The streaming giant announced Oct. 15 that it has entered into a partnership with real estate developer Caruso, owner of the Palisades Village shopping center, to screen a series of Netflix original films starting Oct. 22. It intends to use the theater in the future for special events, screenings of classic films and theatrical releases of Netflix films.
On its opening weekend, the Bay Theater will screen co-writer and director Jeymes Samuel’s “The Harder They Fall” ahead of its Nov. 3 debut on Netflix and offer free screenings of the animated films “Vivo” and “The Mitchells vs. The Machines,” both of which premiered earlier in 2021.
“The Bay is one of those rare places that’s modern but also feels like a throwback experience of your local main street cinema,” Scott Stuber, head of global films at Netflix, said in a statement. “Together with Caruso, we’re excited to welcome movie lovers back to Palisades Village and join the local community.”
The original single-screen Bay Theater was opened in 1947 in Seal Beach, California. Palisades Village first opened its five-screen theater in 2018, naming it in tribute to the storied movie house.
The Bay Theater is the third theater Netflix has acquired since 2019 when it took over The Paris Theater, New York’s only single-screen theater, which first opened in 1948. In May 2020, the company also acquired the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and announced it would invest in renovations before reopening it in 2022, 100 years after it first opened.
Around the Bay Theater, Caruso’s Palisades Village includes more than 40 stores and eateries, residential properties and a park. Netflix indicated that it would work with Caruso to develop events at the park that complement its programming.
