Letterboxd will launch a curated on-line rental service for movies

There’s about to be a brand new on-line film rental website on the town. Letterboxd is introducing a transactional video-on-demand service for its customers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The social media platform for film lovers introduced the information in the course of the Cannes Movie Competition.

The Letterboxd Video Retailer can have curated rental classes equivalent to up-and-coming filmmakers, under-appreciated motion pictures and extra on demand. There may also be areas that spotlight the films premiering at completely different movie festivals, lots of which will probably be accessible for a set period of time. Plus, the rental service might supply some motion pictures that solely have a restricted distribution, getting them in entrance of a wider viewers.

Letterboxd pitches its Video Retailer it as a pure subsequent step for the corporate. “Each day, we see members recommending movies to one another, including to their watchlists and hungry to find extra,” Letterboxd CEO Matthew Buchanan said. “Letterboxd Video Retailer is our means of delivering for these movie lovers, making a devoted house for movies that deserve an viewers.”

Nevertheless, whereas we all know it ought to be coming, that is about all of the logistical data we now have. Letterboxd has but to launch pricing, launch dates or nations the place leases will probably be accessible. These finer factors ought to all arrive within the upcoming months.