The UK's biggest cinema chain Odeon is boycotting Disney's new Alice in Wonderland film in a bitter row over DVD releases. The movie - directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp - will not be shown in Odeon Cinemas in Britain, Ireland and Italy. The move comes after Disney said it planned to release the film on DVD 12 weeks after its cinema debut instead of 17 weeks.Disney says the DVD timespan reduction is a one-off, but Odeon bosses fear it will "set a benchmark, leading to a 12-week window as standard".
A spokesman said: "The negative impact on cinema attendance will threaten the existence of cinemas, especially smaller ones." The film will be shown in Cineworld and The Vue cinemas and in Odeons in Spain, Portugal, Austria and Germany with the usual 17-week timespan.
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