AMC Theatres Launches Leawood Films to Bring More Movies to the Big Screen

AMC Theatres Launches Leawood Films to Bring More Movies to the Big Screen

AMC Theatres is expanding its Hollywood footprint beyond showing movies. The world’s largest theater chain is launching Leawood Films, a new distribution label aimed at getting more small and mid-budget movies onto the big screen.This is an interesting move for AMC, especially as plenty of completed independent films, including projects coming out of major film festivals, struggle to secure theatrical distribution. Rather than finance movies fro…