Sactown Magazine
May 28, 2021
Photo by Kial James
It’s time again to break out the lawn chairs or the pool floats, as the case may be. After skipping last year due to the pandemic, communities across the Sacramento region are bringing back outdoor movie screenings this summer. Here’s what’s coming up on the big (alfresco) screen.
Gather: Movies at the Fort (Midtown)
Every second Saturday this summer, get your family-friendly flick fix while reclining on the lawn at Sutter’s Fort. Settle into a socially distanced family-and-friends pod and watch your preferred film projected onto the historic stronghold’s white walls.
Posted on Thursday, May 27th, 2021 by Ben Pearson
As Hollywood struggled to survive during the pandemic era, one tactic seems to have become commonplace: studios making big announcements about how and where films are going to debut. But the controversial aspect of that tactic is that those decision have frequently been made without giving enough of a heads-up to the directors and stars who are affected by those announcements.
The latest recipients of this treatment? Director
Antoine Fuqua and star
Infinite is going to debut directly on the new Paramount+ streaming service.
The Hollywood Reporter published a piece suggesting that this blindsiding technique may become the new normal in the world of movies – at least while the pandemic is still affecting movie releases. According to their report, “Wahlberg, director Antoine Fuqua and producer