Overview
If Jailbreak, Escape From Alcatraz or The Shawshank Redemption are among your favourite flicks, you're going to want to lock yourself into a date at Palace Cinemas' latest venture. Australia's much-loved movie house has just announced it's opening a brand new 15-screen cinema Coburg's former Pentridge Prison .
Yep 15 screens — and they'll all be fitted with big, comfy seats, when the site opens in mid-2019. And like Northcote's solar-powered Palace Westgarth, the new cinema, which is temporarily named Champ Street, has been designed with environmental sustainability in mind.
"My family's vision for Palace Champ Street is to create a warm, vibrant, film, arts, and hospitality hub, which will unite cinema lovers of all ages and cultural backgrounds," said Palace's CEO Benjamin Zeccola.
The cinema will occupy the second floor of the brand new two-level Pentridge development, which will house residential, retail and commercial structures. When finished, the ex-prison site will feature a hotel and a bunch of restaurants, bars and cafes. As usual, you'll be able to count on Palace's quality programming of both mainstream and indie films, in addition to regular festivals that feature contemporary films from all over the world.
Palace has had quite the year so far. They've just announced plans for two new cinema complexes in Sydney — a 14-screen cinema in Chippendale and 10-screen venue Double Bay — as well as one in Byron Bay.
Palace Champ Street is set to open at the Pentridge site mid-2019. Stay tuned for more developments.