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Cinemark Won’t Screen Brad Pitt’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Movie Over Netflix’s Demands, CEO Says

The Hollywood Reporter·James Hibberd·7 days ago
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Two theater chains are refusing to screen the upcoming sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood .

Cinemark and Regal have decided against giving any of their Imax screens to The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth , which has Brad Pitt reprising his role as a fearless stuntman in a movie written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by David Fincher. The decision effectively makes Cliff Booth exclusive to AMC among the major chains.

During Cinemark’s third-quarter earnings call early Tuesday, CEO Sean Gamble explained that the company decided against running the film due to Netflix ‘s very short release window — which ends just two weeks before the title shifts to streaming — and not wanting to establish a precedent that could come back to haunt the chain in future negotiations.

“The Cliff Booth situation is an interesting one,” Gamble said. “We book all of our films on a case-by-case situation.…

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