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Be Ready For Something Paw-Some As ‘Underdog’ Airs This Friday On &Flix
MUMBAI: A man’s best friend is known to be the ideal cushion of comfort in life. You might have seen them sit, roll over and fetch but now in a sudden twist, the tables have turned and it’s not us barking orders anymore. In this absolute fun action comedy, a bizarre experiment that goes horribly wrong turns an adorable beagle into a superhero with extraordinary powers of strength, speed and enhanced hearing. Donning a bright red cape and tighties, he is on a crusade to bring to justice the Evil scientist who has an ulterior motive to reign chaos on the people he loves. Featuring Peter Dinklage as the evil mastermind scientist and Jason lee, the voice of shoeshine the super dog, &flix brings to you another delightful doggo feature, ‘Underdog’. With a brilliant cast (Patrick Warburton and Amy Adams and Brad Garnett), this movie makes for a great family watch this weekend as part of its ongoing property ‘Flix Defenders’ on Friday 24 July 2020 at 9 pm.
Every Dog has its day as canines take to the skies as superheroes in ‘Underdog’ airing as part of ‘Flix Defenders’ on Friday 24 July 2020 at 9PM.
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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.
