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This Holi, enjoy ‘Colour Blast’ on Movies NOW
MUMBAI: Movies Now, India’s destination for Hollywood Blockbusters, announces their vibrant line up of the biggest fantasy and animation films with a special property titled ‘Colour Blast’, to celebrate Holi. The movie marathon on March 21, 2019, 9.30 am onwards, will complement the fun, festive spirit with movies engaging viewers across age groups, as they assemble with their families and friends to celebrate the day.
Start the day by stepping through the looking glass to join Alice and her friends on their adventurous wild-ride to the whimsical wonderland, in ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’; followed by the rib-tickling comedy of ‘The Mask’ – the story of a man who suddenly discovers more power than he can handle. While the beloved ‘Minions’ make your afternoon bright and yellow, ‘Moana’ then takes you on an adventure to the cool blue waters of the Pacific. Catch the heart-warming tale of the old man and his lifelong dream in ‘Up’, before you end the day with the blockbuster musical fantasy of ‘Frozen’.
With this stellar line- up of some of Hollywood’s most revered animation and fantasy blockbusters, Movies NOW is set to add more colour and spirit to the celebrations.
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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.
