EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman became the newest member of the National Assocation of Theatre Owners last night on the Sony lot as part of the exhibitor trade org’s opening festivities for their 2024 Fall Summit.
Reitman, who is leading the charge to renovate and manage the 1931 Spanish revival art deco Westwood Fox Village in LA’s UCLA neighborhood, is part of a small group of filmmakers-turned-exhibitors who are NATO members including Richard Linklater who has the Austin Film Society Cinema, and Insidious actor and filmmaker Patrick Wilson who has The Playhouse on Main Street in New Canaan, CT.
We spoke with Reitman about the immediate plans for the Westwood Fox Village. After the press tour for his Saturday Night Live origins movie Saturday Night which opens Sept. 27, he’s focusing all of his attention on getting the beloved Los Angeles single screen cinema back open for 2026. As far as whether he’s also planning to save the Village’s sister cinema across the street with his group of filmmakers colleagues, Reitman told us straight in the eye: “No comment.” TBD.