Tag: The Desolation of Smaug

  • Bid adieu to 2014 with SuperPIX PIXATHON this New Year’s Eve only on SONY PIX

    Bid adieu to 2014 with SuperPIX PIXATHON this New Year’s Eve only on SONY PIX

    Mumbai:  Movie buffs are in for a pleasant surprise as this New Year’s Eve, Sony PIX is offering a treat for it viewers with an interesting line up of entertaining and engaging movies all day long on Wednesday, December 31st from 9.00 AM onwards. The PIXATHON of the heroic and hilarious movies that will be aired are The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Grown Ups 2, The Smurfs 2, Robocop, After Earth and The Expendables 2, making sure you have the coolest, funniest and blockbuster New Year ever.

     

    A world with Giants and Dwarfs awaits you in the remarkable fantasy ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug airing at 9.00 AM followed by the rib tickling comedy, ‘Grown Ups 2’ where the adults get bullied by youngsters at 12.15 PM. Coming up next is ‘Smurfs 2’ at 2.00 PM where the little blue Smurfs set out for a wild adventure around Paris in search of their kidnapped friend Smurfette.

     

    Make way for the Ultimate Shiny reboot of the classic, undisputed crime eliminator in ‘Robocop’ at 4.30 PM and catch him extinguish felony on the city streets as a crime-fighting cyborg! Experience the beautiful journey of a father- son relationship and their fight for survival in the sci-fi action thriller ‘After Earth’ airing at 7.00 PM.  Coming closer to the year end is the multi starrer with the mammoth ensemble with Twice the action and double the punches at 9.00 PM is ‘The Expendables 2’.

     

    Tune in for an extravagant and compelling parade of this year’s most spectacular hits with six back to back movies only on Sony PIX, Wednesday, December 31st, 9.00 AM onwards!

  • TNT bags premier rights to ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’

    TNT bags premier rights to ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’

    MUMBAI: Time Warner’s Turner Broadcasting System has bagged the television rights to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. TNT already has rights to Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit, from New Line and MGM. The movie will premier on TNT in 2016, while the 2012 release The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will be aired in 2015.

     

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug was acquired by TNT post its huge box office success. Reports suggest that the movie has bagged more than $400 million in worldwide BO and $ 127.5 million domestically, since its release earlier this month.

     

    TNT had first ventured into Tolkien’s Middle Earth with its network television premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2004. Since then the network has been acquiring movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2005 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 2006.

     

    TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies president, head of programming Michael Wright said in a release, “TNT has been the primary television home to Tolkien’s Middle Earth for nearly a decade, beginning with our network television premieres of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. We’re proud to continue our association with these extraordinary and enormously popular epics with the acquisition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.