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Sony in talks to revive Cinerama Dome, ArcLight

Sony is in talks to revive the Cinerama Dome and ArcLight Hollywood, negotiating with the Robertson Property Group and the owners’ family to reopen the shuttered Los Angeles venues. The discussions, which also involve Alamo Drafthouse, follow the venues’ 2020 closures and decades of cinema history, highlighting renewed industry efforts to revive premium exhibition spaces after the pandemic.

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RoboCop Series Greenlit for Prime Video with Blumhouse

Prime Video has officially greenlit an eight-episode Robocop series from Amazon MGM Studios and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, with Peter Ocko as showrunner and writer, James Wan as executive producer, and Ed Neumeier also serving as an EP; the logline centers on a giant tech conglomerate pairing a robot with the consciousness of a fallen officer for police work, signaling a fresh yet respectful reimagining of the franchise. A premiere date hasn’t been announced, but multiple outlets confirm the creative team and development efforts aimed at adapting the iconic property for today’s audience.

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Disney plans hundreds of job cuts across divisions

The Walt Disney Co. is cutting hundreds of jobs across corporate functions, ESPN, Disney Entertainment Television, and film studios as part of its One Disney restructuring led by Josh D’Amaro, with Pixar set to bear the largest number of cuts and National Geographic the hardest-hit unit within DET, including some on-air ESPN talent such as Karl Ravech and Ryan Clark among those affected. The layoffs are happening in multiple rounds tied to recent corporate streamlining and asset integrations, as Disney seeks a more agile, technologically enabled workforce.

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Brie Larson-led Skeletons release date set for June 2027

Brie Larson headlines the horror Skeletons, directed by J.T. Mollner and produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, with a June 4, 2027 release date and adaptation of Philipp Fracassi’s Fail-Safe about a boy uncovering his mother’s disturbing secret.

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Kovert Creative Hires Mallory Morehead Pritzl

Mallory Morehead Pritzl has joined Kovert Creative to lead the entertainment PR team in Los Angeles, overseeing communications for programming-focused clients such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Paper Kite Productions, and SmartLess Media, and coordinating across Bloomberg Media and Spotify. She brings about 15 years of experience from Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, Fox, and NBC, and Kovert emphasizes her deep industry connections as a fit for their roster of high-profile talents and brands.