Australian cinemas target July restart, pin hopes on Christopher Nolan

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Cinemas in Australia are aiming to reopen in July, with exhibitors describing Christopher Nolan's big-budget film Tenet as a 'totem' guiding them towards re-emergence from the coronavirus shutdown

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In the US, IMAX chief Richard Gelfond last week told investors he hopes Nolan's film will be the first major release after things return to something like normal.

"Chris really would like to be coming out with the film that opens theatres," Gelfond said. "I don’t know anyone in America who is pushing harder to get the theatres reopened and to get his movie released than Chris Nolan."Nolan is widely credited with saving the mega-screen format by shooting portions of his Batman moviein 70mm in 2008. It was the first feature film to do so, and all his features since have also been released in IMAX versions.

However, the risk remained that the US and Europe would not be ready for a full-scale emergence from shutdown at the same time as Australia, which would almost certainly mean the release of major films such asIn that case, the association of cinema operators said, "it will not be possible to reopen until the major Hollywood studios confirm that the cinema releases they have postponed or re-dated are available for the big-screen theatrical global release that they were intended for.

"NACO acknowledges that studios will not release new titles until the majority of cinemas are opened around the world."If they do open in July, Australian cinemas will operate under very different conditions than pre-virus. Precautionary measures to be introduced will include staggered session times and spaced seating, contactless and cashless transactions, sanitisation stations and increased frequency of cleaning cinemas.Follow the author on Facebook at

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