Mumbai: Cartoon Network brings its first and widely successful live-action made-for-TV movie, BEN 10: Race Against Time, to India on 11 January at 12 noon with a repeat telecast at 7.00pm.

Directed by Alex Winter (Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), this is Cartoon Network’s first live-action made-for-TV movie based on the very popular adventure series, BEN 10. BEN 10 follows the story of a young boy who, with the flick of a powerful alien wristwatch (The Omnitrix), can turn into 10 different aliens with amazing superpowers.

 The film that has already been a great success in the US, has a star cast that includes TV legend Lee Majors as Grandpa Max, Graham Phillips (Evan Almighty) in the coveted role of Ben Tennyson, Haley Ramm (X-Men 3), Christien Anholt (Relic Hunter) and Lee who I best known worldwide for his roles in The Six Million Dollar Man and The Fall Guy.

"We are very excited to bring BEN 10: Race Against Time to our Indian audience, as it encompasses everything a BEN 10 fan would expect – non-stop action, suspense and aliens! A huge success in the APAC region and the US, we are anticipating that the movie will set similar records in India, where BEN 10 is one of our highest rating shows", said, Turner International India Pvt Ltd. programming director Krishna Desai.