Overture Lets Loose Crazy Comics, Games
16 2월 2010 - 8:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Studio set to release a series of comic books, motion comics and
viral gaming content across various media platforms BEVERLY HILLS,
Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- As the "outbreak" of Overture
Films' release of The Crazies draws closer, the studio is gearing
up for an exciting launch of a comic book series inspired by the
film along with various other multimedia content including a motion
comic book series, Facebook "tower defense" game and more. The film
is produced and distributed by Overture Films and co-financed by
Participant Media. The Top Cow printed comic book is broken into
four chapters: Hopman Bog, Dwyer Creek, Black Pond and Ogden Marsh.
The comic series traces an outbreak that takes over the minds and
bodies of the citizens in Ogden Marsh, Iowa and each chapter
focuses on a different aspect of this epidemic. The first two
issues will be available in comic book stores nationwide on
February 17, 2010, with the next two available February 24, 2010.
Jeff Katz of American Original produced the comic book on behalf of
Overture Films and Participant Media. The covers of the comic book
are available for download at
http://www.thecrazies-movie.com/comicbooks. Starz Digital Media, in
association with Double Barrel Motion Labs, will release a
four-part motion comic series as an animated companion to the film
and based on the comic miniseries. Episode 1 of the motion comic
series, "Hopman Bog," will be available for purchase on the iTunes
and PlayStation® Networkplatforms on February 23, 2010. To embed or
view a trailer of the motion comic series, please go to
http://www.thecrazies-movie.com/motioncomictrailer. Starz Digital
Media and Merscom have also co-produced a social media game that
brings Facebook members a chance to stop the Crazies in "The
Crazies Tower Defense." Available at no charge, players must
strategically place defenses around Ogden Marsh in order to prevent
a perpetual onslaught of Crazies from attacking the town. The game
utilizes the latest social networking functionality allowing
players to share their progress and achievements with friends. For
a small cost, users may purchase advanced weaponry and look for an
edge in their battle against the Crazies. The Crazies Tower Defense
may be played at apps.facebook.com/crazies. Coinciding with the
launch of the printed comic book series and the motion comic, the
studio has also created the iPhone application "Beware the
Infected". The iPhone app allows users to photograph themselves or
friends, "crazify" their face, and insert that picture into a
"wanted" style warning flyer. The resulting image is branded with
The Crazies logo and can be saved or emailed to friends directly
from the app. The application is available directly at
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-crazies/id349550509?mt=8. For
those still wanting more, Overture has created an interactive game,
"Battlemail," that is a viral application designed to allow users
to "battle" their friends as a "Crazy" from the movie via email or
through Facebook. Users access the application through The Crazies
movie website at http://www.thecrazies-movie.com/#/battlemail,
choose ten attack moves and send their challenge to their friends.
Friends who have been challenged are given the opportunity to
choose their own ten attack moves and the result is a live action
movie clip where users can watch their battle. Resulting videos are
either emailed or posted to the user's Facebook wall, and with a
nearly unlimited number of combinations, the battles are always
unique and fun. The Crazies is a highly anticipated remake of the
George Romero classic and is scheduled to hit theaters on February
26, 2010. Breck Eisner directed the screenplay, written by Scott
Kosar and Ray Wright, about the inhabitants of a small Kansas town
beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin
contaminates their water supply. The film stars Timothy Olyphant
(Live Free or Die Hard) as the town's sheriff, Radha Mitchell
(Silent Hill) as his pregnant wife Judy who also doubles as the
town doctor, Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) as the deputy
sheriff and Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) as a medical
assistant. The film is produced by Michael Aguilar (Constantine,
What Happens in Vegas), Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate)
and Rob Cowan (Righteous Kill), with George Romero (Dawn of the
Dead, Creepshow) executive producing. ABOUT THE COMIC BOOK WRITERS
IVAN BRANDON - A rising star at both Marvel and DC Comics and
creator of the Image Comics hit VIKING, Ivan Brandon also recently
scripted the DC mini-series FINAL CRISIS: THE ESCAPE. He also
co-created the Image series CROSS BRONX and edited the archive
24Seven. Check out http://www.ivanbrandon.com/ for more
information. JOSH FIALKOV - Fialkov first made his comics name on
the acclaimed series ELK'S RUN and has gone on to work for most of
today's top comic publishers. He launched the series ALIBI for Top
Cow, which was recently acquired for film adaptation by Summit
Entertainment. Fialkov also won the inaugural "Pilot Season"
competition for his reboot of the Top Cow character Cyblade. Check
out http://www.thefialkov.com/ for more information. BRIAN REED -
Working across the worlds of comic books and video games, Brian
Reed is always on the move. Having tackled such iconic Marvel
characters as SPIDER-MAN, MS. MARVEL and CAPTAIN MARVEL, Reed then
moved on to tackle several spin-offs of Marvel's acclaimed SECRET
INVASION series. Reed's video game credits include ULTIMATE
SPIDER-MAN and MERCENARIES 2. MARC ANDREYKO - Andreyko, a Harvey
nominee, is the co-writer of the acclaimed graphic novel TORSO. He
may be best known for a popular run on the relaunch of MANHUNTER -
one of the best female-driven superhero comics in recent history -
for DC Comics. He works regularly for all the major comic
publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and IDW. ABOUT OVERTURE
FILMS Overture Films (http://www.overturefilms.net/) develops,
produces, acquires, and distributes feature length, theatrical
motion pictures worldwide. The studio is an operating unit of
Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media
Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Capital Group (NASDAQ:
LCAPANASDAQ:LCAPB), a tracking stock group of Liberty Media
Corporation. Its affiliated companies, Anchor Bay Entertainment and
Starz Entertainment, make the films available domestically to
viewers via home video, premium television, Internet and other
outlets. About Starz Digital Media Starz Digital Media, an
operating division of Starz Media, LLC, is responsible for all
digital and on-demand distribution of library content from Overture
Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Originals from Starz
Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment. Through a range of
distribution and marketing partnerships with multichannel video
providers, Internet distributors and wireless operators worldwide,
Starz Digital Media makes its content available under numerous
business models including download-to-own/electronic sell-through,
video-on-demand, pay-per-view, subscription video-on-demand and
ad-supported streaming. The division also programs and supports
numerous ad-supported broadband channels and develops games and
gaming-related content from many of its properties for distribution
worldwide. About Participant Media Participant Media is a Los
Angeles-based entertainment company that focuses on socially
relevant, commercially viable feature films, documentaries and
television, as well as publishing and digital media. Participant
Media is headed by CEO Jim Berk and was founded in 2004 by
philanthropist Jeff Skoll, who serves as Chairman. Ricky Strauss is
President. Participant exists to tell compelling, entertaining
stories that bring to the forefront real issues that shape our
lives. For each of its projects, Participant creates extensive
social action and advocacy programs which provide ideas and tools
to transform the impact of the media experience into individual and
community action. Participant's films include The Kite Runner,
Charlie Wilson's War, Darfur Now, An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night
and Good Luck., Syriana, Standard Operating Procedure, The Visitor,
The Soloist, Food, Inc., The Informant! and The Crazies.
DATASOURCE: Overture Films CONTACT: Adam Keen of Overture Films,
+1-424-204-4144, or Matt Biscuiti of The Lippin Group,
+1-212-986-7080, for Starz Digital Media Web Site:
http://www.overturefilms.net/
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