-        webpage = self._download_webpage('http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi%s' % video_id, video_id)
-        descr = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)<span itemprop="description">(.*?)</span>',
-            webpage, 'description', fatal=False)
-        player_url = 'http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi%s/imdb/single' % video_id
-        player_page = self._download_webpage(
-            player_url, video_id, 'Downloading player page')
-        # the player page contains the info for the default format, we have to
-        # fetch other pages for the rest of the formats
-        extra_formats = re.findall(r'href="(?P<url>%s.*?)".*?>(?P<name>.*?)<' % re.escape(player_url), player_page)
-        format_pages = [
-            self._download_webpage(
-                f_url, video_id, 'Downloading info for %s format' % f_name)
-            for f_url, f_name in extra_formats]
-        format_pages.append(player_page)
+
+        data = self._download_json(
+            'https://www.imdb.com/ve/data/VIDEO_PLAYBACK_DATA', video_id,
+            query={
+                'key': base64.b64encode(json.dumps({
+                    'type': 'VIDEO_PLAYER',
+                    'subType': 'FORCE_LEGACY',
+                    'id': 'vi%s' % video_id,
+                }).encode()).decode(),
+            })[0]