CINEWORLD has announced that it will temporarily close all of its cinemas across the UK.
The news came after the studios behind the James Bond franchise delayed the release of new film No Time To Die for the second time due to Covid-19.
In total, 127 Cineworld and Picturehouse theatres in the UK will shut from this Thursday, including sites in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Falkirk and Aberdeen.
Here is the full list of all Cineworld and Picturehouse locations closing in Scotland.
- Aberdeen – Queens Links
- Aberdeen – Union Square
- Dundee – Camperdown Leisure Park
- Edinburgh – Fountain Park
- Edinburgh – Cameo Picturehouse
- Falkirk – Central Retail Park
- Glasgow – IMAX at Glasgow Science Centre
- Glasgow – Parkhead
- Glasgow – Renfrew Street
- Glasgow – Silverburn
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Cineworld chief executive Mooky Greidinger said the firm hopes to re-open cinemas once coronavirus restrictions are lifted.
He commented: “This is not a decision we made lightly, and we did everything in our power to support safe and sustainable reopenings in all of our markets – including meeting, and often exceeding, local health and safety guidelines in our theatres and working constructively with regulators and industry bodies to restore public confidence in our industry.
“We are especially grateful for and proud of the hard work our employees put in to adapt our theatres to the new protocols and cannot underscore enough how difficult this decision was.
“Cineworld will continue to monitor the situation closely and will communicate any future plans to resume operations in these markets at the appropriate time, when key markets have more concrete guidance on their reopening status and, in turn, studios are able to bring their pipeline of major releases back to the big screen.”
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