Academy Award(R) Winner Christopher Plummer's Return to the Stage in Barrymore Debuts as a Motion Picture Event at Participating Movie Theatres in Canada

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 30, 2012) -

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Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX), via our Front Row Centre Events, and BY Experience, today announced Barrymore can be seen exclusively at participating movie theatres in Canada on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 7 p.m. local time (some locations to start at 8 p.m. local time). Encore presentations will begin Saturday, June 2, 2012 through Saturday June 10, 2012, showtimes will vary by location. Barrymore premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and will be shown exclusively at Canadian movie theatres before being presented at movie theatres around the world this fall.

A special longer engagement will be offered at the following theatres beginning May 25^th: Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Cinemas in Toronto, ON, Cineplex Odeon Cavendish Mall Cinemas in Montreal, PQ and Cineplex Odeon International Village in Vancouver, BC. Showtimes will vary by location.

"Movie and stage lovers should not miss Christopher Plummer performing one of his most celebrated roles in one of Canada's most iconic theatres," said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. "Canadians are the first people in the world to have the opportunity to enjoy this exclusive presentation on the big screen from Director Érik Canuel, Executive Producers Steve Kalafer and Peter LeDonne and BY Experience."

Based on the play by William Luce, Barrymore is the portrayal of acclaimed American actor John Barrymore, one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time. Set on a Broadway stage in 1942, the final year of John's life, the iconic actor fights to recreate his performance in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III. Barrymore stars Christopher Plummer and is directed and adapted for the screen by Érik Canuel (Bon Cop, Bad Cop). This special presentation was filmed over seven days at Toronto's Elgin Theatre.

Tickets for Barrymore are now available at participating theatre box offices and online at www.cineplex.com/events or our mobile site m.cineplex.com.

Biographies of Christopher Plummer, John Plumpis, Érik Canuel, William Luce, John Barrymore, Steve Kalafer and Peter Ledonne are available for media upon request.

About Front Row Centre Events (FRC)

Brought to you by Cineplex Entertainment, Front Row Centre Events bring world class entertainment to your local Cineplex Entertainment theatre and other participating locations! Presented in high-definition with digital surround sound, guests can experience the best in original one-night only and series-based programming. With the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series, Broadway productions, live broadcasts direct from the stage of London's National Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet performances, classic films, concerts, live sporting events and documentaries, Front Row Centre Events put you in the centre of the action on the big screen!

About Cineplex Entertainment

Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,352 screens serving approximately 66 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the exclusive provider of UltraAVX™ and the largest exhibitor of digital 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. Cineplex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "CGX". For more information, visit www.cineplex.com.

About BY Experience

BY Experience kicked off the digital revolution of live events to movie theaters and other locations globally with David Bowie's 2003 Reality album launch and since then, over 13 million tickets have been sold worldwide for cinema events BY Experience has distributed and/or produced including the Met: Live in HD series, the U.K.'s National Theatre Live series, the New York Times speaker's series TimesTalks LIVE, the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Importance of Being Earnest (June 2011), Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm With You (August 2011); The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax (June 2010), BBC Electric Proms: Robbie Williams (October 2009), the classic music celebrations BBC Last Night of the Proms (September 2009, 2010, 2011), St. Olaf Christmas Festival (December 2007 and December 2011), David Gilmour: Remember That Night - Live from the Royal Albert Hall (September 2007), and the public radio shows A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (February and October 2010) and This American Life - Live! with Ira Glass (April 2008 and May 2009). BY Experience distributes to over 50 countries, to 1,600 movie screens. For more information, visit: www.byexperience.net.

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