Los Angeles theater proprietor Kristen Stewart is celebrating one of many metropolis’s most iconic film homes coming again to life.
Final month, Sony introduced plans to revive and reopen Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome, with the Sony-owned Alamo Drafthouse working each the Dome and the previous ArcLight Theater Hollywood location that sits subsequent door. It’s set to reopen in early 2028, after having been closed since 2020.
In the meantime, Stewart grew to become one other theater savior this yr as she bought the Highland Theatre in Highland Park, a 100-year-old venue that closed in spring 2024. On the L.A. premiere of her new film The Fallacious Ladies, Stewart reacted to the Cinerama Dome revival, telling The Hollywood Reporter, “It took ceaselessly! It took Sony to do it. I hope they don’t fuck it up!” earlier than including, “No, they gained’t. I’m so grateful.”
There was loads of chatter concerning the reopening, with some fearing that Alamo Drafthouse’s cellular ordering mannequin could considerably change the expertise on the venue. However Sony has emphasised that the Dome itself won’t have in-theater eating, and the corporate stated in an announcement, “The restoration will honor the landmark’s distinctive aesthetic character, immersive large-format curved-screen presentation and conventional concession expertise which have made it a beloved vacation spot for generations.”
As for the Highland Theatre, Stewart instructed Architectural Digest earlier this yr, “I didn’t understand I used to be searching for a theater till this place got here to my consideration. Then it was like a gunshot went off and the race was on. I ran towards it with every part I had.”
The native Angeleno is planning her personal restoration of the venue, saying, “This undertaking is about creating a brand new faculty and restructuring our processes, discovering a greater means ahead. We need to make it a household affair, one thing for the neighborhood. It’s not only for pretentious Hollywood cinephiles. I see it as an antidote to all the company bullshit, a spot that takes film tradition away from simply shopping for and promoting. I believe there’s an enormous need and longing for what this sort of house can provide.”
