MoviePass Sets Labor Day Return With Tiered Pricing And Waitlist
deadline.comMoviePass, the subscription moviegoing service whose spectacular fall after a buzzy start ended in liquidation two years ago, is set to return on Labor day in beta form with a new tiered pricing system.The subscription service will reopen on Thursday, August 25, with a waitlist posted on its website at 9 a.m.
ET where cinemagoers wishing to join the beta version can sign up.The waitlist will be open for five days and it will be free to sign-up on a first come, first served basis, according to Business Insider’s Jason Guerrasio who first reported the news.
The first batch of successful applicants will be notified on Labor Day when they will be offered three subscription price tiers.The prices will range between $10, $20, or $30 a month and each subscription option will give the user credits to cash in each month to see movies.
There will not be an unlimited viewing option during the service’s beta version, Business Insider reported.Earlier this year, Deadline reported that Stacey Spikes, the former studio marketer who co-founded MoviePass only to be ousted as its CEO, outlined revival plans for the service during a panel at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theatre.
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