M-Net Movies and MultiChoice will make television history with a new pop-up channel featuring all six epic films from the Star Wars saga, even as the Bonnie & Clyde movie comes to the Lifetime channel.
Since August 31 and until September 13, DStv Premium customers will be transported to a galaxy far away with a special channel on M-Net Movies 109. This groundbreaking two-week addition to the existing nine M-Net Movies channels on DStv is the continent’s very first events channel built around international movies, as well as Africa’s first channel dedicated to all things Star Wars.
Each day of the week for the two weeks, the M-Net Movies Star Wars channel will screen one of the blockbusters that dominated global popular culture since its epic release in 1977 – from the cult classic Star Wars: A New Hope with which George Lucas introduced fans to the Star Wars mythology to 2005’s Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, which was praised for its mind-blowing digital effects.
The movies, which will play in chronological order, will be interspersed with animated features and series, documentaries and other delights from the Star Wars universe.
Meanwhile, a two-night event will take place on the Lifetime channel with a treat for drama fans today and on Sunday, September 13 with a showing of the acclaimed made-for-TV movie Bonnie & Clyde.
Starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Holliday Grainger (The Borgias) in the title roles of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, the four-hour flick tells the story of the Depression-era outlaw couple whose criminal exploits have assured them lasting fame for eight decades.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker, Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy), the star-studded cast also includes Academy Award-winners, Holly Hunter (The Piano) and William Hurt (Kiss of the Spiderwoman). Viewers can get more information on the DStv website.