First Run Movies in Your Home???

If the creators of Metpix.com have thier way, than the answer is a resounding yes. Today Metropolis Pictures Entertainment issued a press release announcing the creation of the internet based movie theatre available at the company’s website, Metpix.com.

Though the theatre will be allowing independent film-makers and major studios to showcase, and be compensated for, their films for as short as a day or as long as a week, initially the theatre will be showing several works from controversial Baltimore film director Francis Xavier. The selections being offered include “Barry’s Gift”, “Johnny Come Lately”, “Night Cry”, “The Tango Dancer”, and his most recent film “Dodge City”.

More about the online movie theatre from thier press release:

“The theatre was conceived by Francis Xavier (Chief Executive Officer) and Mike Kureth (Chief Operating Officer) in June of 2007 after discussing the recent studio acquisition of “Johnny Come Lately”, “Night Cry”, and “The Tango Dancer”. In copyrighting and patenting this invention, Kureth and Xavier are now offering this service to other independent filmmakers and major studios for free. Any feature film approved by the panel will be available internationally and the producer/ director will be compensated for the ticket sales.

“‘The decision to decline our recent international distribution agreement of these films and allow other professionals to use this technology was made in effort of providing a service in the best interest of the filmmaker and customer,’ said Kureth who developed and designed the theatre using the latest technology from Adobe Systems, Inc. After a customer purchases a ticket in the store, the movie may be watched immediately online in the theatre in high resolution display at 864 x 486 (16:9 aspect ratio) or full screen mode for $1.99 to $4.99 a ticket via any operating system and internet browser. As technology advances, the site will be updated accordingly.

Within the next three months, all of the films from Metropolis Pictures Entertainment will be subtitled dynamically in 13 languages in the theatre as will the entire site be available in the same languages which include English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.”

For more or information, to view previews, or to start watching films right now go to metpix.com.