New York, NY (PRWEB via PRWebDirect) May 9, 2007 –- Virgin Comics and Planetwide Media announced today the launch of Guy Ritchie’s 'Gamekeeper' Digital Edition. Guy Ritchie fans worldwide will now be able to view and download the digital edition of the 'Gamekeeper' graphic novel at http://www.VirginComics.com and http://www.Hypercomics.com.
Gamekeeper is being released as part of Virgin Comics’ Director’s cut imprint, stories destined for the silver screen from iconic filmmakers around the world. Director’s Cut titles include John Woo’s Seven Brothers, Shekhar Kapur’s Snake Woman and projects from Terry Gilliam and Nicolas Cage.
Written by talented author, Andy Diggle ('Batman Confidential', 'Hellblazer') with art by up-and-coming artist, Mukesh Singh ('Devi'), 'Gamekeeper' is an epic tale of espionage telling the story of one man’s battle with the brutal civilized world—and his animalistic inner-self. Brock is a reclusive, enigmatic groundsman who lives a quiet existence on the estate of Jonah Morgan, until mercenaries invade and shatter the tranquility of Brock’s refuge. Set on a path of vengeance, he is forced to face the dark events of his past in order to unveil the sinister intentions of the dark forces that conspire against him. As he is drawn deeper into a world of politics, military and science, Brock must struggle to tame the animal within.
“Planetwide Media’s technology for comics and graphic novels is advancing at light-speed and we’re excited to be a part of it,” says Larry Lieberman, Virgin Comics’ Chief Marketing Officer. “Digital products enhance our customers’ experience and help our stories find new audiences across the USA and around the world.”
Guy Ritchie’s 'Gamekeeper' Digital Graphic Novel is presented as a 22-page interactive Digital Flip Book, created by Planetwide Media's Comic Book Creator with a realistic feel of a comic book in digital format. Its pages peel over to illustrate a comic book storyline from the film. The user-generated digital comics can be created, viewed and shared through Planetwide’s Digital Media Reader at http://www.Hypercomics.com, the company’s online social network for comic book creators and fans.
“As we prepare for our upcoming launch of the Virgin Comics Comic Book Creator branded versions of interactive entertainment, we’re privileged to work with such world class creative talent as Guy Ritchie and Virgin Comics,” said Kevin Donovan, President of Planetwide Media. “Guy’s powerful imagery vividly comes through in this digital graphic novel.”
Pick up Gamekeeper, Issue 2 in comic book stores on May 9th. The complete first volume of Guy Ritchie’s Gamekeeper will be available in bookstores in October.
About Virgin Comics
Virgin Comics LLC is a character entertainment company creating original stories and epic myths for worldwide audiences. The company was founded in November 2005 by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Enterprises Ltd., alongside author Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Gotham Entertainment Group, South Asia's leading publisher of comic magazines. Among Virgin Comic’s titles are the breakthrough new comics and graphic novels: Devi, Ramayan 3392 AD, Walk In, John Woo’s Seven Brothers, Guy Ritchie’s Gamekeeper. Feature films based on Virgin Comics’ characters are also in the works: an animated feature The Secrets of the Seven Sounds and The Sadhu with Nicholas Cage. Virgin comics are sold at comic shops and Virgin Megastores throughout North America and the United Kingdom. www.VirginComics.com.
About Planetwide Media
Planetwide Media, (A division of Planetwide Games, Inc.) provides a unique and patent pending, interactive, self-publishing personalized media platform for a wide audience of emerging consumers in the digital media space. The company provides web enabled tools, software applications and video games that provide personal interactivity. The company's signature product, Comic Book Creator™ is a best of breed digital media platform that embraces User Generated Content (UGC) and enables users to blend their creations into their social networks, their blogs and across the web. Comic Book Creator is an easy to use personal media platform that provides the consumer with a richly enhanced interactive digital experience. Planetwide Media is currently licensing the Comic Book Creator technology and partnering with world-class entertainment, video game, sports, music and lifestyle brands worldwide.
Visit http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com, http://www.myplanetwide.com, and http://www.hypercomics.com for more information.
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Media Contacts:
Virgin Comics, LLC
Sana Amanat
(212) 584-4058
sana @ virgincomics.com
Planetwide Media
Mark Politi - VP Marketing and Media Relations
(800) 560-2993 Ext. 4221
mark @ myplanetwide.com
Terpin Communications Group
Jenny Chong
(310) 821-6100 Ext. 103
jenny @ terpin.com
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