29 Jun – A new 5-screen cineplex will be open to the public at U Mall in Taman Pulai Utama, Skudai, this Saturday 4 July 2009. Situated on the first floor, the projected 642-seater will be playing "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" and also "Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs". According to MBO Cinemas, the outlet is targeted at younger crowds, especially the student population. On a related note, previous plans to open MBO's outlet in The Spring, Kuching, Sarawak in time for "Ice Age 3" has now been shelved. Instead the East Malaysia outlet will now open in August 2009. Skudai is regarded as a new growth corridor in Southwest Johor. It is 8km from Kulai and 16 km from JB City (central) where most of the biggest Johor cinemas are located. This is MBO Cinemas' second foothold in Johor, after the MBO Square One Mall in Batu Pahat that was opened earlier in January 2009. The new MBO Cineplex at U Mall is expected to compete with its geographically closest cinema, Star Screen Cinema Plaza Tasik Skudai, Johor Bahru.