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HBO and HBO HD to premiere ‘Aquaman’ on October 20
MUMBAI: HBO has added more sparkle to Diwali fun, the channel will air Aquaman on Sunday, 20th October, 2019 at 1pm, 5 pm and 9pm.. It also gives viewers an opportunity to bring the rush of Aquaman’s adventures home! Fans can participate in many interesting contests on HBO’s social media pages to win a super cool Aquaman figurine. Check out HBO India on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to know more!
Trade the usual festivities for undersea adventures this Diwali! Join half-human, half-Atlantean and reluctant hero Aquaman from DC’s Extended Universe, on epic aquatic combats! Director James Wan gloriously transforms Arthur Curry into the legendary King he is meant to be, with Jason Momoa wielding the golden trident. The movie is Co-powered by Samsung Galaxy A70s, with Special Partner AJIO.com, Fashion Partner Allen Solly Jeans and Associate Sponsor Fitbit.
The vintage comic book hero undergoes a drastic makeover! The modern Aquaman packs in muscle-flexing, affinity for beer-guzzling and a love for solitary existence. Arthur, as he is known above the seabed, battles his insouciance as he discovers his roots and confronts his Atlantean antihero half-brother, Orm aka Ocean Master. Black Manta upgrades himself to join Orm and pose another challenge for our burly hero. To save mankind from Orm’s villainy, Arthur must give up his surliness and earn the throne that awaits him! Not without some spectacular laser shootouts, luminous creatures and a dash of romance!
Fans will get to experience this movie adaption with incredible camerawork and CGI wizardry. James Wan stirs imagination with superb underwater stunts, sea-horse riders and a savvy octopus percussionist. Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Don Burgess's contributes to the visual magic. Jason Momoa owns the titular role with roguish charm, tattoos and deft action. Amber Heard brings to life Princess Mera; fiery in both hair colour and disposition, Mera joins Aquaman on Sicilian rooftop encounters with armoured troopers. Patrick Wilson plays the formidable Ocean Master with dexterity. Nicole Kidman stays true to the role as Atlanna, Arthur’s mother, while Willem Dafoe dispenses calculated caution as counsellor Vulko.
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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.
