinema and entertainment industry representatives from across the globe to New Zealand to share their experience and learn about the latest innovations in technology designed to power the global film industry.
MoviePass opened its subscription service for nationwide availability over the Memorial Day weekend. MoviePass was previously available only to those on the waitlist during its beta period.
Arri has introduced a new control option for its latest cameras: The CCM-1 is a seven-inch onboard monitor that provides full camera control and menu access for the Alexa 35 and Alexa Mini LF. Creating new camera configuration possibilities, the company says the CCM-1 combines Arri color accuracy and a bright display with customizable controls and rugged build quality.
Screenvision Media held its annual Upfront presentation Wednesday night and announced new breakthrough research, which proved cinema is the number one video platform for attention with 75 percent active attention to ads and 100 percent viewability. That is two-six times higher than TV, CTV, Social and Digital.
Brian Schultz is the founder and CEO of Look Cinemas. Schultz established Studio Movie Grill in Dallas in 1993, and the company quickly became one of the nation’s most successful dine-in entertainment venues. What seemed an obscure novelty in the ‘90s quickly became one of the industry’s most popular concepts, but that did not save Studio Movie Grill from the pandemic. In a now all-too-familiar story, the pandemic led to many changes for the company, one of which is that Schultz left in 2020 and decided to start a new venture called Look Cinemas. Using a business model similar to, but more ambitious than Studio Movie Grill, Look Cinemas has opened twelve theatres in under two years, most recently on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the Brutalist VIA building near the Hudson River that was previously occupied by Landmark Theatres. Schultz says, “Ultimately, our purpose is to bring people together. When guests choose Look, we want them to feel like they can escape for a while and share an incredible entertainment experience with the ones they love.” Opening any movie theatre is a serious undertaking but doing it in Manhattan poses challenges that are unlike any place else. I recently spoke with Schultz to learn what obstacles he faced in opening New York City’s newest movie theatre and his vision for the future of not just Look Cinemas but of the exhibition business itself. Here is that conversation.
Strong/MDI Screen Systems has signed a three-year agreement as the preferred worldwide cinema screen supplier for Kinepolis Group. Based in Belgium, Kinepolis is a leading cinema exhibitor with operations in nine countries across Europe and North America
AMC Theatres today announced that its popular long-time family summer movie program, AMC Summer Movie Camp, is returning to theatres for the first time since 2019. Through AMC Summer Movie Camp, moviegoers can enjoy recent and classic family titles for $3 plus tax on Wednesdays and $5 plus tax on Saturdays throughout the summer.
Cinionic has partnered with the Film Expo Group to become the Official Cinema Projection Provider of CineEurope for the fifth year in a row. All projection equipment in the CCIB Auditorium will be supplied by Cinionic, powering the studio product presentations and screenings with Laser Projection by Cinionic.
Severtson Screens will feature its most popular options for its folded SeVision 3D GX line with enhanced projection screen coating during CineEurope 2023, held in Barcelona, Spain from June 19-22 at Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona.
Mr Wolf, a creative studio with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver and Atlanta, is expanding its advertising division with creative director Ryan Tuttle and creative director/computer generation supervisor Charles Paek joining its senior creative team.
