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AXN to commemorate Benedict Cumberbatch’s b’day with back-to-back seasons of ‘Sherlock’
MUMBAI: AXN is celebrating Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch’s birthday this July. Starting from 10 July, the channel goes into merry making with back-to-back seasons of the iconic show that made Benedict Cumberbatch one of the most popular and most attractive International actors on Indian Television. Cumberbatch’s splendid portrayal of the erstwhile character – Sherlock Holmes in the series Sherlock has won him hearts from all over the world.
The Emmy Award winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch, playing Sherlock has given him an iconic and cult status. The show enjoys a huge fandom worldwide with fans even calling themselves as Sherlockians and Cumber babes. To commemorate Benedict Cumberbatch’s Birthday, AXN is all set to treat fans with Sherlock’s journey right from the beginning.
Catch all seasons of Sherlock, season 1,2,3 and the latest special episode featuring a vintage styled Sherlock from the Victorian Era in the, The Abominable Bride, on every Sunday of July 10, 17, 24 and 31, 12 pm onwards.
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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.
