Major UK exhibition operators are eyeing up National Amusement’s UK Showcase Cinemas circuit now it has been put up for sale following the finalisation of the Paramount-Skydance merger supported by RedBird Capital earlier this month.

National Amusements was owned by the Redstone family who controlled Paramount. According to the Showcase Cinemas website, it operates 816 screens in the US, UK, Argentina and Brazil.

These are all now expected to be sold as Paramount looks to streamline its business and focus on “forward-thinking approaches to content creation”, as per the announcement of the deal.

There are 16 Showcase sites in the UK: Bluewater, Cardiff Nantgarw, Derby, Glasgow Coatbridge, Leeds, Liverpool, Peterborough, Southampton, Bristol Avonmeads, Coventry, Dudley, Glasgow Paisley, L

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