Apple Confirms iTunes Movies Purchase Option

Apple confirmed today that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available on the iTunes on the same day as their DVD release, as we reported yesterday. The only catch is - you can’t rent them, you have to purchase them.

Movies purchased from iTunes can be viewed on an iPod with video, iPhone, Mac or PC or on a widescreen TV with Apple TV.

New releases and catalog titles will be priced at $14.99 and most catalog titles at $9.99, and they will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios. Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes, said:

We’re thrilled to bring iTunes Store customers new films for purchase day-and-date with the DVD release… movie fans will love being able to buy their favorites from major and independent studios.

New releases available for purchase on the iTunes Store this week, concurrent with their DVD release, include “American Gangster” and “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.”

Other popular titles now available for purchase include “Juno,” “Cloverfield,” “I Am Legend,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.”