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Star World to air 1-5 of ‘Homeland’
MUMBAI: Star World and Star World HD is all geared up to air the pulse-pounding action series ‘Homeland.’ The show tackles geopolitical moral conundrums of our current world. It has recently unveiled the teaser for the upcoming season 6 shows how Carrie Mathison will circumvent around another international espionage mystery.
Before the new season premieres in January, the two channels are giving viewers a chance to catch-up with all the drama from seasons 1-5 every Monday to Friday at 8 pm. The show, developed by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, is based on the original Israeli series Prisoners of War by Gideon Raff.
The series stars Claire Danes as Mathison, a Central Intelligence Agency officer suffering from a bipolar disorder. It delves into the espionage and conspiracy that follow Mathison as she races against time to serve and save her nation against multiple enemies. Homeland has won several accolades across its five seasons.
There has never been more at stake. #Homeland returns 1/15/17 only on @Showtime. pic.twitter.com/SWlSiscsGu
— Homeland (@SHO_Homeland) October 20, 2016
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
