Despite Brian Kemp, AMC Wont Reopen Theaters Any Time Soon – Vanity Fair

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp might have hoped to see movie theaters reopen in his state on Monday, but AMC Theaters has other ideas. In a statement released to Hollywood trades on Friday, the nations largest movie theater company said it will keep its venues shuttered until at least this summer, when Warner Bros. Tenet and Disneys Mulan remain set for release.

As we plan our reopening, the health and safety of our guests and associates is our absolute highest priority. To be able to open, we also need a line of sight into a regular schedule of new theatrical blockbusters that get people truly excited about returning to their favorite movie theaters, AMC representatives said in a press release, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Tenet, the latest film from theatrical zealot Christopher Nolan, is scheduled to arrive in theaters on July 17 and would be the first new release available to potential theatergoers since March 13. If its date holds, AMC representatives said they would expect to reopen theaters in the weeks before, utilizing creative programming of immensely popular previously released films.

AMC is currently working through every detail required to successfully showcase these exciting new releases in an environment thats safe and welcoming for moviegoers, and we will share those details as we get closer to the dates when our theaters will reopen, the corporation added.

The statement and its focus on the movie product itself echoes one released by the National Organization of Theatre Owners earlier this week. While some states and localities are beginning to authorize the opening of movie theaters under certain conditions, the movie theater industry is also a national one, the organization said then. Until the majority of markets in the U.S. are open, and major markets in particular, new wide release movies are unlikely to be available. As a result, some theaters in some areas that are authorized to open may be able economically to reopen with repertory product. However, many theaters will not be able to feasibly open.

This week, Gov. Kemp announced plans to reopen his states economy during the coronavirus pandemic, even as positive cases of COVID-19 continued to rise in his state. The Republican official was slammed for his decision, which leap-frogged the White House guidelines governors around the country received for how to ease distancing measures in a safe manner.

Open Movie Theatres Now? Hell To Da Naw. I Got A lot More Movies To Make, Not Rollin Da Dice Wit Da Only Life I Got. TESTING. TESTING And Mo TESTING, director Spike Lee told Vanity Fair in an email statement.

Even President Donald Trump, who just last week tweeted cries to liberate states like Virginia and Michigan from stay-at-home orders, said publicly he was disappointed in Kemps decision. (The Associated Press later reported Trump had actually approved of the Georgia plans; Trump, of course, denied that was true.)

Under Kemps orders, theaters would be allowed to reopen doors starting Monday. Not that many will take him up on the offer. Hell no, were not opening on Monday, Chris Escobar, owner of the Plaza Theater in Atlanta, told the New York Times this week. When we do, it will not be because of political pressure. It will be because leading public health experts say our lives are no longer at risk.

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