The state attorney general’s office has approved the purchase of San Francisco’s AMC Kabuki multiplex by Sundance Cinemas.
The aspiring independent movie theater chain affiliated with Robert Redford plans to renovate the eight-screen theater to include stadium-style seating. It will be renamed Sundance Kabuki.
Sundance has agreed to operate the Kabuki as a first-run movie theater until 2011. The attorney general’s office required AMC to divest the Kabuki as well as its 14-screen theater at 1000 Van Ness Ave. in order to complete its merger with Loews.
The Sundance schedule will include independent and foreign language films as well as documentaries and classics. Renovation is scheduled to begin this month. An early fall reopening is planned.
State OKs Kabuki sale to Sundance
The state attorney general’s office has approved the purchase of San Francisco’s AMC Kabuki multiplex by Sundance Cinemas.
The aspiring independent movie theater chain affiliated with Robert Redford plans to renovate the eight-screen theater to include stadium-style seating. It will be renamed Sundance Kabuki.
Sundance has agreed to operate the Kabuki as a first-run movie theater until 2011. The attorney general’s office required AMC to divest the Kabuki as well as its 14-screen theater at 1000 Van Ness Ave. in order to complete its merger with Loews.
The Sundance schedule will include independent and foreign language films as well as documentaries and classics. Renovation is scheduled to begin this month. An early fall reopening is planned.
— Pia Sarkar