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Disney’s Expensive ‘Star Wars’ Galactic Starcruiser Hotel to Close After Less Than Two Years

23rd May 202321st May 2023 The Hollywood Reporter

The immersive and pricey hotel “starship” in Florida is being sent to a galaxy far, far away. Get this: A windowless, theme-park hotel with a mandatory 48-hour stay that costs a family of four $6,000 per visit didn’t work out. Disney has decided to shutter its Star Wars-themed Galactic Starcruiser hotel after less than two years. The ultra-ambitious project opened in March 2022 near the Disney World Resort in Orlando. The starship’s final voyage will be in September. …visit The Hollywood Reporter to read full story Image Credit: GETTY IMAGES

Regal Owner Cineworld Says It’s Been Approached by Multiple Buyers Amid Bankruptcy Process

23rd February 202312th February 2023 The Hollywood Reporter

Exhibition giant Cineworld, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S., has told a virtual status conference that the company and its creditors are moving toward a court-directed settlement of the bankruptcy process. On Wednesday, Joshua Sussberg, a lawyer for U.K.-based Cineworld, owner of the Regal Entertainment Group, told Judge Marvin Isgur of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston that the broad terms of a Chapter 11 stand-alone plan of reorganization had been reached, but that negotiations on a final deal and terms were ongoing. “We of course do not have commitments for the financing or…

‘Glass Onion’ Box Office: How the ‘Knives Out’ Sequel Left Tens of Millions on the Table

29th November 202229th November 2022 The Hollywood Reporter

Rian Johnson’s film could have grossed $40 million to $50 million at the Thanksgiving box office had Netflix given it a traditional theatrical release, versus having it go out in roughly 700 theaters. Talk about a whodunit. Rian Johnson’s sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery was the most popular new film opening at the otherwise troubled Thanksgiving box office — at least for adults — but Netflix brass would only allow the sequel to be booked in fewer than 700 North American theaters for one week. (Ted Sarandos has made it clear he’s…