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Movie theaters are on life support – how will the film industry adapt?

  • Written by Matthew Jordan, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Movie theaters are on life support – how will the film industry adapt?A movie theater in Brea, Calif., has shuttered its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

Since the start of the pandemic, the film industry has been in free fall.

As deaths have continued to climb, so have studio losses, with crowded theaters – once a source of collective entertainment and escapism – now seen as...

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