California Mulls Reopening Movie Theaters on June 12 With Restrictions

Anxious theater owners — and Hollywood studios — are expected to be given the go ahead to flip on the lights later this week by California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office

Movie theaters in California could begin reopening as early as June 12 with strict social distancing measures in place for the first two weeks, according to a plan being considered by the state that was shared withCinemas have been closed across the country since March 20 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Anxious theater owners — and Hollywood studios — are expected to be given the go ahead to flip on the lights later this week by California Gov. Gavin Newsom's office. This means that Warner Bros. may still be able to launchNewsom's edict is expected to require that theaters limit capacity to 25 percent, or no more than 100 people per auditorium, whichever is less, sources say.

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