Newtown Movies In The Park 2016 Debuts Wednesday

It's officially summer in Newtown and time for a local seasonal tradition to begin.

Movies in the Park, the borough's free outdoor movie series, starts its 2016 season Wednesday with a screening of "The Iron Giant." The movie is rated PG and gets underway at 8 p.m.

It looks like the weather will cooperate for the outdoor movie. Sunshine and highs in the mid-80s are expected Wednesday.

The series continues each week on Wednesdays at Linton Memorial Park, located at the corner of Lincoln and Penn streets. Movies start at 8 p.m.; trivia and games begin at 7:30 p.m. There is no movie Wednesday, July 6.

Here is this year's schedule:

• June 22: The Iron Giant (PG)
• June 29: Enchanted (PG)
• July 13: E.T. (PG)
• July 20: Labyrinth (PG)
• July 27: Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (PG-13)
• Aug. 3: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (PG-13)

Click here to visit Newtown Movies in the Park's Facebookpage for weather cancellations and event updates.