Hollywood Theaters, owner of the Cross Creek Plaza movie theater, announced this week that the facility will reopen on Nov. 17. The theater has been closed since April 2005, when a fire destroyed it and several other businesses in the mall.
An official from the Portland, Ore.-based Hollywood Theaters said she could not disclose anything beyond that the theater would be opening. She said she might have more information next week. John Hunter, Hollywood Theaters CEO, told The Malibu Times in June that the theater would open with a Hollywood premiere. He also promised a significant upgrade to the theater’s seats, sound and food.
The April 17, 2005 fire damaged or destroyed nearly a third of Malibu’s Cross Creek Plaza as well as six vehicles. Nobody was injured in the blaze. Los Angeles County Fire Department officials determined it was started by an electrical malfunction in the building.