IMAX Suitors and Why Netflix Put Fincher in Theaters

The Town with Matthew Belloni

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss who might buy IMAX after news broke last week that it is exploring a sale, and they get into the details behind how IMAX works as a business. They also discuss Netflix putting David Fincher’s new movie, ‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth,’ in theaters with an exclusive two-week run in IMAX and whether this is just another Netflix movie theater stunt or perhaps something more meaningful (00:00). Matt finishes the show with a prediction about the box office performance for the breakout horror phenomenon ‘Obsession’ (26:07). Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Matt Pevic Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Industry voters visit Starz FYC.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Town is brought to you by Stars' Outlander.
0:08.5	Everything has led to this.
0:10.3	The final chapter of the time-traveling drama and cultural phenomenon starring Sam Hewain
0:15.0	and Catriona Balfe is only on Stars.
0:18.2	Vogue declares Outlander one of television's greatest love stories,
0:21.7	and the rap raves, Balf and Hewain, have perfected this on-screen relationship.
0:26.3	Industry voters can access all episodes at StarsFYC.com.
0:33.7	Welcome to Season 2 of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
0:38.7	Jamie Reynolds. She's supposed to testify against Max
0:40.8	And then he goes missing two days before the trial starts
0:43.8	Oh, nothing to do with me
0:45.4	You're lying, Max
0:46.7	No, I can't do this again
0:49.3	I want to help the people I care about
0:51.1	Stop pushing people away
0:52.7	Why couldn't you just leave everything I'm?
0:55.6	What if I'm not good enough?
0:57.2	The new series of a good girl's guide to murder
1:00.1	Watch on BBC IPlayer
1:02.0	It is Tuesday, May 26.
1:04.7	Everyone loves IMAX theaters, right?
1:06.8	The Hollywood studios certainly do.
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