formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
The historic Danilo cinema building in Brierley Hill, originally opened by George Formby, has gone on the market for £295,000 as property agents Siddall Jones seek a new owner with “imagination”. Read more: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/business/business-picks/2020/03/30/owner-sought-for-former-cinema-and-nightclub-in-brierley-hill/
THE UK could see a return to 1950s style drive-in cinemas after normal indoor venues close due to the coronavirus social distancing rules. Read more: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1263022/coronavirus-uk-drive-in-cinema-uk-coronavirus-lockdown-social-distancing
At a planning meeting last week, councillors agreed to give the green light to the ambitious new plans. Kirkcaldy has been without a cinema since since 2000, when the ABC on the High Street closed down. Read more: https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/politics/plans-new-fife-cinema-approved-2506160
An independent theatre which closed suddenly last year is set to be converted into offices. Read more: https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2020/03/23/former-theatre-to-be-converted-to-offices/
Wrapping up a 42-year-old film franchise is hard to do, and the box office results here were bittersweet. After fans griped over Rian Johnson’s disruption of the Star Wars canon with The Last Jedi, and the departure of Colin Trevorrow as director on Episode … Continued
AMC boss Adam Aron has just fired off a letter to Universal Studios Chairman Donna Langley in response to NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell’s statements in the Wall Street Journal this morning about the $95M PVOD success of Trolls World Tour. As Aron explains to … Continued