September 4, 2009

Production I.G will produce the animation for one chapter of the highly anticipated feature-length international animated project Dante's Inferno.

Dante's Inferno is 6-chapter movie based on Electronic Arts' adaptation of the famed XIV century Italian poem by Dante Alighieri. Some of the most accomplished, creative animation directors will capture the journey of Dante as he moves through the 9 Circles of Hell, fighting the devil and his minions, in search of his beloved, Beatrice.

Production I.G's chapter is directed by Yasuomi Umetsu, the visionary anime maestro behind extreme, action-packed cult titles such as A Kite, Mezzo DSA and Kite Liberator, but also the hauntingly beautiful Presence segment in the classic Robot Carnival omnibus. Dante's Inferno marks the first collaboration ever between Umetsu and Production I.G.

The movie, Dante's Inferno produced by Los Angeles-based Film Roman, a division of Starz Media, is part of a multi-media project that originated from a video game with the same title released by Electronic Arts. The Electronic Arts game and the Film Roman movie, which Anchor Bay Entertainment will distribute worldwide on home entertainment formats, are slated for release on the same day-and-date in 2010

official website:
http://www.dantesinferno.com

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