MUMBAI: This May, Star Movies Action brings you the best of superhero movies to your homes. The channel announced the fantastic lineup of superhero movies including Spiderman 1 & 2, Ghost Rider and Iron Man 3 to be aired on on Sunday  11 May, 2014. The event called  “Superhero Sunday” will have the superhero franchise converging on one platform with super-human action at its definitive level.
 

Ghost Rider (1pm) – When a motorcycle-riding stuntman offers his soul to Mephistopheles in order to save the life of the one he loves most, he is forced to play host to a powerful supernatural entity whose flaming skull visage strikes fear into the heart of his enemies in this feature-film version of the long-running comic series. By day, Johnny Blaze (actor and comic-book devotee Nicolas Cage) is one of the world’s best-known stuntmen, but when the sun goes down and he is in the presence of evil, the death-defying daredevil bursts into flames to become the indestructible, motorcycle-riding antihero known to the world as the Ghost Rider.

 
Spider Man (3pm)  –  Spider Man is a 2002 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, the film stars Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, a high-school student who when bitten by a genetically modified spider gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.

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Spider Man 2 (6pm)- The sequel to the 2002 film Spider-Man, it is the second film in Raimi’s Spider-Man film trilogy. Set two years after the events of Spider-Man, the film focuses on Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man, while Dr. Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus) becomes diabolical following a failed experiment and his wife’s death. He uses his mechanical tentacles to threaten and endanger the lives of New York City’s residents. Spider-Man must stop him from annihilating the city.

 
Iron Man 3 (8pm) – Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
 

Speaking on the occasion Star India General Manager – English channels Kevin Vaz said, “We have always seen a demand of superhero movies every summer. This year we have a selection of all- time favorite superhero movies on one day consecutively so that our audience can engage with their favorite characters all day long. We have also initiated Superhero Contest for our viewers who get an opportunity to win original Marvel merchandise during the movie broadcasts.”
 

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The channel is giving its viewers a chance to win exclusive Superhero merchandise by watching their favorite superhero movies and answering simple questions via SMS. 100 winners will be given Original Marvel merchandize throughout the day with this contest.
 

Star Movies Action, India’s biggest action movie channel is dedicated to bringing the best of Action movie line-up from Hollywood. The channel was launched in June 2013 keeping in mind the action movie buffs, making it the first action movie channel in the English movie category in India. The channel has overtaken long-existing channels in the genre beating them by substantial figures.

 
So be ready on 11th May for some super action with your favorite superheroes. Catch Spiderman 1 & 2, Ghost Rider and Iron Man 3 from 1pm onwards only on Star Movies Action.

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