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  1. One thing really nagging at me, would that fantastic UK opening have been possible with distancing still in place...

     

    On the one hand, fantastic for the business. On the other, uhh...guess we'll see in two weeks? While measures were still in place I'm def buying the "zero cases traced to a cinema" stat but now...this will be an actual test (remember that as far as cinemas are concerned it's no masks and no distancing in most places, zero chance of vaccine passports here, and seems Europe has caught up with us on vax %s)

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  2. 9 minutes ago, Chicago said:

     

    As big as Bond is, I don't think it will effect covid cases as much as the Euros did. We won't be seeing crowds of people hugging and kissing every time James bond kills a baddie

    Yup. But still, first sold out full capacity and no masks (well mandated that is) screenings since the start of all this...

     

    Curious how they're handling press screenings as it's really down to each distributor. For the Albert Hall premiere vaccine/negative test is required and masks encouraged.

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  3. On the one hand GET HYPE and with my work hat on I hope to god it performs as well as it does and it's as much an event as it seems it will be about getting people back, on the other this is the first title where, like with Tenet back in the day (and we were proved wrong), we could genuinely begin to get worried re: COVID? The vaccine coverage here (82% of over 16s double jabbed, 67% of total population) is our only wall of defence ATM because otherwise it's no masks and no distancing at most places and everyone opposed to vaccine/neg test passports...ended up booking extra seats just for distancing's sake but fuck it (plus worked out the same as a single IMAX ticket in central London lmao)

  4. wow the OLS is genuinely looking like it will sell out Thursday night...almost scary to see a full capacity no distance screening like this - thank god it's a big venue and there's good distance between the rows in stalls. ended up splurging (though not as much as one could thanks to Limitless) for an extra seat on the side just for distancing (which I also did for Manchester after I saw the prices - 10.99! and the BFI IMAX in comparison is 29!)

     

    fuck I've been waiting for so long for this, gonna be kinda shameless here - whatever it takes for the safest and best experience. still kicking myself for completely missing Tenet and zero idea if it's gonna come back to the BFI any time soon (missed the one time they screened earlier this summer) but so so so ready for this!

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  5. 25 minutes ago, cax16 said:

    I don’t get what you guys don’t understand though? WB had no say in this, AT&T forced this on them before they decided to spin off WM( to try and boost max subs and drive their stock price). I’m not disagreeing the decision was dumb but to constantly see posts about WB being stupid or whatever is just boring already when they had no say in this matter. 
     

    I know it’s frustrating for people who are excited for the movie cause you want to see It do well in the box office, I get it, I feel the same way about TSS but what’s done is done.

    worth noting...

     

    "Under the WarnerMedia plan, HBO Max will pay Warner Bros. a licensing fee for the 31-day concurrent rights. The fee will be equal to the studio’s portion of ticket sales in the United States. "

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/business/media/warner-bros-hbo-max-movies-pay.html

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  6. 41 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

    Venom 2's delay was initially just for Australia before Sony decided to make it worldwide. Keep that in mind.

     

    Are we going to start seeing a new wave of delays because of Australia? I hope not.

    True but we do know Bond is generally more open to more staggered releases (last autumn's plan was to have UK/international two weeks before domestic, and that was the case for most of the recent films) - I'd imagine they're looking towards what Dune is doing with it being staggered across a month + two weeks.

  7. 2 hours ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

    Every time I see this thread title in notifications, my heart sinks because I think it got pushed AGAIN

    Just did in Aus/NZ, Nov 11.

     

    https://twitter.com/jamesbondlive/status/1428565552084119554?s=19

     

    On the one hand, could be a sign to brace oneself - on the other, the situation with lockdown in AUS/NZ (70% of the market in lockdown and just their outlook on tackling Covid/bad situation with vaccines) leaves no choice and we know they are more open to a staggered global release than other titles

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