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This Independence Day, watch the premiere of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ on Star Movies
MUMBAI: This Independence Day, the fight for freedom is going to be primal. With humans and apes both at the brink of extinction which species deserves to survive? After two blockbuster movies, Caesar is back to lead the apes in the last installment of the franchise. ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ premieres on Indian television on 15th August at 1 PM and 9 PM only on Star Movies, Home of Blockbusters.
In War for the Planet of the Apes, Caesar and his apes are forced into an open conflict with humans, led by a ruthless Colonel. After the Colonel kills Caesar’s family, Caesar begins his quest to avenge his kind. What follows is an epic battle between apes and the humans as they fight to decide who will be the dominant species on the planet.
With stunning visual effects that bagged an Academy Award this year; explosive set-pieces, a powerful narrative and stunning performances by Andy Serkis as Caesar and Woody Harrelson as Colonel, War for the Planet of the Apes is nothing short of a thrilling watch and a true blockbuster movie. As Guardian puts it, “War for the Planet of the Apes is a bold, sweeping adventure told with confidence and intensity. It’s an engrossing, forthright adventure.”
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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.
