Culinary Khancepts, an affiliate of Star Cinema Grill, announced today that construction will soon commence on Houston’s historic River Oaks Theatre. The locally owned hospitality group took over the lease last year, and the highly anticipated refresh is expected to be complete by the end of 2023.
Rocket Boys presents a fictionalized account of the era-defining story of physicist Homi J. Bhabha — Nobel Prize nominee and the father of India’s nuclear program — and Vikram Sarabhai — physicist, astronomer, and the brains behind India’s first national space agency. The show focuses on these two pioneers and how they worked to establish the newly independent India as a world power, through nuclear power and a presence in space.
For Proof Sheet, cinematographer Jonathan Pope and director Richard Kilroy discussed references and inspirations for a film set in 1999 Los Angeles and the challenges of hiding 2023 Los Angeles. Taking place between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the noir film Proof Sheet tells the story of a beautiful woman in trouble and an incriminating roll of film that sends a photo-lab worker on an investigation into a dark world of sex, secrets, and murder.
Annapurna Studios and Qube Cinema have launched the ANR Virtual Production Stage in Hyderabad, India. The facility has been conducting tests since October 2022 and has already been used to shoot multiple movies, ads, and music videos
Profuz Digital has released the latest version of SubtitleNext, which the company says is the only subtitling system to provide such an extensive vertical text feature, including improved vertical video support that allows for smooth aspect ratios settings.
Look Dine-In Cinemas has selected GDC Technology’s SR-1000 Standalone Integrated Media Block with built-in DTS:X for immersive audio bitstream decoder. The new Look is located at 625 West 57th Street in the iconic Bjarke Ingels’-designed building.
Multiplex operator PVR Inox has reportedly experienced a quarterly loss of 3.33 billion rupees ($40.72 million), hit by one-time impairment charges and expenses related to the planned shutdowns of some cinemas.
Reading International, a diversified cinema and real estate company with operations and assets in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. President and chief executive officer Ellen Cotter said, “During the first quarter of 2023, our global revenue grew 14 percent, negative EBITDA improved by 60 percent and our operating loss reduced by 33 percent.
Cinematronix and Danny Pickett have acquired Bay Area Cinema Products of California and Washington. Kevin DeRijck and Pickett, principal officers, will provide sales and service domestically and internationally as they are committed to providing the best cinema equipment, service, and presentation in the business.
Disguise has announced the Cannes Film Festival’s first Virtual Production Summit. Created in partnership with Film Soho, Marché du Film and Cannes Next, the summit will feature talks, demonstrations, and workshops on the future of entertainment with studio heads and filmmakers at Netflix, Paramount, Framestore, Nordisk Film and more.
