21 Sep – The Sunway Carnival Mall, located in the Seberang Jaya satellite township in Butterworth, was opened to the public on 22 June and is now home to Golden Screen Cinemas' (GSC) newest 8-screen multiplex, GSC Sunway Carnival Seberang Jaya. The new addition, located on the mall's Second Floor, will increase the selection of movies that cinemagoers on this side of the Penang Bridge can enjoy, in addition to the existing 6-screen Mega Cineplex in Megamall Prai and 4-screen Lotus Cathay Butterworth, five and ten minutes drive away respectively. Tickets at GSC Sunway Carnival cost from RM5 to RM11 while tickets at Mega Cineplex in Megamall Prai costs RM5 to RM7.
Following its opening, the new cinema will also be implementing the GSC e-payment facility (online purchase via GSC's website) along with existing GSC cinemas in Gurney Plaza and Queensbay Mall. The new GSC Sunway Carnival Seberang Jaya will be the second GSC cinema to open in Penang this year after Queensbay Mall (opened January 25) in Bayan Lepas. It boasts a seating capacity of 1448 seats spread across eight halls and features Digital Theatre Sound (DTS) and Spectrum Recording Digital (SRD) sound systems. It is installed with a new state-of-the-art cinema seat design called Signature 1000 from Irwin Seating USA which provides wider leg room and comfort for the movie-goer.
GSC Sunway Carnival is scheduled to officially launch on October 3 but as an 'opening special', the cinema is holding free screenings of your favourite movies days before it opens from September 29 to October 2. Movies scheduled for free screenings are "Mr. Bean's Holiday", "Norbit", "Sivaji: The Boss", "Zombi Kampung Pisang", "Impak Maksima", "Lady Iron Chef", "The Simpsons", "Next", "Sumolah" and "Ghost Rider". To catch the free screenings, you will need to print the 'free screening coupon' available on GSC's website and present it at GSC Sunway Carnival's box-office counters from 10am onwards on free screening days. One coupon entitles you to two free tickets and is only valid for movies playing on the same day of redemption. Apart from this new addition, GSC will be opening its first premier cinema at The Gardens @ Mid Valley and another flagship cinema in Pavillion Kuala Lumpur before the end of 2007.