CinemaCon 2021 Still On; Disney’s Absence In-Person Raises Questions - Deadline

It’s a requirement this year for all of those attending CinemaCon 2021 to be fully vaccinated against Covid.

Disney is concerned about the spike in Covid cases in Clark County, NV and they’ve been monitoring the situation in Las Vegas and mulling plans for several weeks.

At the same time, Disney’s in-person skipping of CinemaCon comes at a suspicious time as the studio recently celebrated the $219M WW theatrical-day-and-date Disney+ Premier opening of Black Widow. The pic posted the largest second weekend drop for a Disney Marvel Cinematic Universe title at the box office last weekend, and was pirated extensively, with the National Association of Theatre Owners (which hosts CinemaCon) blasting the studio for decimating the theatrical window and Black Widow‘s film revenue-generating potential.

Of the 1,003 new Covid-19 cases in Nevada yesterday, 881 came from Clark County which houses Las Vegas.

Clark County and Nevada remain places with high COVID-19 transmission rates and are on the on the White House’s list of “areas of concern.” .

Orange County which is where Orlando and Disney World are located, posted the highest number of new cases with 5,356 and a new case positivity of 15.6%