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‘Dante’s Inferno’ Game ALSO Being Adapted to Anime
Didja enjoy a little of that animated Dead Space: Downfall feature from Anchor Bay and Starz? If so, they have more video game adaptations up their sleeve as Electronic Arts and Starz Media are readying their second animated feature, Dante’s Inferno, based on the videogame bowing next year. This is not to be confused with Universal Pictures’ feature film adaptation also in the works — but if you’ve been following the progress, this release is the first time the actual pot has been revealed. Enter the circles of hell below!
Film Roman, a subsid of Starz, will produce “Dante’s Inferno”, as it did with “Dead Space: Downfall,” which was distribbed by Starz in the fall and was tied to the release of EA’s high-profile sci-fi horror vidgame “Dead Space.”
Toon is the latest example of EA looking to create spinoffs of its future games as other forms of entertainment, including movies and TV properties.
“Inferno” will mirror the game’s plot and follow Dante’s journey through the nine circles of Hell — limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery — in search of his true love, Beatrice.
Both are based on part one of Dante’s classic poem “The Divine Comedy,” better known as “Dante’s Inferno.”
Separate anime studios are being commissioned to create the nine circles of Hell.
Film Roman’s Joe Goyette (“Dead Space: Downfall”) is the producer on the project, which Victor Cook (“The Spectacular Spider-Man,” “Hellboy Animated: Blood & Iron”) is directing and Brandon Auman (“Iron Man: Armored Adventures”) is writing.
Game bows on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next year. It’s being developed at EA Redwood Shores.
“The animated feature will be a great companion piece to the game,” said Jonathan Knight, executive producer and creative director for “Dante’s Inferno.” “The feature will explore aspects of the poem that the game does not, and will provide more insight into the characters and the unique story adaptation that the game has established.”
Starz Media is pushing the “Dante’s Inferno” toon and “Dead Space: Downfall” at the MIP-TV market this week in Cannes.
Anchor Bay Entertainment will distrib on homevid. Starz Media’s Worldwide Distribution group will handle international television and domestic syndication sales, while Starz Digital Media is overseeing digital distribution.
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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