Tom Hanks says cinema halls will absolutely' survive COVID-19

Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks believes movie atres will "absolutely" sail through coronavirus pandemic.

In an interview with Collider, Hanks dressed impact of COVID-19 on cinema halls which led to release of many anticipated titles on various streaming platforms.

Hanks calls shift to digital medium a "due" change.

A sea change was due, anyway. It was coming... Will movie atres still exist? Absolutely, y will. In some ways, I think exhibitors, once y're up and open, are going to have freedom of choice of what movies y're going to play, actor said.

Hanks, whose latest big screen release is "News of World", believes atres will always be go-to option for big budget franchises, like Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

"Big event motion pictures are going to rule day at cinemas, Hanks said, ding that his Paul Greengrass-directed drama "might be last ult movie about people saying interesting things that's going to play on a big screen".

"After this, in order to guarantee that people show up again, we're going to have Marvel Universe and all sorts of franchises.

64-year-old actor said storytellers are w learning to produce content for digital .

" sea change that has been brought by COVID-19 has been a slow train coming. I think re will be an awful lot of movies that will only be streamed, and I think it will be fine to see m that way because y will actually be built and me and constructed for somebody's pretty good widescreen TV at ir home," he said.

(Im credit: AP)