Cinephile and film enthusiast, Stacy Spikes sought to reinvent the way people watched movies. His answer was MoviePass, a subscription-based service that allowed people to watch any movie, at any theater, at any time for one monthly fee. It was ground-breaking, well-suiting the Company to disrupt an entire industry. But what occurred next would see MoviePass topple from being a blockbuster hit to a box-office bomb. A special thanks to Stacy Spikes for sharing his experience in founding MoviePass. Get that and more on Episode 36 of The Great Fail.
Episode Sources:
LISTEN: How MoviePass went from a Hollywood disrupter to flat broke in 18 months
Too Good To Be True: The Rise And Fall Of MoviePass
The Life, Death, and Potential Rebirth of MoviePass
The spectacular rise and fall of MoviePass
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of MoviePass
Dissecting the rise and fall of MoviePass
Why MoviePass Failed (And Was Always Going To)
Special Guest:
Spikes is an American entrepreneur and former film marketing executive and producer. He is best known as the founding CEO of MoviePass, a subscription-based service for going to the movies in the United States, and founder of the Urbanworld Film Festival. Spikes has held senior executive roles at Motown Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Miramax Films, and October Films.