{"id":396610,"date":"2026-08-03T17:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396610\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T17:48:09","slug":"alamo-drafthouse-mueller-to-be-renamed-matthew-mcconaughey-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396610\/","title":{"rendered":"Alamo Drafthouse Mueller to be renamed Matthew McConaughey Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas  \u2014 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will rename its Mueller location the Matthew McConaughey Cinema next week.<\/p>\n<p>A plaque will be unveiled at the theater Monday, Aug. 10, followed by an early screening of &#8220;The Rivals of Amziah King,&#8221; which opens nationwide Aug. 14. McConaughey will introduce the film and join a post-screening Q&amp;A with director Andrew Patterson and co-star Angelina LookingGlass, followed by a live musical performance from cast members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To have a theater dedicated in my name in the city that&#8217;s shaped so much of who I am means a great deal to me,&#8221; McConaughey said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/don-huffines-sworn-in-as-texas-comptroller-ahead-of-november-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO | Don Huffines sworn in as Texas comptroller ahead of November elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McConaughey, a native of Uvalde and University of Texas graduate, joins other filmmakers and performers honored with namesake Alamo Drafthouse theaters, including Christopher Nolan, Spike Lee and Pam Grier.<\/p>\n<p>Austin Mayor Kirk Watson called McConaughey &#8220;a beloved local Austin icon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Participating Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide will also host cocktail party screenings of the film on Sunday, Aug. 16. &#8220;The Rivals of Amziah King&#8221; also stars Cole Sprouse, Rob Morgan and Kurt Russell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will rename its Mueller location the Matthew McConaughey Cinema next week. A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-396610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}