U.S. Premiere of HALO® LEGENDS set for Feb. 10 in San Francisco
Media
Invited to Exclusive Screening of Episodic Film based on Popular Video Game
Franchise; Limited Free Tickets Available to Fans
Halo® Legends, an
all-new, CG and traditional anime PG-13 experience that presents enthralling
new stories from one of the world’s most popular video game franchises,
receives its United States “big screen” Premiere on Wednesday, February 10 in
San Francisco for media and a select group of lucky fans.
Presented by
IGN, in conjunction with Warner Home Video and Microsoft Game Studios, the
Halo Legends premiere will take place at the AMC Metreon (101 4th Street, San
Francisco) with media interview availability starting at 6:30 p.m. and film
screening at 8:00 p.m.
A limited number of free tickets are
available for the general public.Fans wishing to receive free tickets to the
event should RSVP via email to halolegends@ign.com. Tickets will be
distributed on a “first come, first served” basis.
Halo franchise
development director Frank O’Connor will discuss the
film in an informal,
in-theatre Q&A following the screening.
Halo Legends is an all-new,
CG and traditional anime PG-13 experience that presents enthralling new
stories from one of the world’s most popular video game franchises. The
seven-story anthology explores the origin and historical events of the Halo
universe and its intriguing characters. The individual episodes fall within
Halo’s 26th Century mythology as the battle between humanity and aliens rages
on in an attempt to protect Earth and mankind’s expansive number of
space colonies.
Produced by 343 Industries, a part of Microsoft Game
Studios, Halo Legends has been created in the same breakthrough format as
The Animatrix and Batman Gotham Knight with each individual
episode imagined by a cutting-edge, renowned Japanese anime
director/animator, including Shinji Aramaki, Mamoru Oshii, Hideki Futamura,
Tomoki Kyoda and Yasushi Muraki. The stories are inspired and produced by
the creative minds of 343 Industries, including Halo franchise
development
director Frank O’Connor and managing editor Kevin
Grace.
Warner Home Video will distribute Halo Legends on February 16,
2010 as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD and Blu-Ray™ as well as
On Demand and Digital Download.
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