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Indie films could benefit from pandemic streaming increase, says industry group MP

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UK box office shrunk 76 per cent in 2020. While many, including chains like Cineworld are planning to reopen their theatres from May 17, there are concerns movie fans won’t return in sufficient numbers.

However, Russell, Conservative MP for Watford (which includes Leavesden Studios (where Star Wars and Mission Impossible: Fallout were filmed), says the future for indie and lower-budget titles could be brighter than first thought.“At the moment, if you look at cinema in the last few years it’s been dominated by sci-fi and superhero movies,” Russell told NME. “[The growth of streaming in the pandemic] has opened up a conversation around new content… What does the industry look like in the future?“A lot of [cinema] screens are used by big.

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