How Will Theatrical Windows Look Post-Pandemic? AMC Boss Adam Aron Provides Idea During Year-End Earnings Call

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTel-Aviv-based Cinephil, the sales company behind triple-Oscar nominated “Flee,” has snapped up world rights, excluding U.S., to Italian director Nicolò Bassetti’s transgender-themed doc “Into My Name,” which is executive-produced by Elliot Page.UTA Independent Film Group will be handling North American rights. The buzzy doc, which world-premieres at the Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama Documentary section, stems from Bassetti’s personal experience with the gender transition of his child, Matteo.“Into My Name” provides an intimate look at the universal challenges of gender transition by observing a tight-knit group of trans friends in the central Italian city of Bologna. Cinephil managing director Olivier Tournaud in a statement said that he was “immediately taken” by Bassetti’s “sensitive and relatable exploration of the many facets of gender and even more so the love letter from a father to his son.”“Into My Name is timely and spotlights voices that need to be heard; this is exactly the kind of film Cinephil is proud to represent,” Tournaud noted.Bassetti underlined that for him the doc “is a deeply personal project, both as a parent of a transgender son and as a director who has always explored individual paths that show our shared humanity.” “I trust that together with a strong partner such as Cinephil, we can add to the awareness and understanding of trans issues with international audiences,” the director said.The doc’s characters, Nico, Leo, Andrea and Raff — whose ages span from their mid-20s to mid-30s — come from different parts of Italy, and started their gender transition from a female to a male identity at different times in their lives.

Coleen Rooney sent a defiant message as her life was once again back in the headlines.

A man has told a jury he was duped into carrying two hand grenades away from an alleged drug gang leader's flat.

Manchester United have officially signed Cristiano Ronaldo's son, Cristiano Junior.

If you're in need of a new phone but don't want to splash the cash then this bargain new deal may just be for you.

Neither Manchester United, Arsenal or Tottenham Hotspur have the advantage in the race for the top four according to one former Gunner.

Perth city centre traders could be heartened to see a new tenant for the closed Beales/McEwens department store building.

Gangland hitman John Kennedy survived a murder attempt while waiting to go on trial for killing Kenny Reilly.

Raith Rovers manager John McGlynn has asked for a chance to turn things around after signing Clyde's David Goodwillie.

A mum whose toddler died in a blind cord accident has shared her agony, admitting the loss has made her life “empty”.

Ian McDonald, a multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of rock bands King Crimson and Foreigner, has died. He was 75. According to McDonald’s spokesperson, McDonald passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in New York City. Cause of death has not been provided.

La Vie En Rose and Netflix’s The Spy producer Alain Goldman has signed an overall deal with Banijay for TV shows and feature films.

Confident punters are backing Celtic at the bookies to lift their first major European trophy in 55 years this season.

Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.

ASTRO’s Moonbin and Sanha have made their long-awaited return as a sub-unit with their new single ‘Ghost Town’.In the accompanying video, the two K-pop idols are seen performing the new single in an empty studio, illuminated only by an LCD screen in the background, showcasing some images of dark, desolate planets with red clouds.“Let you go now / I’m about to kick it with some ghosts now / Without any lingering feelings, go down / I got a ticket out of ghost town,” Moonbin sings in the chorus, which features sombre hip-hop-inspired instrumental.Fantagio Music had previously announced that ‘Ghost Town’ would act as a pre-release single for the duo’s as-yet-unnamed sophomore mini-album, which is due out sometime in March. Through the new mini-album, Moonbin and Sanha are said to be “showing a new and different side of themselves”, said the agency in their announcement last week.The pair had debuted as ASTRO’s first sub-unit in September 2020 with their mini-album ‘In-Out’, which included the lead single ‘Bad Idea’.

Disneyland will reopen April 30, CEO Bob Chapek announced Wednesday on CNBC’s Squawk Alley.The popular theme park has been shuttered since last March. “We’ve seen the enthusiasm, the craving for people to return to our parks around the world,” Chapek told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin.

UPDATE: Disneyland Paris has indefinitely delayed its planned April 2 opening given the Covid-19 situation, which has deteriorated in France and across much of Europe.

