Thursday Is The New Friday On HBO!

Tired of waiting for the next Friday to have some fun? Now, you don’t have to coz’ on HBO, weekends start on Thursday’s, with ‘Double Trouble’, followed by ‘Friday Blockbuster’ on Fridays, followed by ‘Saturday Action’ on Saturdays and finally concluded with ‘Sunday Premiere’ on Sundays, HBO taking you to a whole new level with many back-to-back blockbuster movies, the question is can you keep up?

Hello everyone, guess what? Weekends just got a whole lot better and longer with HBO. Extended weekends starting on Fridays is so history because from now on, HBO kicks off the weekend on Thursdays and the party continues till Sunday, that’s 4 days of nonstop fantabulous entertainment on your television; Hollywood at its best! One blockbuster followed by another, if you miss one, there’ll be plenty of others waiting for you. So buckle up, because this is going to be one hell of a roller coaster ride.

Starting with ‘Double Trouble’ on Thursdays, followed by ‘Friday Blockbuster’ on Fridays, followed by ‘Saturday Action’ on Saturdays and finally concluded with ‘Sunday Premiere’ on Sundays, HBO is upping the game to a whole new level with so many back-to-back blockbuster movies, the question is, can you keep up?

We understand that it can get a bit confusing, that is why to help you keep a track of your favorite movies we bring you the ‘HBO Planner’ on Facebook, a simple application that can be downloaded easily. It will go a long way in helping you keep track of all your favorite movies and will remind you in advance so that you don’t have to miss another one of your favorite movies ever again!

Just to give you a flavor of what we have in store for you this whole month, here is a list of just a few blockbusters of the many awaiting you this month. The Oscar winner drama, starring Tom Hanks - ‘Forrest Gump’, Christopher Nolan’s mind boggling cinematic masterpiece ‘Inception’, beginning of the end of the world’s most popular wizard’s story ‘Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 1’, love struck vampires and werewolves ‘Twilight & New Moon’, the action packed ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’, Zack Snyder’s CGI fantasy ‘Sucker Punch’ and a lot more is coming to your small screens this month on HBO. For the entire schedule, movie details and cast visit our website to satisfy the movie buff in you.

Looks like the coming weekend all of you will be switching to HBO because honestly, is there a better way to kill those lazy weekends other than by watching a superb movie or two. And this time around, we made sure that we had something for everyone. From drama to fiction, from action to romance, from animation to sci-fi, this month no one will be bored. No matter what day of the week you switch on your television screens, HBO will have something to suit your tastes buds. This is what happens when you choose to make us the leading English movie channel in the country. This is us, returning the kindness that all our loyal fans & viewers have shown to us. This is possible because of something that we have been saying for so long and continue to say even now and i.e. “It’s Not TV, it’s HBO!”

HBO'S blockbuster of the month- HOP

Rock n Roll with Easter Bunny! HBO presents Blockbuster of the Month – Hop to be premiered on Saturday, 26th May at 4:40 pm!

HOP is HBO's blockbuster of the month; scheduled to be aired on 26th May 2012 only on HBO India.

HOP is an animated and live action comedy film released in 2011. It features the voice of Russell Brand as Easter bunny and features James Marsden as Fred O'Hare. HOP is one of the best movies ever made on Easter theme. HOP is produced by Chris Meledandri and directed by Tim Hill. HOP's budget was $63 million; it earned around $183,953,723 at the box office.

The story is about two characters. First character is a young bunny from Easter Island who wants to go to Hollywood and become a musician (a drummer). But his father wants him to become an Easter bunny and take care of their family candy factory. The second character is Fred O'Hare (James Marsden); Fred is a jobless and frustrated man who is under constant pressure from his parents to find a job.

Story in short

E.B is a young bunny from Easter Island who wants to go to Hollywood and become a drummer. But his father wants him to become an Easter bunny and take care of their family business (Candy factory). E.B leaves his house to fulfill his dream.

