Readers of a certain age will remember the opening from the '70s sitcom "Three's Company, " where roommates Janet, Chrissy and Jack ride their bikes down a pathway on the beach in Santa Monica.

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"It's a good laboratory for us to see how certain films we would like to pursue would work in a New York opening, " he said.

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Wright is currently sidelined by a rib strain and isn't certain that he'll be able to play on opening day.

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