reporter Hong Wen/Comprehensive report
The new crown pneumonia epidemic has affected the world, and many blockbuster films have been postponed. Only "Full Start" and "Interstellar Effect" director Christopher Nolan are still rushing to work and insist on the new film " "Tenet" was released on July 17. IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond said: "No one works harder than Nolan and hopes that the cinema will reopen."
"Tenet" poster. (Photo/Warner Bros.)
According to a foreign media "Variety" (Variety) report, IMAX announced the first quarter of 2020 financial statements, revenue of 34.9 million US dollars (about 1.04 billion Taiwan dollars), loss of 49.4 million US dollars (about 1.47 billion US dollars) Compared with the same period last year, revenue of 80.2 million US dollars (about 2.39 billion Taiwan dollars) and profits of 8 million US dollars (about 230 million Taiwan dollars) have fallen considerably. The reason is of course that movie theaters closed due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The
report pointed out that IMAX’s performance in the first quarter was lower than Wall Street’s expectations. Expert analysis: “Because the company relies heavily on China, the local movie theaters were closed one month before they ravaged the United States.” Then the United States shut down movie theaters completely, which caused such misery. condition. Although IMAX expects that many blockbusters will be released in the second half of the year, there will be a chance to make up for the loss, but experts believe that there may be an economic recession by then. IMAX fares are usually more expensive and may not improve the situation immediately.
Miramar Dazhi Studio IMAX Hall. (Photo/data photo/photographed by reporter Hong Wen)
IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond said that the main conductive cinema of the cinema industry has been reopened. The role played by IMAX has always been only to authorize technology to the cinema industry, but there is still much to do. Discussed, including how to maintain the epidemic prevention social distance for watching movies, to ensure that there is no risk to reopen the business.
director Christopher Nolan’s new film "Tian Neng" still insists on being released on July 17, and has not been rescheduled. Richard Gelfund hopes that this film will be the first IMAX movie to be reopened in the cinema. "Nolan really hopes to revitalize the cinema with this film. I don’t know who else in the United States is working harder than him. The cinema reopened and let his cinema show.”
"Tian Neng" stills. (Photo: Provided by Warner Bros.)
"Natural Energy" is self-edited and directed by Christopher Nolan, and the cast gathers John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Elie Elizabeth Debicki (Elizabeth Debicki), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), Kenneth Branagh (Kenneth Branagh), Michael Caine (Michael Caine) are on the same stage.
According to reports, "Tian Neng" has a budget of more than 220 million US dollars, filming in 7 countries, and the budget exceeds "The Dark Knight", "Full Start", "Interstellar Effect", "Dunkirk", and is the director Christopher Nolan's highest-cost original film to date. Like the last "Dunkirk Operation", Nolan used IMAX cameras to shoot this time. Warner Bros. expects to launch three versions of IMAX, 35mm, and 70mm globally.
director Christopher Nolan said in past interviews: ""Tian Neng" will completely flip the point of view of spy films, lead the audience to different realms, and combine many different types of elements in exciting and fresh ways. A large number of actors and large-scale scenes have been filmed in 7 countries and regions around the world. There is no doubt that this is the most ambitious film we have ever filmed."
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