More cinemas are reportedly refusing to show Universal films amid an ongoing row over Trolls World Tour being released via video on demand during the coronavirus lockdown.
The animation’s sequel, starring Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Dwayne Johnson and Ozzy Osbourne, was released online, earlier this month, instead of through movie theatres due to the closure of cinemas during the pandemic.
Trolls World Tour made $100million (£80m) withs its video-on-demand release with NBCUniversal boss Jeff Shell championing the success of releasing films in such a manner moving forward.
That, however, didn’t sit well with cinemas and AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, which owns Odeon Cinemas, has decided to cut ties with Universal as a