Captain America, Green Lantern, Cowboys & Aliens Joins HBO Action Nation

Starting November 18, HBO ASIA brings back Action Nation every Sunday with last year's biggest blockbuster movies that rocked the cinemas. It just so happens that the first 3 weeks will show comic book adaptations.

Photo courtesy of Marvel Pictures

Starting with Captain America: The First Avenger. The origin of Marvel's star-spangled superhero and prelude to 2012's box-office hit, Marvel's The Avengers. Captain America: The First Avenger will be shown at these dates:  10PM Nov. 18, 12NN Nov. 19, 10PM Nov. 21 1:50PM Nov. 22, 8PM Nov. 30, 2PM Dec. 1, 10PM Dec. 15, 1:10PM Dec. 16, 10PM Dec. 25, 12NN Dec. 26, 12MN Jan. 1, 2013

Another graphic novel adaptation "Cowboys & Aliens" premieres on November 25. Cowboys rounding up alien invaders.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

No evil shall escape his sight as Green Lantern begins his emerald adventures on December 2.

The other movies for Action Nation includes, The Three Musketeers(2011), Abduction, Contraband, and Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol. This is going to be a really kick ass Action Nation for the next two months.

About HBO Asia

Singapore-based HBO Asia is able to bring the best of Hollywood to Asia first because of its exclusive licensing deals with major Hollywood studios - Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. In addition to the proprietary and award-winning HBO Original programs that are produced exclusively for HBO viewers, HBO Asia works with a large number of major independent production companies to secure exclusive rights to a host of quality movies. HBO Asia offers five subscription movie channels with uninterrupted programming – HBO, HBO SIGNATURE, HBO FAMILY, HBO HITS and CINEMAX – as well as a subscription video-on-demand service, HBO ON DEMAND, HBO HD, the first regional movie channel to broadcast in high definition in Asia, and HBO HITS HD, which delivers Hollywood blockbuster hits 24-hours a day in 100% true high-definition, available in selected territories. HBO Asia is a joint venture of HBO (a Time Warner company) and Paramount. Log on to www.hboasia.com for more information.

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