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THE LION KING ON SCREEN
WEDS 19 JULLY // CINEMA
TV & FILM
Disney is back with a new live- action instalment of
The Lion King, this time with a star- studded cast BY NADIA ABBAS
including the likes of Beyonce Knowles Carter,
Donald Glover and Seth Rogen.It is expected to
thrust us back into the African savannah, where
we will see Simba grow up into the prince he
was always destined to be, and reunite us with
the characters we know and love from the 1994
classic. Glover who voices Simbas character
explains “the film will focus more on Simbas time
growing up than the original film”. We can expect
this new adaptation to be a fresher, deeper look
into the world of family, love and power, making it
perfect for the whole all.
FAST AND FURIOUS PRESENTS:
HOBBS & SHAW GOTHAM ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK (7)
FRI 2 AUG // CINEMA WEDS 24 JULY // NETFLIX FRI 26 JULY // NETFLIX

The Fast and Furious franchise This long running show about the This popular US prison drama series
is back with a spin-off movie with dark underworld of Gotham, in a time is coming back for its final season,
two of the movies illustrious action before Batman was old enough to showing audiences what Piper and
characters, played by Dwayne protect it, is returning this July for its the gang have been up to since last
Johnson and Jason Statham. In this fifth and final season. Up until now we season’s explosive finale. Viewers will
new, and different instalment to the have followed the young Bruce Wayne get an intimate look at the character’s
Fast universe, we are expected to on his heroic journey, from childhood lives unfolding, as Piper adapts to
see an unlikely alliance between tragedy to now teaming up with life on the outside, away from the
long- time enemies Hobbs and Shaw. Catwoman, detective Jim Gordon and enclosing walls of the correctional
They band together to defeat the other comic heroes to defeat the evil facility. It will also show the struggles
genetically enhanced villain Brixton, forces of crime in their city. The show of the friends she has left behind, as
played by Idris Elba, who threatens has come full circle as he faces iconic they face life sentences, heartbreak
to destroy all of humanity with just a villains like Penguin, the Joker and and betrayals. After being the most
simple fist-punch! The combination of more! This final season is expected streamed show on Netflix, directors
fast supercars, rock-solid muscle and to be the perfect conclusion for an have decided to end the show but are
playful banter is bound to make this ultmate Batman prequel. not ruling out a sequel in the future.
spy movie a new fan favourite!
IT - CHAPTER TWO
FRI 6 SEPT // CINEMA

Based on Stephen King’s harrowing tale of the evil clown Pennywise who
torments the children of the losers club, returns 27 years later to wreak havoc
once more on the dead-beat town of Derry. These neighborhood heroes who
defeated the evil clown have grown up and gone their separate ways. However,
they are drawn back into their hometown once more, to face the lurking evil that
has an insatiable appetite for human flesh.