Warner Bros. declined to comment. “If the studios continue postponing all their releases, the movie theaters aren’t going to be there for those postponed releases,” John Fithian, chief executive of the National Association of Theatre Owners, said in an interview. “They have to consider whether they want the long-term viability of the theater platform to be available to them. Cinemark, the third largest theater operator in the country, said Monday that it would not shut its theaters. Disney moved its superhero film “Black Widow” into 2021, along with other releases expected this year, including Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “West Side Story.”

Source: New York Times October 05, 2020 22:07 UTC