Warner Village Cinemas
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Movie theater
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operated by Warner Brothers in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Created in November 1996, it was a joint venture between Warner Bros.Intl. Theatres and Village Roadshow Australia. In the UK the chain was subsequently purchased by SBC International Cinemas
SBC International Cinemas
SBC International Cinemas was an international chain of cinemas founded by current Vue Entertainment CEO, Tim Richards. In May 2003 SBC became known as Vue Entertainment after the acquisition of 36 Warner Village Cinemas....
in May 2003, which re-branded all cinemas as Vue
Vue (cinema)
Vue Entertainment , formerly known as SBC International Cinemas, is a cinema company in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. The company was formed in May 2003 when SBC acquired 36 Warner Village cinemas. There are now 69 Vue cinemas, with 654 screens totaling 140,500 seats, including the rebranded...
. Warner Village Cinemas has been bought by the Benetton Group
Benetton Group
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in Italy and will merge with Mediaset's Medusa Cinema to create The Space Cinema. It was originally a joint venture between Warner Bros. International Theatres, Village Roadshow Australia and Focus Srl., the local Italian partner.
The most notable Warner Village Cinema was in Leicester Square
Leicester Square
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, London
London
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, and was a multiplex used only to host Warner film premieres. This theatre features two bas-relief sculptures, Sight and Sound, sculpted by Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Edward Bainbridge Copnall
Edward Bainbridge Copnall MBE was a British sculptor.Son of photographer Edward White Copnall, Bainbridge Copnall was born in Cape Town, South Africa and was moved to Horsham at an early age...
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The United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
chain was bought by Vue Cinemas.
The cinema chain also operates in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
opening a cinema and a containing shopping mall
Shopping mall
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named Warner Village Centre in Taipei
Taipei
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. In 2005 it was renamed as Vieshow Cinemas.
At one time, Warner Village Cinemas was the sponsor of LWT's weather forecasts