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Film Journal January 2018

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we are looking to diversify our<br />

business, to become less reliant on the<br />

‘ATCineplex,<br />

movie product and be seen more as an<br />

entertainment destination for Canadians.”<br />

Sarah Van Lange, director of communications for<br />

the leading circuit of 163 theatres with 75 million<br />

guests per year (www.cineplex.com), is talking about<br />

“branching off” into initiatives such as The Rec Room,<br />

introduced on these very pages one year ago, Cineplex<br />

VIP and event-cinema offerings, eSports, as well as<br />

Playdium game centers and plans to bring “Top Golf”<br />

to the country (www.topgolf.com/us). “Canadians<br />

can look forward to more and more of these types of<br />

announcements and initiatives down the road.”<br />

Just in time to ring in the holiday season, Cineplex<br />

announced two major additions to its Scotiabank<br />

flagship multiplexes in Toronto and Ottawa, leading<br />

the way to what is arguably the hottest trend in<br />

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