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Media reports in China say the event will be held July 18-27, but sources close to the organizers insist discussions to win permission from the government to hold public film screenings are still in progress.
As coronavirus continues to reshape the festival calendar, the London Film Film has revealed its altered plans for 2020.
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Might Odeon be showing Universal movies after all when cinema reopen? There’s been a little bit of progress.
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Cinema-on-demand in an actual cinema is a wow, who knew? This ‘private cinema show of your own’ proves that the moviegoing tradition can stay alive even when there’s no new product to show.
Cinemas in the United States and other countries are cautiously beginning to reopen this month, but not until after the theatrical releases of the vast majority of Hollywood summer movies were delayed.
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On Monday, it was reported that 40 percent of Chinese movie theaters could close permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic and that the country’s box office could slip as much as 66 percent. Today, it looks as if American movie theaters are in a similarly compromised position.
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Some international box office markets that are up and running — even if not at full steam — saw increases this weekend while others faced drops given good weather in some spots and an overall lack of new product. However, Disney floated Kristen Stewart-starrer Underwater into Korea for the first time with a No. 1 start at $402K which is one of the better overseas openings for the underperformer that began rolling out globally in January. Disney/Pixar’s Onward also continued to lead Taiwan in its second week.
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About three months ago, before Covid-19 changed everything, movie exhibition chains like AMC, Regal and Cinemark enjoyed an exclusive 90 day “dark window” where studios grudgingly agreed to keep their theatrically released films off of any other platform, including Paid-Video-On-Demand, aka PVOD.
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Disney+ and Hulu contribute to record D2C figures as pandemic fuels subscription, according to Broadcast Intelligence data.
Just as cinemas in Japan have taken a financial hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, distributors find themselves in similarly dire straits. Some are desperately trying to stay afloat by breaking one cardinal rule: streaming new releases online.
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Coronavirus shutdowns and stay-at-home orders have sparked a new boom in the streaming world as established companies rev up content and new players, like HBO Max and Quibi, look to make a splash. Here’s what the industry’s biggest streaming companies are doing to stay ahead of the competition—and how much they’re spending on content in 2020, according to Bloomberg Intelligence data.
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The studio posted a narrowing quarterly loss of $44.9 million against a year-earlier loss of $155.2 million.
Just as cinemas in Japan have taken a financial hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, distributors find themselves in similar straits. Some are desperately trying to stay afloat by breaking a cardinal rule: streaming new releases online.
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It was March of 2020. His latest feature, Fourteen, had enjoyed a rapturous reception at the Berlin Film Festival a year before. Indie distributor Grasshopper had recently acquired U.S. distribution rights, and had prepared a late March or early April release.
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It’s being suggested that Keanu Reeves’ next two movies might be coming straight to streaming and digital release due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
On the reasonable assumption that cinemas are trading in July, albeit with staggered seating, audiences can look forward to a raft of Hollywood films and, perhaps, several new Australian releases.
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Mark Gill’s company Solstice Studios will release the new Russell Crowe psychological thriller Unhinged in US cinemas on July 1, the former Miramax executive says.
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“Little Women” and “1917” appear to be among the first titles that will hit Chinese theaters when they reopen in the wake of the novel coronavirus, new posters and promotion indicate.
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ET has compiled a handy guide to keep track of the changing release dates, which we will be updating as soon as new dates are announced.
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As we enter our third month of the pandemic, what does it mean for Indonesian cinema?
The holiday season is usually a time for theatrical releases, but with cinemas shut down across the country, much of the population is at home either glued to their TV screens or streaming their favorite movies.
Alamo Drafthouse, one of the few theater chains that has been willing to screen Netflix‘s original films, has launched its own video-on-demand streaming platform.
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Christine Eloy, managing director of Europa Distribution, which represents indie distributors across Europe, appeals for assistance for the sector as its survival is threatened by the impact of COVID-19, and underscores its critical importance to the independent film business as a whole.
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With cameras halted, theaters shuttered and no festivals in sight, the coronavirus pandemic has sent European film distribution into free-fall, creating a domino effect that has impacted the entire ecosystem across the continent, from sales agents to exhibitors.
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Disney boss Bob Chapek has explained why Artemis Fowl is heading straight for Disney+, rather than waiting for cinemas to reopen following the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK streaming platform Curzon Home Cinema (CHC) has recorded its biggest weekend to date following the early digital release of Harvey Weinstein-inspired drama The Assistant.
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The 2022 movie release calendar is very different in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic; here's what's changed.
