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Ali
Genre: Biographical
Starring: Will Smith and Jamie Foxx
Cassius Clay, a young boxer, wins his debut championship and goes on to reach new heights of fame through his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam and other controversial actions.

Akeelah And The Bee
Genre: Drama
Starring: Lawrence Fishburne, Keke Palmer
Akeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.

The Beaver
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster
Walter, a depressed executive, hits rock-bottom when his wife kicks him out of the house. At his lowest point, he begins to use a beaver hand puppet to communicate with people and overcome his issues.

American Justice
Genre: Action
Starring: John Schneider, Tom Lister Jr.
When the reckless actions of an out-of-control LAPD officer get his partner killed in a deadly hostage situation, he gets suspended from the police force and heads to Mexico to face off against corrupt cops.

Deepwater Horizon
Genre: Action
Starring: Kurt Russell, Mark Wahlberg
The drilling project in an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico faces technical malfunctions. However, the workers scramble to survive the disastrous situation after a massive explosion takes place.

Rumour: eMedia Investments To Add A Further 4 Channels On The Openview Platform

eMedia Investments unveiled their annual results last month and a lot was unveiled during that time such as the launch of the Openview pay-tv tier to rival with the likes of MultiChoice's DStv and On Digital Media and StarTimes' StarSat and the addition of a new channel in October.

Although not much details have been shared about the channel, it is believed by several consumers that it could be another channel from eMedia Investments. As of this moment, nothing is certain at this point so viewers have to wait until there's official confirmation.

Other channels viewers have been waiting aimlessly on for more than a year comes from the SABC which might have showed their showed their faces ahead of their debut on the platform but what's got viewers more curious is the test cards on the platform.

eMedia Investments seems to have placed 4 test cards implying that consumers may be getting a total of 4 channels and I know we have 2 SABC channels coming to the Openview platform but what are the chances that these test cards have nothing to do with them.

SABC has been testing out potential new channels exclusively on their DTT plans through Sentech of course none of these experiments have been conducted outside that area which just builds more questions as to what the test cards are for.

All we know at this point is that 4 developments are happening on the Openview platform.

Roundups #85: Live-Action Pac-Man Movie Is In The Works, BET+ Acquired Broadcasting Rights To South African Drama Series Pulse And Doom Patrol Alongside Titans Expected To Be Cancelled

Pac-Man to get feature film

A live-action film is in development based on the classic arcade game character with an endless appetite, Pac-Man.

The project hails from Bandai Namco Entertainment — the company behind Pac-Man, as well as games like Galaga and Tekken — and Wayfarer Studios, the production company founded by Justin Baldoni and Steve Sarowitz.

First introduced in the U.S. in 1980 — and originally called Puck Man in Japan — Pac-Man became a coin-operated staple. The game is set in mazes where Pac-Man has to eat pellets while being pursued by colorful ghosts as the mazes get progressively more difficult.

Pulse is streaming overseas

BET+ has picked up the U.S. streaming rights to South African-produced sci-fi survival thriller “Pulse.”

“Pulse” tells the explosive story of an electromagnetic pulse that disables a secure building and disrupts the bio-electric signals in everyone’s minds, trapping a group of video game designers and turning each floor into a psychotic battlefield. The show questions whether the modern human race can really survive without the technology that defines our way of life today.

The series shot in South Africa as well as Mauritius.

Doom Patrol and Titans have not been cancelled

DC fans were sent into a flurry the past day as a Variety report circulated that Doom Patrol and Titans, two refugee shows from the DC Universe streaming service, were expected to be cancelled.

But now, it has been updated that piece to reflect that a decision has not been made and that “like all shows,” their renewal will depend on the performance of the upcoming seasons that will be out later this year. I think fans were freaked out about maybe even those seasons being not allowed to air, given that anything seems possible after WB killed its finished Batgirl movie in order to take the tax writedown. Nothing feels safe, even if so far, Batgirl and one Kevin Smith project appear to be the only confirmed casualties under the new WB Discovery management.

