New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that movie theaters in the city will be brought into line with the rest of New York State as of March 5th.
As a result, they will be allowed to reopen at 25% capacity with no more than 50 people per screen, masks, social distancing and other protocols in place including air filtration and purification standards as specified by the DOJ.
The move sees cinemas in Manhattan, which have been dark for almost a full year now, re-opening and should hopefully stabilise the international theatrical release schedule to some extent.
Meanwhile over in the UK where case rates are plummeting and vaccinations continue rapidly, England will begin easing lockdown from March 8th starting with schools.
Drive-in cinemas will reopen from April 12th while cinemas and theaters will reopen from May 17th with social distancing in place. The aim is to have the economy back to normal by June 21st.
The U.K. government aims to administer every adult aged 50 and above with the first dose of the vaccine by April 15th and every adult in the country by July. One-third of all adults in the country have already received their first doses.
