Movie theaters across the globe have shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of many industries hit hard in recent months. However, a new series of federal guidelines released by the Trump Administration provides a potential pathway to reopening U.S. theaters in the near future, albeit with some major limitations. As reported by Variety, the White House has issued a three-part plan dubbed "Opening Up America Again," one that offers a series of benchmarks for states and cities to follow as they begin reopening shuttered businesses. These benchmarks call for a clear downward trend in new cases of COVID-19 infections, as well as cases with general flu-like symptoms, and for hospitals to be able to treat COVID-19 patients without unduly straining resources. Once those benchmarks are met within a 14-day period, these regions can begin implementing a three-part strategy for phasing out their social quarantine measures. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] Under Phase One, movie theaters, sports arena, churches and other "large venues" will be allowed to reopen, though they'll have to follow "strict physical distancing protocols" for groups of ten or more people. Phase Two relaxes these physical distancing restrictions, with Phase Three further loosening them to “limited physical distancing protocols.” So what does this actually mean as far as the movie-going experience? Based on these guidelines, we'd guess theaters will be asked to leave a certain number of seats empty in order to create space between moviegoers. It'll likely fall on state and local authorities to decide what exactly constitutes proper physical distancing, as the Opening Up America Plan is merely a series of guidelines, not federal law. Nor does the plan offer a set timetable of when cities and states should begin reopening. Still, this does offer hope that life may begin to return to some semblance of normal by this summer. Hollywood has all but ground to a halt, with Marvel's Black Widow and countless movie and TV productions put on hiatus and most movie theaters shut down since March. AMC Theaters has been hit especially hard, as the company may be facing bankruptcy in the near future. The one silver lining is that drive-in theaters have been experiencing a surge in popularity. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/25/amc-places-ceo-corporate-employees-on-furlough"] Will you be headed back to the movie theater this summer? Let us know what you think of these new guidelines in the comments below. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Movie theaters across the globe have shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of many industries hit hard in recent months. However, a new series of federal guidelines released by the Trump Administration provides a potential pathway to reopening U.S. theaters in the near future, albeit with some major limitations. As reported by Variety, the White House has issued a three-part plan dubbed "Opening Up America Again," one that offers a series of benchmarks for states and cities to follow as they begin reopening shuttered businesses. These benchmarks call for a clear downward trend in new cases of COVID-19 infections, as well as cases with general flu-like symptoms, and for hospitals to be able to treat COVID-19 patients without unduly straining resources. Once those benchmarks are met within a 14-day period, these regions can begin implementing a three-part strategy for phasing out their social quarantine measures. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=every-delayed-movie-due-to-coronavirus-so-far&captions=true"] Under Phase One, movie theaters, sports arena, churches and other "large venues" will be allowed to reopen, though they'll have to follow "strict physical distancing protocols" for groups of ten or more people. Phase Two relaxes these physical distancing restrictions, with Phase Three further loosening them to “limited physical distancing protocols.” So what does this actually mean as far as the movie-going experience? Based on these guidelines, we'd guess theaters will be asked to leave a certain number of seats empty in order to create space between moviegoers. It'll likely fall on state and local authorities to decide what exactly constitutes proper physical distancing, as the Opening Up America Plan is merely a series of guidelines, not federal law. Nor does the plan offer a set timetable of when cities and states should begin reopening. Still, this does offer hope that life may begin to return to some semblance of normal by this summer. Hollywood has all but ground to a halt, with Marvel's Black Widow and countless movie and TV productions put on hiatus and most movie theaters shut down since March. AMC Theaters has been hit especially hard, as the company may be facing bankruptcy in the near future. The one silver lining is that drive-in theaters have been experiencing a surge in popularity. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/25/amc-places-ceo-corporate-employees-on-furlough"] Will you be headed back to the movie theater this summer? Let us know what you think of these new guidelines in the comments below. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Hugh Jackman has put the character of Wolverine behind him and is at peace with another actor playing the iconic X-Man in the future, although he does wish the X-Men had joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe back when he was still playing the role. "If seven years ago that [Disney-Fox acquisition and X-Men joining the MCU] had happened I’d be like, 'Oh yeah!' but I knew it was the right time for me to leave the party—not just for me, but for the character," Jackman told The Daily Beast. "Somebody else will pick it up and run with it. It’s too good of a character not to," the actor, who last played Wolverine in 2017's Logan, conceded. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=13-avengersx-menfantastic-four-crossovers-we-wish-were-movies&captions=true"] Jackman likened it to when "you’re on your way home and your friend rings you and goes, 'Oh, dude, a new DJ just came on and the music is awesome, are you going to come back?' And you say, 'Sounds good but… no.' They’re fine with someone else." Jackman has been asked about the Wolverine/MCU dream many times these last few years as the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown in success. Jackman said in 2015, "The thing I’ve always loved about the comic-book world is how the fun thing was how a writer of a comic book could just pull all these characters together and what became a Friday-night discussion of ‘it would be cool to see Batman fight Wolverine’ and bang, Monday morning they’re working on it, you know. But that’s an idealized world.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/21/kevin-feige-on-x-men-plans-no-avengers-movie-in-phase-4-comic-con-2019"] In 2017, Jackman again said if the prospect of Wolverine being in the MCU had been a reality at that time then he would've thought twice about hanging up his claws. "If that was on the table when I made my decision [to stop playing the character]," Jackman said, "it certainly would have made me pause. That’s for sure. Because I always love the idea of him within that dynamic, with the Hulk obviously, with Iron Man but there’s a lot of smarter people with MBAs who can’t figure that out." For now, the X-Men's debut in the MCU is still some years away while the studio continues to work on their Phase 4 slate.

