Sky Movies at Christmas: A Magical Festive line-up
Iron Man 3, Wreck It Ralph, Arthur Christmas, Oz The Great and the Powerful premiere as The Little Mermaid arrives on Sky Movies Disney
Sky Movies Christmas returns with Miracle On 34th Street and Elf
This Christmas, Sky Movies offers customers a magical Christmas line-up including an unbeatable range of some of the year’s biggest box office hits, festive favourites, Disney classics and much more, available to enjoy on demand at home and on the move with Sky Movies and the Sky Movies Month Pass on Now TV.
Among the new titles premiering on the service this Christmas are family adventures Wreck It Ralph, Arthur Christmas and Oz: The Great And Powerful, and action-packed blockbusters Iron Man 3, A Good Day To Die Hard and Cloud Atlas.
Boasting a bumper selection of Christmas classics and modern favourites including Miracle on 34th Street, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Disney’s Christmas Carol, Jingle All The Way, The Nutcracker, New Year’s Eve and Elf, Sky Movies Christmas, Sky Movies’ dedicated festive film channel, returns on Sunday 1 December ensuring customers can get their seasonal silver screen fix whenever, wherever they want.
Continuing to offer customers an unbeatable selection of Disney movies, this Christmas The Little Mermaid will be available exclusively on the service and, for the first time in the UK, available to enjoy on demand via Sky Movies Disney. To mark the arrival of this much-loved Disney classic, Sky Movies will showcase its Disney Princesses collection on Sky Movies Disney, On Demand, Sky Go and Now TV from Sunday 8th December. Further Disney and Disney Pixar highlights available on Sky Movies Disney this Christmas include classic animations Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Aladdin, Dumbo and Pinocchio and modern hits Brave, A Bug’s Life, Ratatouille and Monsters Inc.
And with hundreds more movies available on demand, from rom coms to thrillers, musicals to sci fi – and everything in between, Sky Movies customers can continue to enjoy great movies whenever they want throughout the festive period.
Ian Lewis, Director of Sky Movies, comments: “We’re committed to bringing our customers a fantastic range of movies and flexibility over how, where and when they enjoy them all year round and we’re delighted to be adding a bit of sparkle to our offering this Christmas with choice content highlights and our first fully dedicated festive film channel.”
Sky Movies Christmas / HD will be available on-air (Sky channel 303) and On Demand from
1 December throughout the festive period
For further information please contact
Megan MacLeod - Publicist, Sky Movies HD, Sky Atlantic HD
T:
E: megan.macleod@bskyb.com
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