JAPAN: Warner movies available on Wii

MCV Staff 15th July 2009 Business News

Warner Bros. movies are now available to rent through the Nintendo Wii in Japan.

As revealed by IGN, 54 films will be made available, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor, Contact, Batman Begins, Last Samurai, The Goonies, Free Willy and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The films are available to view through Fujisoft’s Everyone’s Theater Wii service, which has a standard rental price of 300 Wii Points for 47 hours.

The Everyone’s Theater service is currently only available in Japan, and costs 500 Wii Points to download. The service streams a variety of anime, TV drama and movies.

There is still currently no word on if this service will be made available in the US or Europe.

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