Cinema giant AMC Theatres posted a steep fourth-quarter and full-year loss and revenue fall as it reopens theaters in New York City at limited capacity amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The company, led by president and CEO Adam Aron, posted quarterly revenue falling 88 percent to $162.5 million as the forced closure of parts of its circuit due to the pandemic and a lack of new movies continued to affect the business.

Dalian Wanda, which acquired AMC Entertainment in 2012, surrendered control of the struggling exhibitor as it issued and sold tranches of new stock to raise cash — diluting the stake of the Chinese conglomerate.

Yahoo Finance. Pretty good guess there on the diluted losses, as AMC reported a loss of exactly $3.15 per share.

AMC Entertainment had a rough end to a rough year, reporting losses of $946.1 million for the final quarter of 2020.The theatre chain had about $20 million more in revenue than media analysts had forecast, however.Wall Street had forecast a loss of $3.15 per share on revenue of $142.35 million. AMC reported a loss of exactly that, $3.15 per share, but on $162.50 in revenue.President and CEO Adam Aron had a lot to say in prepared remarks.“This past year has presented AMC with the most challenging market conditions in the 100-year history of the company,” he began.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWith Los Angeles County and Orange County’s COVID-19 cases subsiding enough for each region to potentially leave the most-heightened tier of restrictions, and Disneyland hoping to reopen its gates by late April, thousands of Southern California’s theme park workers are poised to return to work after enduring a grueling yearlong shutdown of the region’s amusement parks.Disneyland, the second-most popular theme park in the world, has plans to bring back 10,000 furloughed workers for its reopening, announced Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek at the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday.

Today at Disney’s annual shareholder meeting, CEO Bob Chapek continued to underscore that the release date for Marvel’s long-awaited feature Black Widow is May 7, and that the Cate Shortland-directed title will be seen in theaters. Chapek made the same confirmation back on Feb. 11 during the studio’s FYQ1 earnings call.

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has responded over the firing of The Mandalorian actor Gina Carano.Carano played bounty hunter Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the hit Disney+ show before being axed.She was ousted after reportedly posting an Instagram Story in which she compared being Republican in the current US political climate to being Jewish during the Holocaust.Chapek was questioned about the move at the entertainment giant’s annual shareholders meeting today (March 9), according to Variety.While he didn’t directly address Carano’s sacking, he did push back against any suggestion of an ideological bias.“I don’t really see Disney as characterising itself as right-leaning or left-leaning,” Chapek said.

“It has been a very trying year. The most difficult we’ve had in recent memory, if ever,” said Bob Iger, first up Tuesday at the company’s virtual annual shareholders meeting. Sounding moved, he noted that it would be his last as he prepares to exit after 16 years as CEO and, more recently, executive chairman, and well over 40 years at the company.

AMC Entertainment Holding CEO Adam Aron received compensation of $20.92 million in 2020, up from $9.67 million in 2019, according to the cinema giant's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Aron took home $14.8 million in stock awards last year, compared with $6.48 million a year earlier, on top of his base salary for 2020 that amounted to $1.1 million, just down from $1.25 million in 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: The New York DMA exploded last night at the box office with NYC theaters returning after a 50 1/2 week pandemic closure with an estimated gross of $307K, +614% from last Friday according to B.O. sources. I’m also told that the NY DMA was easily the No. 1 market in the country last night, followed by Salt Lake City, Dallas, Phoenix, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Minneapolis, Detroit and Montreal.

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron earned $20.9 million in total compensation last year, double $9.6 million the year before due to a big bonus and stock awards.

Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment, saw his pay jump to $20.9 million in 2020 despite movie theaters being closed in major markets and other parts of the country throughout much of the pandemic, according to AMC’s SEC filing Friday.Last year Aron made $9.7 million and $9.5 million the year before that.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIt was a very rough year for AMC Entertainment, the world’s largest theater chain. Its theaters were dark for months as coronavirus spread around the world, and when some cities and states gave the green light for its cinemas to open back up, Hollywood opted to delay many of its highest profile releases or send them to streaming services.

About two years after Fox Corp. started a new chapter as a slimmed-down, TV-centric company, CEO Lachlan Murdoch observed, “It’s a good year not to own movie studios and theme parks.”