While wondering in search of Hollywood, E.B is hit by Fred's car. Fred is a jobless and frustrated man under pressure from his parents to find a job. E.B asks Fred to take care of him till he recovers. Fred tells E.B everything about his life; he also takes E.B to attend a job interview. Fortunately, E.B manages to convince "Blind boys of Alabama" to allow him perform as their substitute drummer during their recording session. After that, E.B also gets invitation from David Hasselhoff to perform on his show. While on the other hand after talking about Easter bunny with E.B, Fred starts feeling that if given a chance, he can be the best Easter bunny around.

E.B's father Mr. Bunny (voice by Hugh Laurie) sends armed guards on his trail. EB fakes his death to get rid of his father's armed guards who are on his trail to capture him. These guards think that Fred has killed E.B; they capture Fred and take him to Easter Island. Evil character named Carlos seizes control of Easter factory.

While at Hasselhoff's talent show, E.B feels guilty about leaving Fred alone. E.B approaches Mr. Hasselhoff to discuss the situation. Mr. Hasselhoff advises him to go back to his Fred. When E.B goes to Fred's place, he finds evidence about Fred's capture. E.B races back to his candy factory. E.B and Fred manage to take care of all the bad guys after few action scenes.

In the end, E.B and Fred are made co Easter bunnies and they take over the Easter factory.

HOP is the perfect mixture of action, comedy and animation. If you are looking for great family entertainment with rich animations, HOP is a movie which you should not miss watching.

Game of Thrones - An Award Winning Home Production from HBO

One thing that all true lovers of great television and cinema around the world cannot deny is the priceless contribution of HBO’s home productions to the art of moving pictures. Year after year, HBO continues to churn out cinematic masterpieces in all possible genres that have gathered countless awards and accolades. And, the most impressive feature of these productions is that they do not appeal only to the classes but also to the masses which is reflected in their humongous worldwide sales and distribution.

Game of Thrones is the latest addition to that unending and already impressive list of HBO’s award winning home productions. The series is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by George RR Martin and its creators are David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Although the series was highly anticipated since its early stages of development, it still managed to take the world of television with surprise with its high production value, authenticity and life like depiction. Considering that the series is based in the Medieval Fantasy genre; it was a huge gamble of both money and reputation but it was a gamble that certainly paid off and once again outlined HBO’s commitment to producing the highest quality of content for television.

Its first season aired in April 2011, and since then has been telecast around the world earning great reviews from critics. Many critics hailed Game of Thrones as the best television series of the year 2011 and the awards and the nominations that followed certainly proved them right. Game of Thrones was nominated in a whopping 13 categories for the Emmy awards and won two of them. The Blu-ray and DVD box set sold 350,000 units in the first seven days of its release, making it the largest first-week DVD sales among all the previous HBO television productions. Banking upon the tremendous success of the series, soundtracks, official merchandise, video games etc. were launched soon after.

However, the one thing that represents the true success of a television series above all else is whether it will be continued for another season or not. Well, the fans of Game of Thrones can certainly rejoice because it isn’t going anywhere for at least a couple of years because following the tremendous success of the first season not only a second season (aired on 1st April 2012) but also 3rd and 4th seasons were ordered by HBO.

It is because of HBO’s unrelenting pursuit of excellence in original programming that it has managed to be the leader of the pack for such a long time. And, if history is anything to go by then we can be sure that the only one capable of outshining HBO is HBO itself.

Boardwalk Empire - Another Cinematic Masterpiece from HBO

No one else does Period Dramas like HBO does it. Period! HBO over a period of several decades has produced countless television movies and series in all possible genres but it’s the period dramas that have always outshined the rest. The authenticity that HBO brings to its Period dramas remains unsurpassed till date. High production value, great actors & directors, outstanding vision etc. all of this comes later. The key driving force that really enables HBO to go on producing such great shows one after the other, year after year, is its commitment to cinematic excellence and its loyal viewers, whom it never disappoints.

