M-Net Movies creates magic with a 10-day
Marvel Studios Pop-Up Channel on DStv Premium.
The heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
are assembling on a small screen near you, with 15 epic blockbusters.
From April 13 to 22, 2018, DStv Premium
customers will experience an unprecedented cinematic journey with the M-Net
Movies Marvel Studios Pop-Up Channel. This super-powered channel, which will be
added to the already existing six M-Net Movies channels on DStv, will be
available for ten days only on channel 109 and will feature 15 of the most
pulsating films from the massively popular Marvel Studios franchise.
During these ten days, the M-Net Movies
Marvel Studios Pop-Up Channel will run from 06h00 CAT to 00h00 daily. Each day
of the week a film from the franchise, which has overlapping storylines, will
be screened in chronological order, i.e. according to how the films were
released in cinema. Starting with 2008’s Iron
Man, viewers can revisit the stories of their beloved heroes all the way
through to Spiderman: Homecoming,
which will close the channel on April 22.
“This channel is a special treat for the
legions of Marvel fans—both old and new—who have enjoyed the live-action
exploits of favourite Marvel Superheroes in films that express the unique
vision and creativity of their filmmakers, and deliver thrilling action and
visual spectacles with relatable characters,” says M-Net’s Head of Publicity,
Lani Lombard. “The timing of our M-Net Movies Marvels Studios Pop-Up Channel is
also absolutely perfect with the franchise currently creating an incredible
buzz worldwide"
The release of the recent Black Panther became the biggest film of
all time in East, West and South Africa, showing that Marvel Studios is at the
forefront of the comic-book-turned-action-pop-culture phenomenon. While the
M-Net Movies Marvel Pop-Up channel will give DStv viewers the opportunity to
enjoy more gems of the franchise, which has been ten years in the making, it
also serves as a lead-up to the new Avengers:
Infinity War which hits South African cinemas on April 27, 2018.
On top of the 15 feature films (see list
below) there will also be programming linked to the behind the scenes of the
movies, such as: United We Stand, Divided
We Fall; The Making of Captain America: Civil War; Guide to The Galaxy with
James Gunn and more.
Additionally, avid fans of the blockbuster
franchise will be treated to a range of documentaries offering incredible
insight into the history of Marvel. These include: Marvel 75 Years From Pulp to Pop; From Asgard To Earth (Thor);
Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic
Years; Ultimate Iron Man: The Making of Iron Man 2 Rebuilding the Suit; Marvel
Studios: Assembling a Universe just to mention a few!
The fifteen Marvel Studios blockbusters on
the channel are:
Iron
Man (2008)
Iron
Man 2 (2010)
Thor (2011)
Captain
America: The First Avenger (2011)
Marvel's
The Avengers (2012)
Iron
Man 3 (2013)
Thor:
The Dark World (2013)
Captain
America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Guardians
of the Galaxy (2014)
Avenges:
Age of Ultron (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Captain
America: Civil War (2016)
Doctor
Strange (2016)
Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Spider-Man:
Homecoming (2017)
Find the schedule on mnet.tv/MMMarvel or on
DStv.com under printable schedules as well as on the EPG (Electronic
Programming Guide) on your decoder.
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