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Third Jackass movie to premiere online

12 December 2007 23:41 by Rich "vurbal" Fiscus | 21 comments

Paramount is going to be experimenting with Internet-based film distribution when they debut the new hour long movie 'Jackass 2.5' free with advertising on Blockbuster's recently purchased Movielink service.

Thomas Lesinski, prexy of Paramount Digital Media, said the third "Jackass" movie was never considered as anything but a straight-to-Web project. "We've developed a distribution model that's never been done before," he explained. "Our goal is to prove that there is an audience to watch content online."

Besides being a landmark for Paramount (or any major Hollywood studio), it's a chance for Blockbuster to show off what they can do with Movielink. Immediately after it was announced that Blockbuster was buying the service there was a lot of speculation that they wanted to use it to keep their Total Access subscription service competitive with rival Netflix's Watch Instantly Streaming service. Since that time Blockbuster has very publicly changed their strategy to focus more on the brick and mortar market they already dominate. This has lead to some question about their plans for Movielink.

Source: Variety

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sk8flawzz (Member) 13 December 2007 0:07
if its free ill watch it [ + quote]
hikaricor (Newbie) 13 December 2007 0:26
*Originally posted by sk8flawzz:* if its free ill watch it At least they'll get one view then. ^_^ [ + quote]
sk8flawzz (Member) 13 December 2007 0:27
*Quote:* *Originally posted by sk8flawzz:* if its free ill watch it At least they'll get one view then. ^_^ LOL [ + quote]
pred3 (Member) 13 December 2007 0:36
i seriously doubt this is going to be free. What would be the point if it wasnt. [ + quote]
ste0087 (Junior Member) 13 December 2007 1:31
Cool i'd watch it [ + quote]
XdjxedxdX (Member) 13 December 2007 3:19
It'll be free after you let the movie site put a few tool bars on your comp and get a spywareremover for the tool bar that dosent do diddley and and sign up for a free month of this movie thing which after 30 days jumps to 100 dollars a month.And has no working link to unsubscribe from it.........Hmm ya that bout covers it but its free WOW. [ + quote]
ali2007 (Inactive) 13 December 2007 7:01
blockbuster and free don't go together in one sentence [ + quote]
ali2007 (Inactive) 13 December 2007 7:01
blockbuster and free don't go together in one sentence [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 13 December 2007 8:31
Yeah, i'm gonna go ahead and skip that one for a variety of reasons. [ + quote]
tefarko (Junior Member) 13 December 2007 11:43
*Quote:* the third "Jackass" movie was never considered as anything I agree... [ + quote]
tester22 (Newbie) 13 December 2007 15:10
Movielink will fail...........just as it did by itself and just as many Blockbuster retail stores did. BB is run by a bunch of chickens and hens clucking and bobbing. Bad decision makers. Did you all know they are the ones that started Carmax?? They sold that!?!?!?!?!?!?! Now it's seriously lucrative. They also tend to put up stores in the middle of corn fields (in the chicken's ways ^-^) Stupid company. [ + quote]
Hrdrk20 (Member) 13 December 2007 16:07
It was going to be online on opening day anyways ;) As for the quote "Our goal is to prove that there is an audience to watch content online." there is an audience to watch online at joox.net [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 13 December 2007 16:10
OhCrap (Inactive) 14 December 2007 9:04
*Originally posted by tester22:* Movielink will fail...........just as it did by itself and just as many Blockbuster retail stores did. BB is run by a bunch of chickens and hens clucking and bobbing. Bad decision makers. Did you all know they are the ones that started Carmax?? They sold that!?!?!?!?!?!?! Now it's seriously lucrative. They also tend to put up stores in the middle of corn fields (in the chicken's ways ^-^) Stupid company. ? [ + quote]
7thsinger (AfterDawn Addict) 14 December 2007 9:14
*Originally posted by tefarko:* *Quote:* the third "Jackass" movie was never considered as anything I agree... Lol! nothing like a direct quote from them! [ + quote]
Mr-Movies (Member) 14 December 2007 12:51
You got to be a Jackass to watch something like this, talk about dumb & dumber! Daaaaa... Maybe if CrapBuster gets dumb people to buy into their new service it will fly, then again maybe not. [ + quote]
wetsparks (Member) 14 December 2007 16:24
can't get people to go watch it in theaters so they devise a plan so that the dozens of people who are interested have a way of watching it without humiliating themselves by walking up to a counter and buying a ticket. [ + quote]
o0cynix0o (Junior Member) 14 December 2007 22:33
I'll just get the DVD on the 26th. Here is the movie poster on movieweb.net. As for a new way to view content, that's pretty stupid. It's a new way to get it stolen and put in a torrent somewhere. stupid are you this read you if [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 14 December 2007 22:36
dav6 (Junior Member) 18 December 2007 12:38
*Originally posted by o0cynix0o:* I'll just get the DVD on the 26th. Here is the movie poster on movieweb.net. As for a new way to view content, that's pretty stupid. It's a new way to get it stolen and put in a torrent somewhere. GOOD IDEA OUR FRIENDS TORRENTREACTOR [ + quote]
o0cynix0o (Junior Member) 20 December 2007 20:51
*Quote:* *Originally posted by o0cynix0o:* I'll just get the DVD on the 26th. Here is the movie poster on movieweb.net. As for a new way to view content, that's pretty stupid. It's a new way to get it stolen and put in a torrent somewhere. GOOD IDEA OUR FRIENDS TORRENTREACTOR Or my friends at bitsoup.org [ + quote]
JOHNSTARR (Senior Member) 21 December 2007 2:58
If Butt bead kite flying is your kind of thing than 2.5 is up your alley. -Next stop, gay porn for the jackass crew Not-Banned Yet Premium 360 Benq 1.3 XBOX 1.4 Zenium Gold SP Solderless Maxtor 300 GB [ + quote]
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 24 December 2007 0:26
At least its a crap movie they are testing this idea with soo i would say good luck with the idea and hope for the best for them. [ + quote]