But even if Titans and Doom Patrol are safe for now, I would be somewhat surprised if that continued into the future, and for me personally, I do expect probably Doom Patrol, and possibly Titans to be canceled as WB tries to rein in its variety of DC universes they have running, whether that’s deserved or not.

New Series Alert: Valentine's Day Reigns In A Bit Too Late On eExtra With New Romcom Dis Complicated

eExtra, South Africa's dedicated free-to-air channel home to the very best Turkish dramas dubbed in Afrikaans alongside other content of a similar stature will be launching a new romcom in place of Fenix titled 'Dis Complicated' (also known in Turkey as Sen Çal Kapımı).

Dis Complicated follows Eda Yıldız longing to become a landscape architect. After losing her parents when she was young, this brilliant student pursued her studies with scholarships. However, she crosses paths with Serkan Bolat an obsessive workaholic who jeopardizes her plans.

The Turkish series stars Hande Erçel and Kerem Bürsin in the leading roles alongside other stars like Bige Önal, Neslihan Yeldan, Evrim Doğan, Anıl İlter and Melisa Döngel.

During its run, the Dis Complicated season finale garnered close to 8 million tweets a record which was previously held by HBO's Game Of Thrones' The Long Night. The series was sold to over 26 broadcasters with notable brands being Telemundo and HBO Max.

Dis Complicated is the another series from FOX which is said to go off air by next year as content folds onto Disney+ and an upcoming channel. But the other FOX original Dokter Ali's (Mucize Doctor) currently airing on eExtra with a new season of Doodsondes scheduled for e.tv in the coming week.

The first season to Dis Complicated will be made available to eExtra on weekdays at 19:30 from 13th September replacing Fenix.

Could The Rumoured SABC Encore Revival Be Scrapped As The Supposed SABC Children's Channel Enters Post Production?

SABC Encore is a defunct entertainment channel that was home to archived material mainly 80s and 90s shows by the public broadcaster that was once available on an exclusive basis alongside SABC News to MultiChoice's DStv and SABC's DTT platform.

Its been 2 years since the channel went off air and a year since rumours swirled around about the potential revival after the SABC had mentioned considering reviving the channel on another platform on top of that it's presence on Sentech which has since then been taken down.

As seen for the past year, SABC Encore was registered alongside SABC Children now updated excludes the channel as Children takes up the space once shared by the channel which raises concern for some readers.

Also seen in the past year was the SABC's mentions of an SABC Encore without any mention of MultiChoice. Of course, it's presence was often a temporary matter as it was used to beam memorials or catch-up on sports matches.

As seen earlier in the month, Openview consumers were alarmed to see SABC 1 branded as SABC Encore as this had happened frequently and of course eMedia Investments and the SABC remaining silent on the matter. Even TelkomOne at one point had an SABC Encore without using SABC 1.

Taking that to consideration I doubt SABC Encore is dead or at least from my perspective considering how sneaky they have been with referencing the channel so if anything the brand is going through somewhat of a phase that's beyond our understanding.

SABC Encore when first spotted was registered under its initial name SABC Entertainment which might as well be the future of the channel of course nothing is certain at this point in regard to the concepts of the channel.

It was never part of SABC's initial DTT offering but due to the load of followers it just led them with the idea of reviving the channels which too would be unveiled with SABC's untitled streaming service which would introduce further channels and programming.

The further channels will carry archived material so there's no reason to not believe it's Encore or something remotely close to it, SABC Entertainment but how do you go about adding "further programming" if the name boasts on repeats we'll see what happens.

If anything I'm expecting them to either make the channel cater to viewers of the 80s and 90s with fresh content that compliments their tastes or to just use the concept for their SABC 4 and 5 that were part of their failed DTT attempts which was just diving SABC 1-3 to cover more ground.