Regal Arbor Movie Theater To Reopen In North Austin

AUSTIN, TX — Regal Arbor at Great Hills movie theater will reopen its doors Friday after temporarily closing for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The multiscreen cinema (9828 Great Hills Trail), which has been a longtime home for arthouse films in Austin, will screen eight movies as early as 4 p.m. Friday, the theater's website states.

Films "Profile," "Together Together" and "The Human Factor" will be among the Arbor's slate upon reopening.

The company’s reopening plans include a range of safety measures for guests and employees.

Regal’s reservation system will now mandate at least two empty seats between groups inside the theaters, officials said. Guests will also be required to wear masks at all times while inside Regal Arbor Great Hills and can only remove them while eating and drinking inside the theaters.

The theater, which is known for screening limited-release titles not seen in other movie houses, closed last March during the peak of COVID-19.

After Gov. Greg Abbott allowed Texas theaters to reopen in May 2020, Regal's parent Cineworld Group Plc announced in October that it was indefinitely shuttering hundreds of its locations across the country, according to Austin360.

The fate of the Arbor started to look grim back in 2017, when a new development was slated for the Great Hills Market shopping center, which also includes Mexican restaurant Manuel's, the entertainment magazine reports.

In 2019, the property owner put the redevelopment plan for the 17-acre site “on hold indefinitely," pushing it to a possible 2026 date.

For more information on the movie theater's reopen and what movies will be screened, visit regmovies.com.