Hugh Jackman has put the character of Wolverine behind him and is at peace with another actor playing the iconic X-Man in the future, although he does wish the X-Men had joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe back when he was still playing the role. "If seven years ago that [Disney-Fox acquisition and X-Men joining the MCU] had happened I’d be like, 'Oh yeah!' but I knew it was the right time for me to leave the party—not just for me, but for the character," Jackman told The Daily Beast. "Somebody else will pick it up and run with it. It’s too good of a character not to," the actor, who last played Wolverine in 2017's Logan, conceded. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=13-avengersx-menfantastic-four-crossovers-we-wish-were-movies&captions=true"] Jackman likened it to when "you’re on your way home and your friend rings you and goes, 'Oh, dude, a new DJ just came on and the music is awesome, are you going to come back?' And you say, 'Sounds good but… no.' They’re fine with someone else." Jackman has been asked about the Wolverine/MCU dream many times these last few years as the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown in success. Jackman said in 2015, "The thing I’ve always loved about the comic-book world is how the fun thing was how a writer of a comic book could just pull all these characters together and what became a Friday-night discussion of ‘it would be cool to see Batman fight Wolverine’ and bang, Monday morning they’re working on it, you know. But that’s an idealized world.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/21/kevin-feige-on-x-men-plans-no-avengers-movie-in-phase-4-comic-con-2019"] In 2017, Jackman again said if the prospect of Wolverine being in the MCU had been a reality at that time then he would've thought twice about hanging up his claws. "If that was on the table when I made my decision [to stop playing the character]," Jackman said, "it certainly would have made me pause. That’s for sure. Because I always love the idea of him within that dynamic, with the Hulk obviously, with Iron Man but there’s a lot of smarter people with MBAs who can’t figure that out." For now, the X-Men's debut in the MCU is still some years away while the studio continues to work on their Phase 4 slate.

The Fortnite Week 9 Midas' Mission challenges will require players to carry a pink teddy bear for 100 meters. Here is where you can find the pink teddy bear location.

The Fortnite Week 9 Midas' Mission challenges will require players to carry a pink teddy bear for 100 meters. Here is where you can find the pink teddy bear location.

