Movie theaters are readying for an onslaught like they’ve never seen before beginning Friday when “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” debuts.

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday.

AMC Theaters is ditching its plan to charge more for “better” seats.

Middle seats at many U.S. movie theaters just got more expensive.

AMC Theaters, the nations largest chain, is pushing back its plans to begin reopening theaters by two weeks following the closure because of COVID-19. The company said Monday that it would open approximately 450 U.S. locations on July 30 and the remaining 150 the following week. AMC CEO and President Adam Aron said that its general managers across the U.S. started working full time Monday to get their buildings ready to reopen. Most indoor U.S. theaters have been closed since mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Cuomo said New York would delay reopening cinemas while it continued to research the safety of indoor, air-conditioned venues.AMC expects its approximately 1,000 worldwide locations to be open by early August.

FILE - In this April 29, 2020 file photo, the AMC sign appears at AMC Burbank 16 movie theater complex in Burbank, Calif. AMC Theaters CEO Adam Aron said Friday that its theaters will require patrons to wear masks upon reopening, which will begin in July. AMC Theaters CEO Adam Aron said Friday that its theaters will require patrons to wear masks upon reopening, which will begin in mid-July. The interview came on the same day that California started requiring people throughout the state to wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isnt possible. AMC plans to sell masks for $1.

AMC Theaters, the world's largest theater operator, said Tuesday that it expects to have 97-98% of its theaters worldwide reopened by mid-July. It will be up to movie theater operators to convince moviegoers that its safe to once again sit in the dark among strangers. Only recently have state guidelines allowed the reopening of theaters in California (including in the countrys top market, Los Angeles, where local officials have yet to agree). Before Tenet arrives, theaters will play just as those that are currently open are showing recent and classic catalog offerings. Though a handful of movies have been steered to streaming or on-demand platforms during the pandemic, most studio films have been postponed until theaters reopen.

AMC Theaters eying bankruptcy, stocks end week on high notePublished: April 10, 2020, 7:54 amAMC closed its doors nationwide amid the coronavirus pandemic, but bankruptcy now a possibility for the movie theater chain.

From AMC Theaters via CNN(CNN) - MoviePass, once a revolutionary ticketing service, is temporarily shutting down on Saturday and it's unclear if it will return. Helios and Matheson, the parent company of the service, which offered theatergoers the ability to see one movie day for a fee of $10 a month, announced that it would be interrupting the service on Saturday. Helios and Matheson's efforts to recapitalize MoviePass have "not been successful to date," the company said in a press release on Friday. "The Company is unable to predict if or when the MoviePass service will continue," Helios and Matheson said in a statement on Friday. This is a developing story...The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

Kevin Winter/Getty Images(CNN) - Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss will again reenter "The Matrix," starring in a third sequel to the 1999 science fiction film that's expected to begin production next year. The stars will be reunited with one of the original writer-directors, Lana Wachowski, who worked on the original movies with her sister, Lilly. "The Matrix" featured Reeves as Neo, a man who discovers that humanity is trapped inside a simulated reality known as the Matrix, and that he is the destined champion who can help liberate them. The film was a major hit, spawning the sequels "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions," which were shot in tandem and both released in 2003, completing the original story. The new film will be released by Warner Bros., like CNN, a unit of WarnerMedia.

From AMC Theaters via CNNMoviePass is going dark while it sorts out some changes to its app. The movie theater subscription service enables customers to see select movies in theaters based on a monthly fee. In a letter to subscribers, MoviePass also said it hopes to "recapitalize" and would continue efforts to cut costs. The company says it'll credit customers for the days affected and won't bring on any new subscribers while the service is down. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.