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&flix brings to you the premiere of ‘Kickboxer Retaliation’, this Sunday, 11th October at 9 PM
MUMBAI: Right jab, left hook and a round kick, the opponent is knocked out. But the match does not stop until knockout; you either live or die! &flix, the all new destination for the most-awaited Hollywood hits, brings to you another Flix First Premiere as it is ready to telecast ‘Kickboxer Retaliation’ for the first time on Indian television, this Sunday, November 11 at 9PM. Directed by Dimitri Logothetis, the film stars a dream cast ensemble featuring superstars like Jean Claude Van Damme who plays the role of Master Durand, Alain Moussi who plays the lead character as Kurt Sloane, Mike Tyson who guides Kurt and a cameo by Ronaldinho who plays himself.
Given that Kurt’s previous trip to Thailand was a disaster, he vows to never go to back to Thailand. On his way to achieving glory and winning the MMA title, he finds himself sedated and forced back into Thailand, this time in prison. Kurt is forced to have an underground death battle to gain his freedom and a reward of one million dollars. Mongkut, the who is 6'8" 400 lbs and has enhanced his capabilities with drug usage, is waiting eagerly to fight Kurt. To Kurt’s horror, after his refusal, a bounty is on his head inside prison, leaving him with no option but to face Mongkut. Kurt accepts the challenge and trains under the legends, Master Durand and Briggs (Mike Tyson). There is blood, there is pain, there is excitement and of course, there is the ultimate fight of death.
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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.
