Basildon Festival Leisure Park has been evacuated.
Hundreds of people are currently outside of the cinema complex and fire engines have been called to the scene.
Essex Police said they have not been called to attend.
A reporter has gone to the scene and we will bring you updates as we get them.
A witness at the scene said the evacuation was apparently caused by workers who hit a cable, causing the fire alarm to go off.
A spokesman from Essex Fire and Rescue said they were responding to a false alarm at the cinema.
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