and it appears they have protocols in place to protect production crews which can be pretty isolated during a shoot anyway.
I think I see several issues:
1. The fact that most of California and New York is still shut down from showing movies. That is on the state and local governments.
2. The public is not ready to go back given the protocols in place (masks, social distancing) as well as the risk.
3. I think the public has also gotten out of the habit of going to movies.
4. The offerings so far (The New Mutants and Tenet) haven't been that appealing to the audience. The sound issues on Tenet should have been corrected. Folks are going to closed an open captioned theaters because of it.
5. The protocols have driven higher theater prices in my area. That along with the protocols makes seeing marginal movies like The New Mutants and Tenet even less desirable.
I would go to see Dune now (that is the movie I am most excited about). Maybe Black Widow even though I am not that excited about it. Nothing else coming up really appeals to me right now. I feel there the MCU arc has been completed. I haven't been excited about Bond in many years. DCEU has come up with some good movies lately, but I don't have the same excitement about them because they aren't advancing an arc.
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