HBO Max is developing three high-concept projects from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot - a DC Comics-inspired series using characters from Justice League Dark; a show set at The Shining's infamous Overlook Hotel; and an original 1970s-set drama centered around a getaway driver. All three hourlong dramas have been given production commitments, but given Abrams' track record, it's a fairly safe bet that all three TV shows will make it to series. The trio of shows will be produced by Warner Bros. Television; Bad Robot currently produces Westworld, Castle Rock, and HBO's upcoming Demimonde and Lovecraft Country, along with Apple TV+ series Lisey’s Story, Little Voice, and My Glory Was I Had Such Friends. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/30/green-lantern-tv-show-coming-to-hbo-max-ign-now"] Duster, co-written by J.J. Abrams and The Walking Dead's LaToya Morgan is set in the Southwest in the '70s - here's how HBO Max describes it: "The life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful." Overlook is described as "a horror-thriller series inspired by and featuring iconic characters from Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining. Overlook explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction." HBO Max declined to give specific details about the DC Comics series, except to say it will be "a major series based on DC characters in the Justice League Dark Universe, details to be revealed soon." Back in January, reports surfaced about multiple Justice League Dark projects in development from Abrams, including movie and TV adaptations, as well as the possibility that some JLD characters could receive solo projects in addition to a team-up. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=everything-coming-to-hbo-max&captions=true"] “What an amazing start to our association with the wildly imaginative Bad Robot team under J.J. and Katie [McGrath],” said Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, HBO Max and President, TNT, TBS, & truTV. “What could be better than an original J.J. idea and then Warner Bros. letting them loose on iconic I.P. from Stephen King and the DC Universe and to provide more must-have programming on HBO Max.” Justice League Dark won't be the only DC-inspired project on HBO Max, which is also developing a Green Lantern series from Arrowverse mastermind Greg Berlanti, as well as Strange Adventures, an anthology series that "will explore close-ended morality tales about the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans," and DC Super Hero High, a half-hour comedy set at a boarding school following a group of teenagers who are destined to one day join the ranks of DC’s most epic heroes. Overlook marks the latest Stephen King-inspired project from Warner Bros. - the film division released King's Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, starring Ewan McGregor, in 2019, while King's works continue to inspire Hulu's Castle Rock, which recently aired its second season, featuring characters from Misery.

HBO Max is developing three high-concept projects from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot - a DC Comics-inspired series using characters from Justice League Dark; a show set at The Shining's infamous Overlook Hotel; and an original 1970s-set drama centered around a getaway driver. All three hourlong dramas have been given production commitments, but given Abrams' track record, it's a fairly safe bet that all three TV shows will make it to series. The trio of shows will be produced by Warner Bros. Television; Bad Robot currently produces Westworld, Castle Rock, and HBO's upcoming Demimonde and Lovecraft Country, along with Apple TV+ series Lisey’s Story, Little Voice, and My Glory Was I Had Such Friends. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/10/30/green-lantern-tv-show-coming-to-hbo-max-ign-now"] Duster, co-written by J.J. Abrams and The Walking Dead's LaToya Morgan is set in the Southwest in the '70s - here's how HBO Max describes it: "The life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate goes from awful to wildly, stupidly, dangerously awful." Overlook is described as "a horror-thriller series inspired by and featuring iconic characters from Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining. Overlook explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction." HBO Max declined to give specific details about the DC Comics series, except to say it will be "a major series based on DC characters in the Justice League Dark Universe, details to be revealed soon." Back in January, reports surfaced about multiple Justice League Dark projects in development from Abrams, including movie and TV adaptations, as well as the possibility that some JLD characters could receive solo projects in addition to a team-up. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=everything-coming-to-hbo-max&captions=true"] “What an amazing start to our association with the wildly imaginative Bad Robot team under J.J. and Katie [McGrath],” said Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, HBO Max and President, TNT, TBS, & truTV. “What could be better than an original J.J. idea and then Warner Bros. letting them loose on iconic I.P. from Stephen King and the DC Universe and to provide more must-have programming on HBO Max.” Justice League Dark won't be the only DC-inspired project on HBO Max, which is also developing a Green Lantern series from Arrowverse mastermind Greg Berlanti, as well as Strange Adventures, an anthology series that "will explore close-ended morality tales about the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans," and DC Super Hero High, a half-hour comedy set at a boarding school following a group of teenagers who are destined to one day join the ranks of DC’s most epic heroes. Overlook marks the latest Stephen King-inspired project from Warner Bros. - the film division released King's Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, starring Ewan McGregor, in 2019, while King's works continue to inspire Hulu's Castle Rock, which recently aired its second season, featuring characters from Misery.

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