Last week, Screen Crush reported that in-home screenings are going to become a possibility in the near future thanks to Napster founder Sean Parker's new service called Screening Room.
The service will offer users the ability to stream movies that are still in theaters in the comfort of your home. But of course, it comes with a caveat, the price for a single movie will cost you up to $50 and you will need a $150 specific stream box to make it happen. However, you will be able to get the movies on day one of its release and have access to it for 48 hours.
Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, the Ron Howard/Brian Grazer team, Martin Scorsese, J.J. Abrams, Taylor Hackford, and Frank Marshall are some of the big supporters of the Screening Room. Jackson had a recent interview with Variety where he told them that he favors the Screening Room because it "will expand the audience for a movie, not shift it from cinema to living room.”
However, on the other hand, you got people like Tim League, founder of the Alamo Drafthouse, who opposes this new services. In a recent interview with Hollywood, Reporter League said " “I think this is not a good idea, and I sincerely doubt the studios will go for it at that price point. It feels like a half-baked plan to me."
To finally get new releases in the comfort of your home on day one is the dream, or is it? $50 is a big price to the user to cough up, but on the other hand, imagine watching something like Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice on its premiere day in the comfort of your house without dealing with those pesky lines.
Let us know in the comments below on how you feel about the Screening Room.
