Last week, MGM announced that it was delaying No Time to Die until Easter. Over the weekend, Cineworld announced that it will be keeping its movie theaters in the UK and Regal Cinemas in the US closed for the foreseeable future.
“We had reached the stage where we had no alternative, it was a very, very difficult decision for us, mainly in view of the move we will have to take towards the employees,” CEO Mooky Greidinger told Sky News on Monday.
“From a liquidity point of view, we were bleeding much bigger amounts when we are open than when we were closed.”
Their decision to shut down their 663 in theaters in both countries will cause 45,000 people to lose their jobs.
But hey, let’s not wear a mask, social distance, and act like everything is normal. It isn’t. Wake up and be responsible. I want to hug a friend on their birthday. I want to go to the movies again. I want to go to a concert again. I want to see a play again. But I can’t because of people acting like they are invincible against an invisible killer. We are not. Please, take this seriously because if we don’t, the things we love might cease ever to exist again.
