Summary: One week after the Walt Disney Company announced that it would be premiering its latest Pixar film on Disney+ rather than in movie theaters, the media giant says it will reorganize its corporate structure to focus the company’s content creation on streaming. Is this a hasty pivot, long in the works, or just making official the obvious? The move left many industry watchers a bit confused.<br> Meanwhile, movie theaters in most of New York state can reopen, except in New York City itself. Even so, studios still won’t be releasing a blockbuster soon enough to help struggling cinema operators like AMC, who claims they will run out of money before the end of the year.<br> Of course we also cover some of the week’s top entertainment headlines including why Kevin Hart is taking over for Jerry Lewis on the muscular dystrophy telethon, K-Pop boy band BTS might be enlisting in the South Korean military (literally) and this year’s slimmed-down Tony nominations.<br> <br> <br> Liam Neeson’s ‘Honest Thief’ notches No. 1 at box office<br> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-robert-de-niro-liam-neeson-robert-pattinson-movies-5d54ec18d9b9517ccbb40023cb7e0f39" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-robert-de-niro-liam-neeson-robert-pattinson-movies-5d54ec18d9b9517ccbb40023cb7e0f39</a><br> ‘Demon Slayer’ Leads Global Box Office with Record-breaking $44m Japan Debut<br> <a href="https://www.screendaily.com/news/demon-slayer-leads-global-box-office-with-record-breaking-44m-japan-debut/5154160.article" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.screendaily.com/news/demon-slayer-leads-global-box-office-with-record-breaking-44m-japan-debut/5154160.article</a><br> Japan’s ‘Demon Slayer’ Kills It With Record $44M Opening; China Passing North America For 2020 – International Box Office<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/demon-slayer-tenet-japan-china-global-international-box-office-1234599364/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2020/10/demon-slayer-tenet-japan-china-global-international-box-office-1234599364/</a><br> Eddie Murphy’s ‘Coming 2 America’ Moves From Paramount to Amazon Studios<br> <a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/news/eddie-murphys-coming-2-america-moves-from-paramount-to-amazon-studios-1234799523/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://variety.com/2020/film/news/eddie-murphys-coming-2-america-moves-from-paramount-to-amazon-studios-1234799523/</a><br> It’s Official: China Overtakes North America as World’s Biggest Box Office in 2020<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/its-official-china-overtakes-north-america-as-worlds-biggest-box-office-in-2020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/its-official-china-overtakes-north-america-as-worlds-biggest-box-office-in-2020</a><br> UK £500M Film & TV Insurance Restart Scheme Officially Opens Today Following State Aid Approval<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/uk-500m-film-tv-insurance-restart-scheme-officially-opens-today-following-state-aid-approval-1234598660/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2020/10/uk-500m-film-tv-insurance-restart-scheme-officially-opens-today-following-state-aid-approval-1234598660/</a><br> Warner Bros & Universal Bosses Say No Movie Theater Buyouts In The Works, But “We’re Rooting For Them”<br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/10/warner-bros-universal-bosses-movie-theater-buyouts-covid-19-1234598176/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deadline.com/2020/10/warner-bros-universal-bosses-movie-theater-buyouts-covid-19-1234598176/</a><br> AMC Theatres Says Cash Resources to Be “Largely Depleted” by End of 2020 or Early 2021<br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amc-theatres-says-cash-resources-to-be-largely-depleted-by-end-of-2020-or-early-2021" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www....</a>
