Tenet To Show In Theaters Outside America August 26, In Indonesia When?

JAKARTA - Christopher Nolan's latest film, Tenet, will premiere in cinemas outside the United States starting August 26. However, this film may not be shown in Indonesia.

Variety revealed that a number of countries such as England, France, Belgium, and Egypt will be able to watch Tenet in theaters at the end of this time. They also mentioned two Asian countries, namely South Korea and Indonesia.

However, according to Antara, Thursday, August 13, so far there has been no response from Warner Bros. Pictures Indonesia as the distributor of the Tenet film. This means that they have not received an answer whether this film will be shown here.

Previously, Warner Bros Pictures Indonesia had reposted Tenet posters from Instagram IMAX, with the caption, "Taken with an IMAX camera, the most anticipated film from Christopher Nolan @Tenetfilm will be coming to IMAX theaters around the world starting August 26th."

If you try to look at the cinema side, it is still unclear whether the cinema will open soon, because the decision to open depends on the local government.

"For the opening of the cinema, we still don't know when. The decision lies with the local government, which has the authority to open / close business premises in its area," said Public Relations Manager of CGV Indonesia, Hariman Chalid.

"What we can do now is to follow instructions from the government and finalize preparations for the opening," Hariman continued.

With the extension of Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) by the Provincial Government of DKI Jakarta today, Thursday, for the next 14 days. The cinema business is automatically still on hold.

Meanwhile, a number of cinema chains in the UK have opened purchases of presale tickets for the film Tenet. Cinemas in the UK were allowed to reopen starting July 4, but only a few of AMC's Odeon cinema chains opened their doors in certain locations at that time.

Warner Bros. decision in late July to launch Tenet in 70 overseas territories starting August 26 before the United States, has been welcomed by global cinema operators, who are nearing the end of their tethering this summer with an ever-changing studio release schedule in response to the pandemic.

The release of Tenet is expected to be a huge boon for cinemas around the world.

As for a number of countries that are ready to screen this film between August 26 and September 18, including Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Ghana, Canada, Australia, Germany, to East Africa and Nigeria.

Several countries in Asia will gradually be able to watch Tenet on the big screen, such as South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, and Japan.

Indonesia? Again, have to be patient.