Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: Movie Theaters hope to be back in business in late June

Posted on May 28, 2020
AMC Classic Theater, located at 201 McKnight Street, in Normal. (Photo Google Maps)

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – The movie theaters hope they are back in business in late June.

While the classics are fun, Chris Johnson, president of the National Association of Theater Owners of Illinois, says his constituents rely on new content from Hollywood.

“The productions has stopped.” Johnson says. “The good news is there is a lot in the can. They definitely have movies ready to go and in the case of the big tentpole movies, “Tenet,” a Christopher Nolan movie – he did the “Dark Knight” series and “Dunkirk” and some others – their movie is supposed to launch on July 17, but they are still kind of tracking the states’ openings.”

And it’s not just up to Illinois – “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You” means worldwide, not just in, say, two dozen states.

Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected]. 

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