Most people think they know everything about the mercurial rise and fall of discount ticketing service MoviePass because they were subscribers.
Except they don’t.
Thanks to the exceptional new HBO Original documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash, exclusively available on Max, MoviePass founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt finally tell the inside story as they lived it. It’s a remarkable cautionary tale of corporate treachery, misguided priorities and the convoluted machinations of Wall Street and Hollywood, courtesy of producer Mark Wahlberg and director Muta'Ali.
It’s also a tale of karmic redemption. As of 2021, MoviePass is back in business with Spikes once again at the helm, only this time without corporate interlopers looking over his shoulder.
The experience left Spikes and Watt with some significant scars, but it also made them wiser and smarter about Hollywood. In our extended sit-down, the two entrepreneurs offer their insights into why the future of theatrical exhibition is bright, why MoviePass and similar services fill such a vital role and why so much of the movie business can’t seem to get out of its own way.
It was an extraordinarily illuminating education for us from two brilliant outside-the-box business minds. We think you’ll feel the same.
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