Film studio Warner Brothers on Wednesday said it will begin offering movies for rental or purchase on the social networking site Facebook.
The first movie to be made available on Facebook is the Heath Ledger starrer The Dark Knight. Warner Brothers said it is initially testing offering movies on the social network and will add more movie titles for rental or purchase in the coming months. “Facebook has become a daily destination for hundreds of millions of people,” Warner Brothers digital distribution president Thomas Gewecke said.
“Making our films available through Facebook is a natural extension of our digital-distribution efforts. It gives consumers a simple, convenient way to access and enjoy our films through the world’s largest social network.”
Facebook said the programme is being driven solely by Warner Brothers and it is “open to developers and partners that want to experiment using its credits in new and interesting ways.”
Facebook receives a 30 per cent cut of all revenue from credits, its virtual currency.
To view the movie, people would have to click “like” on the Facebook page of The Dark Night and then click a “rent” icon. They would have to pay 30 Facebook credits, or $3 to watch the movie.
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Producer’s kid damages King’s Speech Oscar
London: King Speech co-producer Simon Egan’s daughter sent the Best Picture Oscar trophy to hospital after the golden man slipped from her hands and suffered some bruises.
The movie team was celebrating their big win at the Oscars with a party when they stopped in their tracks when the prize for the Best Picture tumbled onto the concrete floor.
Lara Egan, the 15-month-old daughter of Simon Egan, was posing for a picture with her father’s best picture Oscar when she suddenly she dropped it, the Telegraph reported.
The trophy was damaged and Egan phoned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about the accident and was advised to take the statuette to the “Oscar hospital.”. —PTI