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AMC will no longer play Universal Studios films

(Reuters) – AMC Leisure Holdings Inc, the world’s most significant film theater operator, mentioned on Tuesday it would no for a longer time enjoy Common Studios movies in any of its theaters globally, arguing that the studio is “breaking the company model”.

FILE Photograph: 3 females use the unexpected emergency exit stairs of an AMC film theater as a makeshift gym in Smyrna, Ga, U.S. April 27, 2020. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

The selection arrived in shortly just after the Wall Road Journal quoted NBCUniversal Chief Govt Officer Jeff Shell as saying on.wsj.com/35cWMQQ he expects to release motion pictures concurrently in theaters and immediate-to-home formats.

Common Studios is owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corp. AMC has 1,000 theaters across the world.

“AMC believes that with this proposed action to go to the home and theaters concurrently, Common is breaking the company model and dealings involving our two organizations,” AMC Chief Govt Officer Adam Aron mentioned in a letter addressed to Common Studios Chairman Donna Langley.

With film theaters around the world shuttered due to the fact mid-March owing to the coronavirus pandemic, AMC mentioned the action was effective from Tuesday and would implement as and when its theaters reopen.

Common mentioned it was upset by the selection and labeled it as a “seemingly coordinated attempt” to “confuse our place and our actions.”

“We completely believe in the theatrical expertise and have created no statement to the contrary. As we stated before, going forward, we hope to release potential movies right to theaters, as nicely as on quality video clip on demand from customers (PVOD) when that distribution outlet helps make perception,” a Common spokesman mentioned.

Major film releases have been postponed as theaters across the United States have shut down as section of the preventive actions taken to suppress the spread of the virus, prompting studios to release some motion pictures right on the internet.

The a few main film theater chains – AMC, Regal and Cinemark – have mentioned they do not hope to reopen until late June or July.

Some movies, such as Common Images animated “Trolls World Tour,” have been released right to streaming platforms or video clip on demand from customers. Common will do the similar with the impending Judd Apatow comedy “The King of Staten Island”.

Reporting by Shanti S Nair, Bhargav Acharya and Juby Babu in Bengaluru Enhancing by Subhranshu Sahu and Sherry Jacob-Phillips

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