by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton
November 6, 2025
The Sean Anderson Theatre Powered by Emagine won’t be constructed after the sale to Kinepolis Group NV
A deliberate movie show, to be known as the Sean Anderson Theatre Powered by Emagine, named after Detroit rapper Massive Sean, who was a accomplice within the enterprise, won’t come to fruition after a Belgian movie show chain, Kinepolis Group NV, bought the Emagine theater franchise.
In accordance with Crain’s Detroit Enterprise, the deliberate enterprise between Sean and Emagine was introduced in 2018, with the expectation that the venue would mix a movie show and a music venue. Nonetheless, with the latest acquisition by the Kinepolis Group, the corporate, together with Emagine’s chairman and CEO, Paul Glantz, states that it doesn’t count on to construct any new film theaters.
After COVID-19 hit the world, the prospect of constructing the venue decreased as folks selected to not attend the theater as that they had earlier than. Glantz stated the movie show enterprise has extreme provide, making development of a brand new theater unlikely.
“The business is 35% attendance in comparison with pre-COVID,” Glantz stated. “There’s a thought that extra capability wants to come back out of the market versus being added to the market, and that works towards new builds and enlargement.”
When the deliberate venue was introduced over seven years in the past, there wasn’t a web site for the movie show. There was hypothesis that it could be inbuilt numerous areas of Detroit, together with Michigan Central Station and land owned by Wayne State College. But, when COVID hit two years after the partnership was introduced, theaters throughout the nation shut down to stop the unfold of the pandemic among the many public.
The Sean Anderson Theatre Powered by Emagine was slated to have 10 to 12 screens, with an anticipated capability of between 1,000 and 1,300 folks.
The Belgian movie show chain introduced on Nov. 4 that it was buying 14 Emagine theaters for a reported $105 million, with the worth probably rising to $120 million based mostly on U.S. field workplace efficiency. The sale is anticipated to be carried out by yr’s finish.
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