Luffy and the Straw Hats may be making for the Grand Line in Season 2 of “One Piece,” but it sounds as if they’ll have to make a stop at your local cinema first. The first two episodes of the show’s second season will be screened in theaters around the United States, which could be seen as a gesture by Netflix to get more friendly with theater chains.

The first two episodes of “One Piece” Season 2 will be shown in over 200 theaters in the United States and Canada. Theater chains Alamo, AMC, Cinemark, Cineplex, and Regal will take part in the festivities, and tickets will go on sale on Thursday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m. ET. To purchase tickets or see a list of eligible theaters, click here.

The theatrical screenings of “One Piece” will coincide with the release of the show's second season on Netflix on March 10. There are no announced plans to split up the release of “One Piece” Season 2 into separate parts, so viewers can expect all eight episodes to arrive on the streamer that day.

“One Piece” Season 2 will see Luffy and his crew of loveable pirates set sail for the Grand Line, where a new series of adventures and deadly perils await. Gaining new allies and staring down implacable foes, the Straw Hats continue their hunt for the fabled One Piece treasure.

Is the move to put “One Piece” into theaters meant as a sop to theater chains? The streamer has released episodes of “Stranger Things” into cinemas, but other than that, its use of theaters to screen TV episodes has been pretty sparing. But the streamer is trying to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, and has had to assure theater owners that it won’t simply bypass them and put WB movies on HBO Max if it completes that transaction.

Netflix suddenly has bigger worries on its plate in that regard, however, as a new offer from Paramount has the WBD board mulling whether to pivot from its deal with the streamer. Still, the decision to send “One Piece” to theaters could well be an attempt to assuage their fears that Netflix will skip cinemas if it closes that deal.

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