Letterboxd will begin renting motion pictures in December

Letterboxd’s foray into digital video leases formally launches in December, the social movie platform shared in a new blog post. Plans for a “Letterboxd Video Retailer” have been first announced in March, however now Letterboxd has began to fill in a number of the particulars of what varieties of flicks its retailer will carry and the place they will be obtainable to observe.

The gathering of movies obtainable by the Letterboxd Video Retailer will probably be curated round just a few classes, in accordance with the corporate. These embody movies featured at movie festivals that presently haven’t got distribution, titles that proceed to hold round in customers’ watchlists, movie restorations and “limited-time drops of sneak peeks and unreleased gems.” Letterboxd in contrast the method of narrowing down what movies to try to provide just like the “worker picks” shelf you would possibly see at an area video retailer, solely each Letterboxd person is an worker.

Movies rented by Letterboxd will probably be obtainable to observe on the internet, iOS, Android, Apple TV and Android TV, and will be streamed to screens that help Chromecast and AirPlay. Letterboxd hasn’t shared what its rental phrases or costs will probably be, however did notice that rental availability and price will fluctuate relying in your location. The corporate additionally warns that some movies will solely be obtainable for a restricted period of time.

As an enlargement on its core competencies of monitoring what movies you and your mates have watched and letting you assessment them, video leases seem to be a pure addition for Letterboxd. It’s kind of like Amazon and Goodreads. Amazon acquired the ebook reviewing platform Goodreads in 2013, after establishing itself as a bodily and digital bookseller. Letterboxd has outlined itself as a trusted movie reviewing platform, and now it is branching out into promoting movies. In the identical approach Goodreads can funnel readers again in the direction of Amazon, Letterboxd can use film followers to floor one of the best movies to hire and hold them from heading some other place to observe them.