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Deep-sea thriller ‘The Meg’ premieres on HBO and HBO HD
Mumbai: Deep in the Pacific looms a prehistoric terror, awaiting an unassuming team of scientists on an undersea expedition. Join action superstars Jason Statham and Ruby Rose as they dive into director Jon Turteltaub’s adrenaline-filled sci-fi extravaganza! Stack some popcorn and gear up for ‘The Meg’ premiering this Sunday, 23rd June at 1pm and 9pm on HBO & HBO HD, co-powered by Xiaomi and driven by Compass Trailhawk.
Faithful to the premise of Steve Alten’s 1997 book, Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, a group of international scientists embark on an undersea observation program, only to face their worst nightmare. Trapped in their damaged submarine in the depths of the vast ocean realm, they try to escape – but in the way is a snapping 75-foot long primeval shark, the Megalodon! Thought to be extinct millions of years ago, this blast from the past is ready to feed its appetite. But will Statham’s action-happy rescue diver Jonas Taylor go down without a fight? If you’ve been on a steady diet of man vs. giant creature flicks, you know where this one goes!
‘The Meg’ is an action caper that combines creature feature, with a dash of comedy and horror in the most entertaining way. This deadly adventure showcases visual effects that makes the underwater experience and action seem life-like. The movie also stars award-winning Chinese superstar Li Bingbing, and American television favourite, Rainn Wilson.
The film is a perfect summer entertainer you’ve been waiting for! HBO and HBO HD bring the exciting prehistoric shark fare, ‘The Meg’ on Sunday, 23rd June, 1pm and 9pm. Check out HBO India page on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to know more about the super cool activities for #MegonHBO, for fans!
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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.
