BUNRAKU COMES TO OTAKON FOR
EAST COAST DEBUT
LOS ANGELES, (July 25, 2011) – ARC
Entertainment and XLrator Media will sneak preview BUNRAKU
for East Coast audiences at the 18th annual Otakon in
Baltimore, MD on Friday, July 29, 2011. The martial-arts
action film boasts an internationally renowned cast
including Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Kevin
McKidd, Ron Perlman and Japanese rock-star Gackt in his
American screen debut. Written and directed by Guy Moshe,
BUNRAKU opens in theaters September 30.
Otakon is one of the largest fan
conventions in the United States focusing on Asian popular
culture - primarily anime, magna, music and cinema - which
is held annually at the Baltimore Convention Center. The
convention runs July 29-31. The BUNRAKU screening will take
place 12:30 pm on Friday, July 29 in Video Room 5 HD.
“Otakon’s fans are the
trend-setters of pop culture and are the perfect audience
for BUNRAKU’s genre-bending, East-meets-West blend of
stunning visuals, eye-popping CGI imagery, and elaborate
martial arts fight scenes,” said XLrator Media’s Barry
Gordon.
BUNRAKU follows a mysterious
drifter (Josh Hartnett) and an ardent young Japanese warrior
Yoshi (Gackt), who both arrive in a town that has been
terrorized by outrageous and virulent criminals. Each is
obsessed with his separate mission, and guided by the wisdom
of The Bartender (Woody Harrelson) at the Horseless Horseman
Saloon, the two eventually join forces to bring down the
corrupt and contemptuous reign of Nicola (Ron Perlman), the
awesomely evil “woodcutter” and his lady Alexandra (Demi
Moore), a femme fatale with a secret past. This classic tale
is re-vitalized and re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual
context, set in a unique world that mixes past and present,
fantasy and reality, Samurai and Western all combined. Like
SIN CITY and 300, it gives classic conflict a whole new
graphically supercharged dynamic. Resonating through a wide
range of cultures and showcasing a mind-blowing array of
martial arts disciplines, BUNRAKU is a fresh arena for
breathtaking fight action.
The film was produced by Snoot
Entertainment’s Keith Calder and Jessica Yu with Picturesque
Films’ Nava Levin and Ram Bergman.
Official Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7pmn_0Uog
ABOUT ARC ENTERTAINMENT
ARC Entertainment (http://www.arc-ent.com)
provides brand marketing, retail strategy, physical
distribution and sales services for consumer products, with
an emphasis on entertainment-based products.
ARC Entertainment is a “solutions
based” distribution company. ARC Entertainment’s
unparalleled relationships with national retailers, coupled
with strong sales and marketing expertise, enables the
Company to explore unique programs and business models for
its content partners.
The Company develops creative and
profitable retail marketing programs by connecting
Intellectual Property and Content owners directly with
retailers. This enables ARC Entertainment to truly align
content development, investment and distribution with the
requirements of retailers and their customers.
ARC Entertainment monetizes
Content in multiple revenue streams including: Theatrical
Distribution, DVD, Blu-ray, Digital, Electronic
Sell-through, Streaming, VOD, PPV, Pay and Free TV.
ABOUT XLRATOR MEDIA
XLrator Media is a multi-platform
releasing company focused on acquiring projects, including
feature films, specials and libraries, and producing
programming for “efficient” budgets in genres and categories
that are highly under-served by the major studios and most
independents. Gordon has more than 25 years of experience in
high-level media/entertainment sales, marketing, production,
acquisitions and executive management positions.
ABOUT OTAKON AND OTAKORP, INC.
Now entering its eighteenth year,
Otakon is an annual celebration of Japanese and East Asian
popular culture, and also one of the largest gatherings of
fans in the United States. Otakon celebrates popular culture
as a gateway to deeper understanding of Asian culture, and
has grown along with the enthusiasm for anime, manga, video
games, and music from the Far East. Since 1999, Otakon has
been held in Baltimore, Maryland; currently, Otakon is one
of Baltimore's few large, city-wide events, drawing over
29,000 individual members for three days each year (for a
paid attendance of over 80,000 turnstile attendees). Otakon
is a membershipbased convention sponsored by Otakorp, Inc.,
a Pennsylvania-based, 501(c)3 educationalnon-profit whose
mission is to promote the appreciation of Asian culture,
primarily through its media and entertainment. Otakorp, Inc.
is directed by an all-volunteer, unpaid staff – we are run
by fans, for fans.
For more information about
Otakorp, Inc., see
http://www.otakon.com/otakorp/index.asp
For more information and the
latest news on Otakon 2011, see
http://www.otakon.com/ |
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