Tom Grater International Film ReporterUK cinema owners have been lobbying hard for the UK government to relax its current two-meter social distancing guidelines in time for their re-opening on July 4, and today they are set to hear that their campaign has been successful.PM Boris Johnson is expected to confirm that cinemas can re-open on that date in an address to parliament shortly, but crucially he will also outline that the country’s distancing rule will be trimmed to one meter, likely with caveats, after a review.This is huge news for exhibitors.
As one senior source outlined to Deadline this morning, the difference between one and two meter distancing will be stark in auditoriums.
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