ITV

Tag: Ballers

  • Ballers starring Dwayne Johnson returns with Season 5 on Hotstar Premium

    Ballers starring Dwayne Johnson returns with Season 5 on Hotstar Premium

    MUMBAI: After a successful four season run, Comedy series Ballers returns with its fifth season! Starring Dwayne Johnson (Spenser Strasmore) and Created by Stephen Levinson, Ballers explores the glamorous and often cutthroat world of pro football through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game.

    This season finds Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) settling into retirement and reflecting on his past, when an offer that’s too good to refuse comes his way and sends him back into the lion’s den, this time as a team owner. In the wake of his split with Spencer, an ambitious Joe (Rob Corddry) gambles aggressively to make Sports X greater than ever with the help of his new partner, Lance (Russell Brand).

    Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Rob Corddry, John David Washington, Omar Miller, Russel Brand

  • HBO Defined brings two new comedy series

    HBO Defined brings two new comedy series

    MUMBAI: Two brand new comedy series, The Brink and Ballers, are all set to premiere back to back in India, just within 24 hours of their US premiere – on Monday, June 22nd exclusively 100% ad-free on HBO Premium Channel, HBO Defined.

     

    Both the shows will premiere back to back, launched by “The Brink”, which is a ten episodic season on Monday, June 22 at 9:00 p.m. followed by BALLERS, which is also a Ten-episodic season at 9:30 p.m.

     

    The new comedy series THE BRINK begins its Ten-episode season on Monday, June 22 (9:00 -9:30 p.m.). This epic dark comedy focuses on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate, desperate men: Secretary of State Walter Larson, lowly Foreign Service officer Alex Talbot and ace Navy fighter pilot Zeke Tilson, who must pull through the chaos around them to save the planet from World War Three. The series stars Jack Black, Tim Robbins, Pablo Schreiber, Aasif Mandvi, Maribeth Monroe, Eric Ladin, Esai Morales and Geoff Pierson. Executive produced by Jerry Weintraub, Roberto Benabib and Jay Roach and created by Roberto Benabib and Kim Benabib.

     

    The new comedy series BALLERS will follow with its Ten-episode season on Monday, June 22 (9:30 -10:00 p.m.).Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football. It also stars Rob Corrdry, Omar Benson Miller, John David Washington, Donovan Carter, Troy Garity, Jazmyn Simon, and Arielle Kebble. Created and executive produced by Steve Levinson; executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg, Dany Garcia, Julian Farino, Evan Reilly and Rob Weiss.