Within the wake of the March bankruptcy filing of iPic Theaters, Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired two iPic luxurious theater areas in Los Angeles’ Westwood Village and New York and can rebrand them as The Cinemas.
The areas will now not function with in-theater eating, however as an alternative will give attention to premium concessions that includes “elevated food and beverage offerings,” the corporate stated, emphasizing that the transition away from in-theater eating is “designed to enhance the cinematic experience by reducing service-related noise, light and other distractions.”
The theaters, in addition to the Tuck Room restaurant and cocktail lounge, will stay open and operational all through the rebranding course of, in response to Blue Fox.
“Expanding into theatrical exhibition represents a major evolution for our company and further strengthens our position as a fully integrated entertainment group,” stated Blue Fox Leisure Group founder James Huntsman. “These locations are among the most recognized premium cinema destinations in the country, and we look forward to building on their strong reputation while creating elevated moviegoing experiences for audiences.”
The iPic theaters in Pasadena and different areas weren’t a part of the Blue Fox acquisition.
Along with persevering with to program main studio releases, impartial movies and traditional film nights, The Cinemas will develop event-focused programming together with advance screenings, filmmaker Q&As, repertory titles, particular engagements and community-driven occasions.
The iPic Fulton Market in New York’s Seaport District has eight screens whereas the Westwood Village location, which was as soon as the Avco Heart Cinemas, has six screens.
Based in 2015, Blue Fox is an impartial movie distributor, financing and gross sales firm, which has launched movies together with “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” and “The Wolf and the Lion.” It stated the growth would create a “vertically integrated platform capable of supporting filmmakers from development and production through worldwide distribution and theatrical exhibition.”
