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  • Star Movies renews output deal with Buena Vista

    Star Movies renews output deal with Buena Vista

    MUMBAI: Shortly after signing a deal with Disney to distribute its channels in India, the Rupert Murdoch owned broadcaster Star has renewed a multi-year agreement with Disney’s content distributor Buena Vista International Television Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP)

    Star Movies will continue to air the latest releases from Disney, Touchstone and Miramax across Asia. These include Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, The Village, Starsky and Hutch and Cold Mountain

    Star COO Steve Askew said, “Disney’s blockbusters have a renowned mass appeal to movie lovers. Renewing the partnership with Disney reaffirms Star Movies leadership position in delivering premium content to viewers across Asia and I believe it will further drive viewing to the channel.”.

    Pincess Diaries 2 begins where the smash original ended. In the quest for a groom, comedy and complications rule the day as the cast and filmmakers behind the first film, including director Garry Marshall Pretty Woman, return for this hilarious take of the theme ‘happily ever after’.

    Star Movies claims a reach of 32 million homes across Asia.

  • Two days of ‘Night’ on Star Movies

    Two days of ‘Night’ on Star Movies

    MUMBAI: Star Movies has planned two consecutive Saturday nights this August dedicated to critically-acclaimed director Manoj Night Shyamalan and his movies.

    The channel is not only airing Night’s blockbusters Signs and Unbreakable on but is all set to give a peek into the making of the much anticipated suspense flick The Village, already a chart topper at the US box office. The viewers will also be treated with an exclusive seven and a half minute- preview of the blockbuster, right after Unbreakable.

    Mel Gibson starrer Signs would be aired today (Saturday) 14 August at 6.50 pm. The thriller set in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, is about the mysterious appearance of a five hundred foot-design of circles and lines carved into a family’s crops. Mel Gibson as Graham Hess, the family patriarch, is tested in his journey to find the truth behind the unfolding mystery.

    Shyamalan himself offers insights into the making of The Village in the breaks of the movie. At the end of the movie, viewers get to watch the premiere of the trailer for The Village.

    Unbreakable, starring Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson, which will hit the screen next Saturday, 21 August is an interesting story shared by two men. David Dunn, a man from a blue-collar neighborhood in Philadelphia emerges unharmed as the sole survivor of a devastating train accident. Enter Elijah Price, a mysterious stranger who offers a bizarre explanation as to why David escaped without a single scratch, an explanation that threatens to change David’s family and life forever.

    At the end of the movie, the never seen before footage of The Village will be aired. Star Movies is rounding off this mega treat with, as the channel promises to be, an exciting contest for its viewers.