India, Sept. 20 -- Taylor Swift is heading back to theaters in October, but this time, it is not another concert film. Instead, the pop sensation is offering fans an 89-minute cinematic "release party" tied to her new album The Life of a Showgirl.

The special, titled Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl, will run from October 3 to 5 across all 540 AMC theatres and thousands of non-AMC theatres like Regal and Cinemark in North America. Screenings will start on October 3 at 3 PM ET, noon PDT, and simultaneously across multiple time zones around the world.

This will be the second collaboration between Swift and AMC Theatres Distribution. The main attraction is the premiere of the Fate of Ophelia music video, Swift's first...