HBO’s award winning period drama, Boardwalk Empire is yet another feather in the cap for HBO. The show is based on a book titled Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City and is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era. The depiction of that time period is so authentic that not only did it get overwhelming positive popular response but a critical one as well. It is estimated that a whopping 18 million dollars were spent on the very first episode. This goes to show how committed HBO is to making the experience as original as possible, whatever the cost might be. And, of course it cannot be denied that having the Oscar winner Martin Scorsese, directing and the gifted Steve Buscemi in the lead role certainly made the series a lot more popular.

However the success of this show should not come as such a big surprise as it was more or less expected because it was created by none other than Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Terence Winter of The Sopranos (another award winning HBO television series). Having such great names attached to this series made it quite an anticipated event in itself and it certainly did not disappoint.

As expected, the awards and accolades that were heaped upon the show clearly made it the most popular show of the year. It gathered an astounding 26 wins and 38 nominations in Emmy’s, Golden Globes, AFI, Screen Actors Guild Awards etc., including best director, best actor and best series.

Since its first episode aired in September 2009 the season has completed 2 seasons and has been renewed for a third, which should be good news for all the fans of this series out there.

In a time of big budget, special effects Hollywood productions; HBO’s continued support for such works of art goes a long way in revealing its true value system as a network whose priority has always been to produce such content that makes the art of motion picture reach its zenith.

Game of Thrones - Season 2, 1st Episode Anticipations

As the regent queen would say: "The game of thrones is a game where you win, or you die".

Winter is coming… back to India. This May.

HBO original series reaches a turning point thanks to the second season of the fantasy saga that promises to be the best TV show of the year: back in Westeros, a whole new scenario is setting down after Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell has been executed by the new king and heir to the Iron Throne Joffrey Baratheon. But is he the righteous one who can claim to seat in King's Landing?

Five kings and four Houses are going to meet on the battlefields of Westeros for the crown and for the survival of their same fate: Lannisters, Baratheons, the Young Wolf Robb Stark and Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen second of her name will set new guidelines for the control of the Seven Kingdoms, no means or sacrifice will be put aside to gain what is due, and every past bond will be challenged.

After scoring on April 1 as much as 3.9 million viewers for the US premiere, Game of Thrones - Season 2, 1st Episode scheduled to be aired on May 28 in India, where the first season of this adaptation from G.R.R. Martin's books got a huge number of followers, especially after the show won two Emmy awards and one Golden Globe for the outstanding performance of Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister.

In the first episode, Robb Stark is gathering his troops and strengthening his alliances with the Lords of the North, to march to South to King's Landing, seeking vengeance for his father's infamous death and stating the definitive independence of Winterfell and the North from the domination of the Seven Kingdoms.

At the same time Stannis and Renly Baratheon, the two younger brothers of the late King, are setting their armies to move war against the Lannisters, but not as allies: both of them claim their right to seat on the Iron Throne, but won't allow a future reign ruled by two kings.

Far from Westeros, beyond the Narrow Sea, in the Red Waste, Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen is trying to rescue her people, or what still remains of her khalasar after the Mighty Khal Drogo died, from a desperate death in the red desert. At this juncture she will reach the wealthy city of Qarth: will it be her new safe home or the start of a new exodus for the Unburnt Mother of Dragons?

Another key character that will find himself far from the big action in Westeros will be Jon Snow of Winterfell, now a man of the Night Watch, busy to keep the Western Lands safe from what hides beyond the Wall, in the deep North, and from the raids of the Wildlings.

This is just a hint for Game of Thrones- Season 2, 1st Episode, but surely will awake the Indian viewers' curiosity.

Much more will be revealed during this season, as well as new landscapes will widen the boundaries of Westeros. Cast and crew took several shooting stages across Europe, Island for the lands beyond the Wall, Dubrovnik in Croatia lent its views for King's Landing, while Belfast and other European regions set the scene for Westeros.

This new installment for the Game of Thrones saga will not disappoint the Indian audience, more magic, more battles; more blood will be spilled for the never ending game of power.