Remember the movie Dead Space: Downfall, an animated feature film tie-in to the Electronic Arts game Dead Space? A straight-to-DVD-and-Sci-Fi-Channel release? Came out back in October? No? Well, the film was created by Electronic Arts along with Film Roman, a division of Starz Media, and Variety reports that the twosome is at it again, this time with an animated film based on the upcoming Dante's Inferno action/adventure game due out this year on PS3 and 360. But here's the clincher: Variety claims that there are “anime studios” lined up to create the film, although it doesn't mention any specific names. Dead Space: Downfall was also often cited as “anime-style,” but I can't find any information on what studios were involved with it, so it's impossible to tell whether this new movie is going to be animated by Japanese studios or not. But it'll probably get marketed at you guys, so, here, now you're aware of it. The game and series are actually kind of an interesting concept: you follow Dante himself (no, not the one from Devil May Cry) on his adventure through the nine circles of hell-- that would be Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Lying, and Betrayal. They at least claim that the materials will feature a lot of details from Dange Aligheri's original poem, The Divine Comedy, which outlined the circles. So it sounds like something I'll look into, at least, especially after watching the game's trailer at its official website. How about you?
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