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Disney was at the top of the world at the end of 2019: a record-breaking year at the box office, the launch of Disney Plus, and a release of the biggest movie in history. Now, just five months into 2020, Disney is in for a bumpy ride.
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While cinemas shuttered in China during the coronavirus epidemic are waiting for the all clear to reopen, regulators are planning to protect their business by enforcing rules to stop movies from premiering online, two sources familiar with the matter said.
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Lionsgate announces that it's delaying the releases of John Wick 4 and Saw: From the Book of Spiral, pushing both back by a year.
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Universal’s latest on-demand hit, kept out of theatres by Covid-19, has made more profit in three weeks than its predecessor did in five months on the big screen
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The coronavirus pandemic has forced the Academy Awards to allow films released only on streaming or video on demand platforms to be eligible for Oscar nominations, as social distancing measures measures caused the closure of many movie theatres and disrupted the traditional selection process.
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In the past, a lot of tragic events have impacted the film industry in a big way. These include the 1918 Spanish flu influenza pandemic that killed millions of people in the world. The other is the Second World War when nations fought against nations. But more recently is the VCR where people started watching movies in the comfort of their homes.
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The National Theatre has announced the next two productions to be streamed live on YouTube every Thursday at 7pm. The screenings are part of National Theatre at Home; the new initiative to bring content to the public accessed from their homes during coronavirus.
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The cinema industry is split over a streaming service being touted as a potential saviour from the coronavirus crisis. TONY WALL reports. While most cinemas are dormant with no income because of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Academy Cinema in Auckland is making money.
The independent cinema, which specialises in art-house films, has signed up to a streaming platform run by Hamilton-based startup ScreenPlus, which enables cinemas to stream films on their websites.
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Fans will have to wait that little bit longer for the release of Mission: Impossible 7, as the movie’s release date has been pushed back due to the coronavirus crisis. The latest Mission: Impossible movie, starring Tom Cruise, has been delayed by several months and will now hit the big screen in the US in November 2012 – four months later that its originally scheduled release of July 2021.
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'The production and distribution of media content will be permanently changed,' including fewer U.S. cinema screens and a further focus on tentpole titles, Michael Nathanson says in his report 'Say Goodbye to Hollywood.'
Studio chief Ann Sarnoff and her boss, WarnerMedia chief John Stankey, issued statements late Wednesday clarifying comments made to investors. Warner Bros. late Wednesday reaffirmed the studio's commitment to the cinematic experience in hopes of clearing up confusion over comments made to investors by WarnerMedia boss John Stankey earlier in the day about the future of the theatrical model.
Many major film releases have been pushed back until 2021 and beyond due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Here are the big movies that have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic - and their new US release dates.
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When Amazon Prime Video and SXSW announced they were partnering to provide an online screening platform to rescue the festival’s content following its cancellation, not every filmmaker felt confident. Amazon Prime Video would, for a 10-day period, allow its entire audience to view (in front of the Prime paywall, so free to all) these films previously privy only to those who gained SXSW festival entry.
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The release schedule devastation began with a trickle in mid-March but then the floodgates opened by later that month, culminating in Universal taking the radical step of bypassing theatrical entirely on “Trolls: World Tour” and going straight to PVOD. Disney moved “Artemis Fowl” to their Disney+ streaming service shortly thereafter but the mass migration to the small screen that exhibitors around the world feared hasn’t materialized, at least not to this point.
Last week, even before President Trump laid out a set of guidelines for how states might be able to re-open domestic movie theaters, Cinemark suggested a goal to start having sites re-open at the beginning of July. UNIC (the international union of cinemas), while not committing to dates, also suggested it has a July timeline “in mind” for re-openings.
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Eliza Hitman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always is heading to digital on May 13, initially for purchase and then VOD rental from May 27. Universal Pictures / Focus Features are releasing the Sundance hit, which took a Special Jury Award in Park City before scooping the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale. Starring Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder, the film is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania.
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The second Screen Talk webinar is taking place on Thursday, April 23 at 16:00 BST, and will look at how arthouse distributors and exhibitors are partnering in various revenue-sharing “virtual cinema” models in response to theatre closures during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The rise of Netflix and inspired copycat services has made studios and cable programmers shift some focus to streaming apps & away from theaters and traditional TV audiences.
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Now Lionsgate and YouTube are teaming up to give us something to watch while recreating the experiencing of watching movies with other people. They’re airing a series of free Friday night films featuring some very big titles, all hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis. Because quarantine doesn’t even sound like a chore when we can all watch John Wick, The Hunger Games, La La Land, and Dirty Dancing together.
