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Theater Owners are Pushing for Coronavirus Relief Bill to Avoid Bankruptcy

Mass closings due to the coronavirus pandemic have hit theater owners particularly hard. After the release of several high-profile blockbuster films like Fast & Furious 9 and No Time to Die were delayed until later in the year (with F9 pushed all the way to 2021), movie theaters across the country have closed their doors indefinitely until the threat of the virus passes. And according to John Fithian, president of the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), they may never open back up again unless the government intervenes. In an interview with Variety, Fithian stressed just how dire the …

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