Film and TV giant Lionsgate is keeping up with the trend and launching a limited-time offer for Bitcoin payments

Author: sanna

To what extent can the advancement of technology change people's lives? From food, clothing, housing and transportation to social entertainment, people a dozen years ago would never have thought that today they can use virtual digital currency - Bitcoin to buy their favorite popular movies and TV series online.

Film and television giant Lionsgate has announced a limited-time special offer on its official store for the purchase of popular movies and TV series using Bitcoin. Customers who pay with Bitcoin can enjoy a 25% discount, which will last until October 31, 2015.

Lionsgate Entertainment originated in Canada and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA. It was founded by banker Frank Gustave in 1997. It has invested in and produced many famous films, such as "American Psycho", "Saw" series, "The Expendables" series, "Terminator" series, "9/11", etc. It is a world-renowned company that makes the most money in Hollywood.

Let’s take a look at which movies and TV shows can be purchased online using Bitcoin!

Mad Men

Mad Men won the Best TV Series at the 65th, 66th, and 67th Golden Globe Awards for American Film and Television, and won the Emmy Award for Best TV Series - Drama for four consecutive years.

It describes the brutal commercial competition during the golden age of American advertising. Many of the advertising cases in the play are classics.

John Wick

This film is an action thriller directed by David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, starring Keanu Reeves, Willem Dafoe and Michael Nyqvist. It was released in the United States on October 24, 2014.

It tells the story of John Wick, a retired killer who has lost everything and goes to New York alone to seek revenge on the gang.

Divergent

This is a youth fantasy film adapted from the best-selling book of the same name, directed by Neil Burger, and starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Maggie Q and others.

It tells the story of a young girl named Tris who left her family and chose the Dauntless faction, but Tris is a "divergent", which means that she cannot be classified into an independent faction, which will bring her fatal disaster...

Manhattan Project

"The Manhattan Project" is an American TV series directed by Thomas Schramé and starring John Benjamin Hickey, Olivia Williams, Daniel Stern and Katja Herbers.

It mainly tells the story of a group of scientists with extraordinary intelligence but personality defects who worked on a secret atomic bomb project code-named Manhattan on this land during World War II.

Mortdecai

Directed by David Koepp, the film stars Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow. It was released in the United States on January 23, 2015, and in mainland China on April 17, 2015.

The film is adapted from "Don't Let Him Point at Me", the first part of the trilogy of the same name by novelist Kirill Bonfroli, and tells the story of art dealer Charlie Mordecai (played by Johnny Depp) who travels around the world to pursue a stolen painting.

Orange Is the New Black

The story tells about the heroine Piper (Taylor Schilling) who was imprisoned by her ex-girlfriend, faced with the complex prison environment and various female prisoners, and her inner conflicts and struggles, and finally integrated into and found her place in the prison. The show received 12 nominations at the 66th Emmy Awards.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins, directed by Francis Lawrence and co-starred by Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Julianne Moore.

The film mainly tells the story of the reappearance of District 13, which was originally completely destroyed. Katniss is forced to become a pawn of the rebels and shoulders the mission of changing the future of Panem.

Beyond the Reach

The young man Ben (Jeremy Irvine) sticks to the guide and search and rescue work that has been run for generations, and stays alone in the wild desert. One day, John Maddick (Michael Douglas), a successful businessman, comes to town. He loves hunting and gets the opportunity to hunt bighorn sheep. Ben guides John into the hot mining hinterland. Unexpectedly, the situation takes a turn for the worse. John, who is full of confidence, accidentally shoots and kills a local. In order to protect himself, this man who is good at weighing the weight of interests does not hesitate to drag Ben into this bloody quagmire...

Lionsgate is not the first company to accept Bitcoin in the entertainment industry. As early as December 2013, Mel B, a former member of the Spice Girls, announced that she would accept Bitcoin for her new single "For Once in My Life", becoming the first superstar in the world to accept Bitcoin for her own music album. After Microsoft and Dell accepted Bitcoin as payment, more and more internationally renowned companies have accelerated their pace of cooperation with Bitcoin. In addition to the Internet field, Bitcoin has also gradually emerged in the entertainment industry.