A Cineworld spokesman said: “We are pleased to have been able to make room in the schedule for Robert the Bruce and it will be playing at Cineworld in Scotland.”
Cineworld has decided to show a new film about the Scottish warrior king Robert the Bruce after a campaign, backed by the former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond and the SNP MP Carol Monaghan, accused the cinema chain of effectively “burying” it.
A petition – addressed to the Cineworld chief executive, Mooky Greidinger – “formally [requested] the showing of the new Robert the Bruce movie across Scotland”, and received more than 5,600 signatures.
Monaghan also put pressure on the cinema chain, tweeting her support and asking Cineworld to “confirm and explain” its reasons for not showing the film in Scotland.