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No “Harrython” for Hippodrome; Disney delayed
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The recent change in how the Waco Hippodrome Theatre secures the rights to show digital movies - now through certain individual movie studios rather than a central clearinghouse - has forced a few changes in the theater’s summer movie programming.
Most notably: the cancellation of a Harry Potter film marathon in the days before the July 15 release of HP Film No. 6, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Warner Bros. holds the rights to the Harry Potter films and will not release them for theatrical screenings until August, explained former Waco Performing Arts Company executive director Scott Baker.
Of course, the idea behind the marathon was to feed off fan interest in Half Blood Prince, so Hippodrome film programmers will have to consider whether it’s worth the effort to schedule a post-release marathon.
The Waco theater has negotiated rights with Warner Bros., Universal and Criterion, which distributes Fox’s films, and former agreements with Paramount, Dreamworks and MGM are still in place, said Baker.
Discussions with Disney, however, are still underway, so the theater will replace the Disney films in this summer’s Family Film Series with ones from Dreamworks. Good-bye Finding Nemo, Lion King and Mary Poppins; hello, Kung Fu Panda, Chicken Run and The Prince of Egypt.
The Friday night Family Film Series begins June 12 with E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. Tickets cost $5 and are on sale now at the Hippodrome box office.
The downtown Waco theater will screen three Alfred Hitchcock films this summer as well, for the Third Thursday entertainment emphasis by downtown Waco merchants. That series starts June 18 with Rear Window, followed by To Catch a Thief on July 16 and Vertigo Aug. 20.
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