Yahoo to premiere Tom Hanks' "Electric City" animated web series July 3, 2012 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yahoo will premiere Tom Hanks' long-awaited, animated web series "Electric City" on July 17, the company announced, according to TheWrap. The Playtone- and Reliance Entertainment-created series, released in four to six minute videos, will be paired with Jump Games' iOS and Android apps, to offer a role-playing game that features main characters from the series and digital comic books that expand the mythology. "Every now and then, storytelling and technology unite in a fun and surprising way," Playtone Partner Gary Goetzman said in a statement. "'Electric City' brings viewers into a totally unique world through a truly immersive online experience whether they're at home on their computers or mobile on their tablets and smartphones." The series, Yahoo's first original scripted show, marks a push by the dot-com colossus into the web video market. Earlier this year, TheWrap reported that Hanks chose Yahoo to circumvent the business-as-usual Hollywood types he said were more averse to creative experimentation. In "Electric City," Hanks, who also stars as a voice actor, spins the tale of a futuristic city billed as a technological utopia, with a dark and violent underbelly. Jeanne Tripplehorn, Holland Taylor, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Antoon, Chris Parnell, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Georg Stanford Brown lend the voices alongside the "Forrest Gump" star.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