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In 2020, streaming services seem to pop up by the dozens. Every major media company including Apple, Amazon, Disney, NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia have either launched or are preparing to launch their own streaming service, and they're all vying for the time and attention of the millions of people stuck at home during the current period of social distancing. Despite the plethora of new options, it's Netflix - the great grand-daddy of them all - that's winning out in the stay at home streaming wars.
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With movie theaters shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, studios have accelerated home release for some titles that were already in theatrical release when the industry shut down. Without theaters available, the release window was temporarily irrelevant for those movies. These unique circumstances, however, do not signal a change to the theatrical release model.
The digital entertainment boom as a result of the global COVID-19 lockdowns is but an optimistic wave in a stormy sea the market will have to weather over the coming months… and potentially even years.
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As theaters continue to remain closed during the Coronavirus pandemic, more and more companies and distributors are finding ways to exhibit via streaming platforms. ScreenPlus is the latest to give virtual cinema as they are partnering with cinema software company Vista Group to help cinema exhibitors launch their own VOD platforms to offer at-home streaming to customers.
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New streaming site to help residents support independent Aberdeen cinema.
Media reports in China say the event will be held July 18-27, but sources close to the organizers insist discussions to win permission from the government to hold public film screenings are still in progress.
As coronavirus continues to reshape the festival calendar, the London Film Film has revealed its altered plans for 2020.
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The European Commission has launched the "Meet the Neighbours of the Neighbours During COVID-19 Time" initiative, a free online festival including 50 feature films: 25 European features accessible in Africa and the Mediterranean.
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Framing world premieres of “Maragall i la Lluna” and “Wishlist,” plus new movies from Justin Kurzel, Marjane Satrapi, Matteo Garrone and Caroline Link, Barcelona’s BCN Film Fest aims to become one of the first festivals in Europe to stage a live on-site edition, running June 25 to July 2.
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The coronavirus pandemic may have currently paralysed the world, but the Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned in September this year.
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Cats have performed some amazing tasks in ubiquitous online videos. But one feline video opus will help save struggling movie theaters during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The fifth edition of the Kashmir World Film Festival (KWFF) – all set to run from June 10-17 – has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Most of the festivals abroad that specialize in Japanese and other Asian films lack the deep pockets of Cannes: Instead of sponsoring a charity event, they are desperately looking for ways to survive.
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The Fajr International Film Festival, Iran’s major film event, has canceled the 38th edition over the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival’s president said on Thursday.
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The 58th New York Film Festival announced on Friday a new programming structure and the addition of curatorial members to their teams. For now, the festival will include in-person and digital experiences and will take place Sept. 25 through Oct. 11.
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The Melbourne International Film Festival, originally scheduled for August, but then canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, is to hold a digital edition. The online showcase has been nicknamed MIFF 68½ and will run during the original festival dates, Aug. 6-23, 2020.
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Ben Roberts became the British Film Institute’s CEO in February, having led the BFI’s Film Fund for six years and served as Deputy CEO for a further two. Almost instantly, he was charged with leading the organization’s response to the Coronavirus crisis, and the BFI worked quickly to establish initiatives to provide emergency funding for displaced workers, examine the impact of COVID-19 on all facets of the business, and work with government to forge a path forward.
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Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance and Venice Film Festivals are among those connecting in a virtual 10-day film festival to be hosted on YouTube and streaming free to cinema fans everywhere.
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With Cannes unable to take place this summer, doubt hanging over other summer festivals and Venice admitting that it is likely to be a less international affair, U.S. distributors and filmmakers will be increasingly needy for sizeable launchpads for their movies later in the year. While New York may struggle to attract its usual level of international talent, it could potentially become an even greater platform for U.S. projects.
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Film at Lincoln Center has revealed a slate of April and May “openings” in its upcoming FLC Virtual Cinema. The streaming rentals, a mix of festival titles, commercial releases and catalog fare, range from $10 to $12, some with member discounts. Half of all proceeds will benefit the storied New York film organization.
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Despite cinema closures in the UAE and around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic Sharjah International Film Festival for Children and Youth (SIFF) will continue to bring the magic of cinema to young generations, and this time to their homes.
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For its 20th anniversary edition, the deadCenter Film Festival will boast the longest run and the largest number of films in its history. It also will be primarily online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
'If you're a film enthusiast, this will probably be the best year ever because you will actually see more films than you've ever seen. You have 10 days to look at them whenever you want,' said deadCenter Film Executive Director Lance McDaniel.
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The Cannes film festival will not take place 'in its original form' this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers first postponed the festival last month, saying that they would aim to stage it in June or July this year.
