Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips Explained

Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips
Former Name:Movieclips (2009–2014)
Fandango Movieclips (2014–2022)
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Type:Video on demand
Language:English
Location City:Venice, Los Angeles, California
Location Country:U.S.
Owner:Fandango
Founder:Zach James
Rich Raddon
Parent:Fandango
Url: (redirects to the YouTube channel)
Current Status:Active

Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips (formerly Movieclips and later Fandango Movieclips) is a company located in Venice, Los Angeles that offers streaming video of movie clips and trailers from such Hollywood film companies as Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. (including content from subsidiaries New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment), Disney, Sony Pictures (including content from subsidiaries Destination Films, Sony Pictures Classics, and Triumph Pictures), along with other studios such as Lionsgate Films and DreamWorks.[1] [2]

History

Movieclips was founded in 2009 as a division of the online video company Zefr, beginning as a website which allowed the user to search through a library of over 12,000 movie clips.[3] [4] In partnership with Google, Movieclips uploaded over 20,000 clips to YouTube in 2011.[5] In 2014, Movieclips was acquired by Fandango and was renamed "Fandango Movieclips."

On October 16, 2018 (after the acquisition of NBCUniversal and DreamWorks Animation on August 22, 2016), Fandango Movieclips published the first two DreamWorks Animation films on the channel, How to Train Your Dragon and How to Train Your Dragon 2.[6]

Fandango Movieclips later rebranded to "Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips" on July 11, 2022.[7] Fandango Movieclips' last movie before the rebrand was From Here to Eternity (1953).

Notes and References

  1. News: Site Brings Movies to Social Media. The Wall Street Journal. 2009-12-16 . Lauren A.E. . Schuker . 2009-12-03.
  2. Web site: Movieclips.com Launches With Studio Deals. ABC News. Associated Press. 2009-12-02. 2010-04-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20091215135921/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9233823. 2009-12-15. dead.
  3. Web site: Ha. Anthony . Fandango Confirms That It Has Acquired Movieclips From Zefr. TechCrunch. 2014-04-24. 2014-12-21.
  4. Web site: Miles . Stephanie . 2009-12-14 . MovieClips – Search for Scenes Online . 2023-02-11 . AppVita.
  5. Web site: MovieClips Makes Deal With YouTube. Deadline. 2011-08-09. 2023-02-05.
  6. How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Freeing The Night Fury Scene (1/10) . 2018-10-16 . Movieclips . 2020-07-22 . YouTube.
  7. Web site: July 13, 2022 . Rotten Tomatoes Teams with Movieclips on Expanded YouTube Entertainment Network .