A movie theater could soon be coming back to Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham.

Texas-based Premiere Cinemas is seeking to redevelop the former Carmike Cinema at 500 Commons Drive off Lakeshore Parkway near the intersection with Oxmoor Road into a "branded large format auditorium" like IMAX, according to the agenda of the city council's budget and finance committee meeting on Monday.

Also, slated for the project is an arcade, Premiere's signature Pizza Pub, an upscale cafe/bar featuring Starbucks, oven-fired pizza, spirits and wines and local and regional craft draft beers.

Premiere is seeking economic development bond funds, which come from the fuel tax fund, in the amount of $400,000 for the construction of an access drive from Lakeway Parkway to the theater site, a pylon sign to advertise the theater on Lakeshore and other right-of-way and road improvements.

Since late 2008, the theater building has been used by Point of Grace Ministries.

The church purchased the property in September 2008 for $2.8 million and made some changes to the interior of the facility.

The movie theater, which operated under the Wynnsong Cinemas banner, wasn't on the market. Point of Grace Pastor Dusty Hammock brought the idea to Carmike.

''It was good for Carmike and it was good for the church,'' Jim Zehr, director of real estate for Carmike Cinemas of Columbus, Ga. in a 2009 interview. ''It wasn't the best spot for a movie theater. It wasn't located in an easy-to-get-to spot.''

In addition to losing Wynnsong Cinemas in 2008, a movie theater at Wildwood Centre was demolished in 2007 to make way for a planned retail development.

In the Birmingham area, Premiere Cinemas operates movie theaters in Bessemer and soon in Pell City.

Premiere Cinemas couldn't immediately be reached for comment.