With Autumn film rescheduling affecting many films, the government is being urged to prepare by building emergency ‘field’ cinemas to cope with the expected demand from cinema-goers.
The cinemas could take the form of large music venues or conference centres converted to house huge swathes of slightly uncomfortable seats and facilities to sell popcorn that smells a bit of sick.
These could remain in operation to cope with the Autumn film rescheduling, before being converted back to their original purpose.
“There are 67 million people in the UK,” said industry expert Stewart James.
“So, by my calculation, after a summer of film cancellations and delays, by Autumn, you’re going to have about 66.5 million people who are going to want to go and see Mulan.
“We simply don’t have the infrastructure to deal with that.”
The field cinema was developed during the Second World War and saw the army convert dancehalls and ice rinks into cinemas over a matter of weeks to cope with the vast number of people who wanted to see George Formby films.
“One doesn’t ever want to see the Army brought into civilian life like this, but if we’re going to be able to cope with the amount of people who want to go to A Quiet Place 2, then I can’t think of any other way to handle it,” continued Mr James
He also suggested that not only do the Army build the cinemas, but that they also take charge of the production of popcorn that smells a bit of sick.
“It is only the infrastructure expertise of the Army that could cope with producing the amount of popcorn that smells a bit of sick to sustain cinema-goers in Autumn.”
With Autumn film rescheduling becoming increasinglyprevalent, the Government is being urged to begin preparations now or risk millions being unable to see No Time to Die.
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