Cineworld to Close All Regal Cinemas, U.K. Venues in Response to ‘No Time to Die’ Delay

Cineworld is shuttering all 543 of its Regal Cinema venues in the U.S.

and all cinemas across the U.K.

and Ireland this coming week, just a day after James Bond film “No Time to Die” was pushed to April 2021.Variety understands from sources that the chain will close all sites in both countries as early as this week, with staff notified ahead of Monday.

Regal is the second largest domestic chain in the U.S., while Cineworld is the U.K.’s biggest cinema operator.In the U.K., Cineworld, which declined to comment, is understood to be writing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden this weekend to explain that the exhibition sector is “unviable” due to studios delaying tentpoles as a result of anxious audiences steering clear of cinemas amid the global pandemic.

The Cineworld closures will put up to 5,500 jobs at risk in the U.

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