To better compete with Netflix and others, Blockbuster video will debut a new service today that will allow customers to download movies from their computer via the internet. The service is “Blockbuster on Demand” and will require a box in order to utilize the new service. Customers can get the box free if they rent 25 movies in advance for $99.
Blockbuster will initially offer over 2,000 movies and TV shows during the launch, but will add more titles in the near future. The separating factor between Blockbusters new service and Netfix “watch instantly” service is Blockbuster will focus primarliy in offering customers new releases, citing “we are focusing on quality vs. quantity” says Jim Keyes, Blockbuster’s CEO.
Blockbuster on Demand is pay as you go, offering movie downloads costing between $1.99-$3.99 and customers will have 30 days to watch the movie and only 24 hours to finish watching once you start. Blockbuster will also feature high-definition video downloads.
It looks as though yet another movie will be filmed in the Palmetto State. Production for the film co-written by Kristin Gore, the former vice president’s daughter is set to begin in April. Jessica Biel of Seventh Heaven fame is a small town receptionist who, after a head injury, becomes sex-crazed and goes on to fight Capitol Hill (where Columbia and the it’s statehouse is being made to look like Washington, D.C.) to fight for the rights of the injured. In Washington, she is met with a congressman, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who takes advantage of her injury.
Nailed is the second movie to film in South Carolina this year; The New Daughter, starring Kevin Costner is currently filming in Charleston County.
Ohhh, look out! This Summer is going to be Action Packed…again! Take a look at the Official Iron Man Movie Trailer. Some say that true “Marvel Comics Fans” will not not impressed, but for the rest of us who thrive on Action and Suspense…and Humor, “Iron Man” looks like a winner! Find a SC Movie Theatre near you:
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