In late October, European governments — in Germany, Italy and France — shuttered movie theaters, again, amid a rise in COVID-19 infection rates.
In the U.S., New York has allowed most theaters in the state to reopen as of Oct. 23, but New York City cinemas remain shut.
It’s a similar story in Los Angeles, where a rise in average daily new coronavirus cases makes it increasingly unlikely that L.A.
county theaters will be allowed to reopen soon under California’s safety guidelines. Film distributors and exhibitors, battered by the first COVID-19 lockdown in early March, had hoped the worst was behind them.
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