Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Jordan Peele, Will Packer, and Jason Blum were among the inaugural crowd at the grand opening of Universal CityWalks newly renovated movie theater, Universal Cinema.
Though already a mainstay of Hollywood movie theaters, the multi-million dollar renovation comes with a new tagline in mind: See movies where movies are made.
To that end, a director like Spielberg was an all-star choice to officiate the cinemas April 20 opening, as the movie-making legend has enjoyed a slew of his greatest successes through Universal, includingE.T.,JawsandJurassic Park(all of which became rides at the studios theme parks).
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Spielberg joined NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer and Universal Studios Hollywood president Karen Irwin in addressing the crowd at the refurbished movie theater, which boasts state-of-the-art technology and all those fun bells and whistles of next-gen sound and 4K laser projection, which is something thats more appreciated the less you actually know about it.
