The heroes of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe are assembling on a small screen near you, with fifteen epic
blockbusters.
From Friday, 13 April to Sunday, 22 April 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 06:00 to 00:00 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 Sunday 22, April.
“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 Friday,
27 April 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)
Nadhi Kalili | Public Relations Officer
Telephone: +264 61 270 5103
Cell: +264 81 231 5311
Email:
nadhi.kalili@na.multichoice.com