He had announced a $180 million plan that would include two additional theaters, hotels, restaurants and shops -- creating a tourist destination -- on the site.
And Ms. DuVernay acknowledges that her alliance can do little more than get a picture on screens; turning a profit will depend on what happens to a film at additional theaters and in home entertainment markets after its brief introduction.
Last weekend, "Black Swan" from Fox Searchlight Pictures, "True Grit" from Paramount and "The King's Speech" from the Weinstein Company expanded into a combined total of almost 2,000 additional theaters.
Even if Louis S. Burke should succeed in his grandiose plans to redevelop the site as a tourist mecca, with additional theaters, hotels, restaurants and shops ("Theater Struggles to Come Out of Dark," Oct. 29), he would have ruined what was essentially a pleasantly bucolic experience.
Fresh off its acquisition of 16 additional theaters in the West End of London and across Britain, the Ambassador Theater Group is seeking business deals with theater owners and producers in the United States to create a cross-Atlantic distribution network for shows, one of the company's co-founders said Monday.
When he spoke of disruption, Mr. Berney referred partly to an unusual release plan: "Metallica Through the Never" will open only on large-format Imax screens when it begins its commercial run on Sept. 27, before moving to hundreds of additional theaters a week later.
It expands to additional theaters throughout December.
The film expands to additional theaters on June 24, and HBO has bought the television rights.
IMAX screenings of the Season 5 trailer have been pushed back a week to allow for additional theaters, but, barring any other setbacks, the trailer will be arriving on Thursday, Jan . 29
