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L.A. Area’s Movie Glow-Up Continues as Look Cinemas Takes Over Pasadena’s iPic Theater

The Los Angeles area’s movie theater renaissance is in full swing as Look Cinemas is set to take over the former iPic location at One Colorado in Old Pasadena. The dine-in theaters will reopen in December — just in time for “Dune: Part Three” and “Avengers: Doomsday” — with luxury reclining pod seating, immersive…

Covered by 3 sources from United States. First reported by Variety ·

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Common ground: most headlines mention “Look Cinemas Takes”, “Pasadena’s iPic Theater” and “reopen”.

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  • Variety “Area’s Movie Glow Up Continues”

How 3 newspapers cover this story

  1. VarietyUnited StatesFirst report

    L.A. Area’s Movie Glow-Up Continues as Look Cinemas Takes Over Pasadena’s iPic Theater

    The Los Angeles area’s movie theater renaissance is in full swing as Look Cinemas is set to take over the former iPic location at One Colorado in Old Pasadena. The dine-in theaters will reopen in December — just in time for “Dune: Part Three” and “Avengers: Doomsday” — with luxury reclining pod seating, immersive…

  2. Los Angeles TimesUnited States

    Look dine-in theater chain to reopen former iPic theater in Pasadena

    The former iPic theater at One Colorado in Pasadena will reopen in early December under the management of the Look dine-in theater chain.

  3. DeadlineUnited States

    Look Cinemas Takes Over Pasadena’s IPic Theater, Will Reopen In December

    LA County’s six-screen Old Pasadena cinema has been upgraded and will reopen as a LOOK Cinemas in December, in time for Dunesday, at its home in retail and dining destination One Colorado. The former iPic location is the latest in a string theater redos in the L.A. area that are online or pending including Directors

Coverage details

3 outlets from United States are covering this story: Variety, Los Angeles Times and Deadline. Variety published it first, on November 11, 2026; the last outlet to join was Deadline, less than an hour later.

Key names in the coverage: Old Pasadena, LOOK Cinemas and One Colorado.

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