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The Melbourne International Film Festival, which was to have been held in August, has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Organizers said that the accompanying 37 Degrees South Market and the Accelerator Lab would also not go ahead this year.
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The Melbourne International Film Festival, which was to have been held in August, has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Organizers said that the accompanying 37 Degrees South Market and the Accelerator Lab would also not go ahead this year.
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The TCM Classic Film Festival: Special Home Edition will be an on-air celebration of TCM CFF movies and moments from the past decade that people can enjoy at home. It will showcase films that have been a part of past Classic Film Festivals and those slated for this year’s event.
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Warner Bros. is moving its Christopher Nolan action thriller Tenet again — this time from Friday, July 31, to Wednesday, August 12. Nolan’s 10th anniversary reissue of Inception now will open on July 31 instead of July 17.
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The UK’s leading distributors have united to create a vast library of 450 films in a bid to jump-start the recovery of cinemas after months of closures.
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Actors have started kissing again on French film shoots, the country's culture minister said Friday.
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Romania has produced films since at least 1911. However, while the first Romanian silent feature film released dates back to some of the earliest ever recorded, certain factors stunted the growth of national cinema.
On Friday evening, Delhi-based lawyer Ishika Goon and her flatmates hunkered down at their apartment in the Indian capital, Delhi, to watch a new Bollywood film.
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Picturehouse Entertainment are proud to be bringing back cinema with the theatrical release of the exceptional independent film, PROXIMA, from Friday 10 July.
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Movie shoots that came to a standstill following the coronavirus lockdown now aim to resume. The film industry was inspired by the Bundesliga's concept — with quarantines and constant testing — to keep cameras rolling.
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With the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) taking its toll on most Bollywood releases this year, the Indian film industry, which was anticipating revenues worth INR183 billion ($2.5 billion) in 2019, is now staring at losses of INR24 billion ($330 million), experts told Arab News on Monday.
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The Bengali film industry with an annual turnover of Rs 200 crore from movies and Rs 100 crore from television series' is staring at an unprecedented economic crisis. Although West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee eased the lockdown restrictions, allowing shooting in green zones to resume, all isn't quite right.
The first steps to resuming work in the film industry are underway, with the British Film Commission publishing a 34-page document outlining Covid-19 production guidelines in line with government advice.
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Following its World Premiere at the 3rd edition of El Gouna Film Festival, Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s first animated feature-length film ''The Knight and The Princess'' has been selected to compete at the 60th Annecy International Film Festival, becoming the first feature-length animation film to represent Arab cinema internationally.
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Producers of Hollywood blockbusters including The Batman and the next Fantastic Beasts film have been given the go-ahead to restart filming after the UK government and health bodies signed off on new coronavirus safety rules.
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Last week Gary Newsom, the governor of California announced the imminent rolling out of measures this week for the resumption of production of Hollywood movies and TV Shows. Los Angeles County, where the majority of the production studios are based will be excluded in the first phase as it prepares itself to meet the state of California’s criteria on testing, deaths and hospitalisations that would allow production to restart.
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It’s a tough time for the global film industry, for which the pandemic represents a disruption of seismic proportions. All movie production spaces have been officially “locked down” and all talent – whether in front of or behind the camera – has been quarantined. Film festivals have all been cancelled or moved online and cinemas are closed and the industry faces an uncertain economic future.
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The coronavirus pandemic has crushed the movie industry, but there may be a silver-screen lining for female directors.
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The 93rd Oscars aren’t until February, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is considering postponing the big night, according to multiple sources.
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Animators tend to work alone – an attractive prospect for producers battling the coronavirus lockdown
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The European Film Awards has tweaked its eligibility criteria for 2020 to allow films that premiere online to be considered, and has also extended the qualifying window from May to November.
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As it stands, the 93rd Academy Awards are scheduled to take place nine months from now, on 28 February. However, production companies have already been forced to push back their films’ release dates by up to a year, with No Time To Die, A Quiet Place 2, Top Gun: Maverick, Mulan, F9 and Black Widow among the early cinematic casualties.
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Coronavirus: The urgency for the film industry to find a solution is rising.
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The damage done to Hollywood by COVID-19 is just beginning, and will hasten the decline of theatrical moviegoing, TV advertising, pay-TV and other longtime features of the landscape, according to a sweeping new report by Wall Street analyst Michael Nathanson.
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From TV channels running out of shows, to newspapers facing the threat of closure, the British media industry is facing a financial shock that will permanently reshape how we consume news and entertainment.
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