Lionsgate India acquires exclusive streaming rights for Hollywood Blockbusters from PVR Pictures

Kolkata, May 2020:  Hollywood content leader Lionsgate has acquired streaming rights of multiple blockbuster movies from PVR Pictures for Lionsgate Play. Lionsgate Play is one of the leading Hollywood content curator platforms in the country with various critically and commercially acclaimed films in its data base. The deal includes several titles that are Premiers and some marquee library titles with huge box office behind them.  Lionsgate Play is constantly adding to its already robust movie catalogue to bring the best of Hollywood to the Indian consumers. The Lionsgate Play portfolio already includes hit Hollywood films across genres such as action-thriller to comedy and drama and has seen very promising response from Indian consumers.

The newly acquired cinema collection has films which have witnessed enormous global box office numbers. To name a few, Brad Pitt starrer Fury earned 200+ Million Dollars; Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone starrer The Tomb Aka Escape Plan which earned approximately 150 Million Dollars; Vin Diesel & Karl Urban starrer Riddick which earned about 100 million Dollars amongst many others. The films will be released in batches, this June Lionsgate Play will release Bandidas a Western action comedy film starring Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz and Jet Li’s Kiss Of The Dragon as part of its Friday Blockbusters series. The rollout will continue through 2020. Recognizing the growing demand for Hollywood films in local Indian languages the OTT player will be dubbing some of these films in Hindi, Tamil, Telegu and more in the near future.

This partnership with PVR enables Lionsgate Play to offer world-wide quality content to their audiences. With the changing times and the country being under lockdown due to the global pandemic the demand for content has only gone up. This is the first of many such deals to be announced, Lionsgate is constantly investing into exclusive premiere titles for its platform.

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PVR Pictures honours the Indian Defence; organizes an exclusive screening of their upcoming movie ‘Midway’ for our Soldiers

‘Midway’ is a movie that pays homage to the brave men who fought the Battle of Midway during World War II. As a whole, it gives audiences an insight of the courage it takes for every soldier to fearlessly go into battle.

Honouring such leaders and soldiers, PVR Pictures organized a special screening for the Defence Forces in Mumbai and invited its respected officers and commanders, along with their families to grace the occasion. The film was screened 2 days before the official worldwide release of the film, making it a truly exclusive experience.

Commenting on it further, Kamal Gianchandani, CEO of PVR Pictures Ltd. said, “What the Indian freedom struggle is to the Indians, is what the Battle of Midway is to the Americans. A movie that talks about the brave and intelligent men who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds and lost their lives needs to reach every person in the country. By honouring our nation’s Army men, we wanted to take it a notch higher and salute their courage and determination.”

While the anticipation of the film builds up among audiences, it is all set to release on 8th November 2019.

An officer after watching the movie commented, “The movie midway connects to each and every soldier who has felt pressure of combat, and the rush of adrenaline in such conditions. The message, that sound leadership can snatch victory from jaws of defeat, is conveyed in an extremely vivid fashion in the movie. The special screening by PVR Pictures for defence personnel is deeply appreciated.”

PVR Pictures releases Midway in theatres from November 8th, 2019

PVR Pictures celebrates Sylvester Stallone’s birthday with a unique contest

In light of the fact that the next installment in the massive franchise, Rambo is premiering soon, the fans are eagerly waiting to see their favorite John Rambo in action on screen

On the occasion of Sylvester Stallone’s birthday, as a tribute to the, PVR Pictures launched a contest on their social media handles reaching out to fans of the actor who could create their version of the Rambo poster and make a fan artwork of the asset. They engaged online with the artists through the hashtag #HappyBirthdaySylvesterStallone

Here are some of the amazing fan art posted by fans to celebrate Sylvester Stallone’s 73^rd birthday.