
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, in partnership with content blockchain pioneer Eluvio, has announced the release of the next installment of the WB Movieverse with the iconic DC Super Hero film Superman Web3 Movie Experience. The movie is available for preview at https://web3.wb.com and will be available for purchase on June 9.
The release of Superman Web3 Movie Experience follows the 2022 first-of-its-kind Web3 entertainment offering, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) Web3 Movie Experience.
Superman Web3 Movie Experience is a multimedia NFT for fans to own and engage with the 1978 Richard Donner Superman film (based on the comic books of the same name) in an exciting way. Through dynamic menu options based on iconic locations from the film, owners can watch the movie in 4K UHD on desktop, mobile, tablet, or TV. The experience also provides access to special features, image galleries, and artist renderings by notable DC artists. Furthermore, digital easter eggs are hidden throughout the experience. Owners can also sell the experience in a community marketplace.
The Superman Web3 Movie Experience will be offered in standard and premium editions:
- Standard edition ($30 for 1 week from 8:00 AM ET on June 9 to 7:59 AM ET on June 16) includes an interactive location-based navigation menu, Superman: The Movie Theatrical Version, previously released special features, and an image gallery featuring stills and behind the scenes galleries.
- Premium edition ($100 for 24 hours from 8:00 AM ET on June 9 to 7:59 AM ET on June 10) includes 3 different variations available for purchase separately, Truth, Justice, and Hope, each featuring an illustration of Christopher Reeves’ Superman from one of three DC artists – Ivan Reiss, Ben Oliver, or Bill Sienkiewicz. Each variation includes an interactive and explorable location-based navigation menu and 3 versions of the feature film – Superman: The Movie Theatrical Version; Superman: The Movie Expanded Director’s Cut; and Superman: The Movie Extended TV Edition – along with previously-released special features, and image galleries featuring costume and detail images from the Warner Bros. Archive and stills and behind the scenes galleries.
The Superman Web3 Movie Experience includes a free voucher code for a DC3 Super Power Pack: Series Superman from the DC NFT Marketplace. The pack contains 3 Superman comics with rarities ranging from Common to Legendary. These packs are time-gated, open edition drops, and limited to one per account. New themed packs will be launched every few weeks, so stay tuned for updates.
Early access to all editions of the Superman Web3 Movie Experience will be available to DC Bat Cowl NFT holders at 8:00 AM ET on June 8, to DC3 holders at 11:00 AM ET on June 8, and to The Lord of the Rings Web3 Movie Experience holders at 2:00 PM ET on June 8.
Michelle Munson, CEO and co-founder of Eluvio, said:
“For fans of this beloved and iconic film, Superman: The Movie is being released as an exclusive Web3 film and immersive digital collectible for the first time. As part of the WB Movieverse, consumers can easily watch, collect, and sell their film Web3 Movie Experiences on the blockchain, in the Movieverse marketplace. For Warner Bros., and the broader industry, Eluvio is honored to back this novel digital sell-through experience for 4K films and premium video assets – all streamed from and backed by secure blockchain access and ownership on the Eluvio Content Fabric.”
The Superman Web3 Movie Experience will drop to the public on June 9, exclusively at https://web3.wb.com, and will be available for purchase by credit card or cryptocurrency.
To participate in this novel experience, fans can create a secure, easy-to-use media wallet that acts as a digital vault and enables consumers to stream and purchase content via credit cards or crypto wallets.
The Superman Web3 Movie Experience is made possible by Eluvio, a company that has been at the forefront of Web3 innovation in the media and entertainment industry. Eluvio’s Content Blockchain is a user-friendly, high-performance, and cost-effective Web3 platform designed for content. It allows for Web3 native media experiences, which means that publishers and fans can directly enjoy and monetize a variety of content, such as shows, films, concerts, digital albums, digital collectibles, interactive experiences, and metaverse experiences. Content creators and their communities benefit from a more efficient and high-performance alternative to traditional platforms for content streaming, distribution, and storage. This includes features such as 4K streaming, ticketing, NFT minting, and trading of premium content. It’s worth noting that in this experience, the core digital assets and derivative NFTs are both stored on the blockchain, not just the token (NFT) itself. Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and fans enjoy blockchain-backed access control and content rights enforcement, scalable attestation of ownership, smart contracts that enable distributed royalties, and content experiences that can even evolve over time.
Eluvio’s Content Blockchain also offers a breakthrough in carbon-footprint efficiency. It uses a novel compositional and just-in-time protocol that significantly reduces network storage and usage requirements compared to traditional streaming and content distribution systems. Additionally, it uses an eco-friendly “proof-of-authority” consensus, which avoids the high energy consumption associated with computational “proof-of-work” blockchains.