Regency Village Theatre
961 Broxton Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
961 Broxton Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
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I’m happy it is staying open for now. But the month to month makes it vulnerable opposed to someone taking over and be obligated to a lease. There a big films coming this spring and Summer and through the Fall. I would guess Mann will keep running it though the end of the year at least.
I was kind of hoping for one of the first 3 choices above or Laemmle. If Mann is winding down I would just prefer they get it over with. Especially with the Chinese so I can actually see a movie I want to see there when I am in L.A. I think Book of Eli is must be on its 53rd week. Must be odd for those people on the tours to see the most famous movie house in the world completely empty.
You beat me to it Mark. The April Fool’s Joke is that Mann is going to continue to lease on a month to month.
Then suddenly close it?
How about Mann on a month-by-month lease?
Not Regency. Not Rave. Not Arclight/Pacific. And it’s not Regal, or AMC, or Landmark, or Cinemark, or Laemmle, or Muvico, or Krikorian, or Carmike, or Harkins, or Wehrenberg, or Gold Class, or UltraStar, or Marcus, or Kerasotes either.
I’m dumb and blind (you NOTICED I was wearing glasses, right Ed?) so I will GLADLY continue speculating.
It’s either…
Regency (won’t be a shock – seeing as how someone connected to the family that owns them took over the National lease when Mann shut ‘em down.
Rave (because, legally, you have to yank our chain to protect company secrets…we know the hustle!).
Arclight (Arclight Westwood would blow a huge crater in the LA market! They’d singlehandedly crush AMC Century 15 and force Landmark to revert back to the snobby arthouse they were built to be. AND…the multiplex would be a ground up build!)
The funny part is, someone has already spilled it in this thread in this thread a couple days ago, but everyone is still speculating.
I am talking about the early – Mid 70’s when Westwood had shopping, eating and films. The 80’s things really exploded and it became too big for its britches. Westwood needs to get people interested in coming there again. I do agree about a new adjoining multiplex. The Arclight Cinemas pretty much saved the Cinerama Dome.
Hate to say it, but a return to the 70’s won’t cut it in this society. Gone are the days when folks will walk from theatre to theatre in any given neighborhood to see the latest flicks. They want everything under one roof. WE’LL still do it because we’re purists, but
The best option for whomever gets Village/Bruin is to negotiate building an adjoining multiplex attached to either theatre.
Whoever takes over the leases will probably be locked into a 4 or 5 year commitment. It is premature to speculate, but I would imagine the talk of a new nearby multiplex is being brought back to the table. With the loss of the National, Festival, Plaza, Mann Westwood 4 Plex and United Artists they have the ‘Seats’ now for something new. The Village and Bruin could play a film for one to three weeks and move it over to the multiplex. Both theatres along with the Regent have the great location, they are essentially the heart of Westwood.
Westwood itself is really the problem, CPR needs to happen in order to get people back into movie theatres. It need to go back to the Westwood of the 70’s and not the MONSTER it became in the 80’s before it emploded. It is going to be interesting to see what goes down.
Remember those leases on those two theatres were very high. Whoever comes in must keep films going through there fast to keep business going. You can’t keep films in there over 4-8 weeks anymore. Some days if you are lucky your playing to 100 people or less. That does not pay the rent. Look at the last weeks of the National Theatre. There not going to raze the Village or the Bruin for a empty lot.
Doubt it would be AMC or Regal. AMC is only interested in building big megaplexes they can later tear down and re-build. Regal has the downtown complex they are showcasing. Honestly, we will not know until it happens. Whoever it is, they are probably coming into Westwood with some kind of plan for the future.
Yeah, you didn’t imply it. I simply made an educated guess. Shoot me.
Heh…that must mean we’re either going to be VERY HAPPY (Arclight) or VERY PISSED (Regal/AMC) come April 1st. With this week’s news that Arclight stole the Pasadena mojo back from Gold Class, maybe they’re ready to take Westwood as well?
One can only dream…and wish…and hope…and wish…and hope…and wish…
Chris, I never said it was going to be Rave. I didn’t even imply it.
Also— Screenvision doesn’t require a full-scale DLP projector. Many locations use basic, home-grade projection equipment for those.
Yes, there is digital for SHUTTER ISLAND. The Landmark down the street has one screen DP, as do all digital-only AMC/Regal locations, plus the entire Krikorian and UltraStar Chains and God knows how many more.
HOWEVER, they pay more attention to LA. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS had digital prints available to many locations, but both the Dome and the Village ran it in 35.
CLARIFICATION: Paramount (or Scorcese) must not have allowed digital prints to be struck. Or did Mann get rid of the DP equipment as they prepare to “move out”? That couldn’t be the case…that dumb ass Screenvision thing is DP.
Paramount (or Scorcese) must not have struck digital prints.
No, scroll up and you will see that their current attraction is on film.
Isn’t Village running everything in DP anyway? What’s the last movie they ran on film?
Once a lease ends it could become a month to month type rental till one of the parties wants to end the rental of the property. Mann Theatres has been on a limited service type contract with the Projectionists union. As for any drama for red carpet premieres and the union. The studio will provide a studio staff projectionist for the event. Even with a union projectionist under the old contract the studio still had a back-up projectionist for the event.
Pretty much every mainstream movie is offered digitally nowadays… Every new theater built by AMC, Regal, RAVE, etc is all digital.
Won’t that limit their selection of films to only those released in digital format?
Mann’s month to month for the National lasted 8 months. But if Rave is negotating with the owners, Mann’s involvement may not be that long. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. I’m feeling better that these theatres will stay around and hope it will be for a indefinate amount of time.
Now, something has to be done about the Chinese.
Slight change of plans. Mann told the employees that they are going month to month after March. So I assume the deal isn’t finalized.
I also heard Rave was the one taking over but that isn’t confirmed at all. They typically run all digital and don’t have projectionists. That’s not going to sit well with the union. If a non-union theater wants to book red carpet premieres, there is going to be some drama.