Arnold Schwarzenegger kicked off a gathering of movie theater and studio executives on Wednesday to declare that after a long year of darkened screens due to the coronavirus pandemic, “Movies are back.”
“Yes, we’ve been in a pandemic year, and people had to watch movies on their little iPhones, little iPads…you had to put glasses on, they’re missing the special effects and visual effects on the big screen,” the “Terminator star said glory at a special showcase event at AMC Century City co-hosted by CAA, the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), and the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
“Now is the time to wind down this pandemic period, now is the time to get back to the big screen,” said Schwarzenegger — whose next project will be a new father-daughter spy adventure series that will bypass the big screen for an exclusive series run on Netflix.