US
LA : For the first time ever, mobile customers in the U.S. get the
first look at a feature film trailer before it hits theaters or the
web. Warner Independent Pictures will debut its trailer for "A
Scanner Darkly" on Amp'd Mobile handsets beginning today.
The
trailer premiere will give Amp'd Mobile subscribers an advanced look
at this highly anticipated new film starring Keanu Reeves, Robert
Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder and Rory Cochrane.
"A
Scanner Darkly" is set in suburban Orange County, California
in a future where America has lost the war on drugs. When one reluctant
undercover cop (Reeves) is ordered to start spying on his friends,
he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd, where identities
and loyalties are impossible to decode. It is a cautionary tale of
drug use based on the novel by Philip K. Dick.
Found on the Amp'd Live deck as a stand-alone "A Scanner Darkly"
entertainment channel, the full-length theatrical trailer will appear
on Amp'd Mobile handsets through the film release July 7. As additional
pro-motional mobile content is created for the film it will be added
to the channel.
"The
audience for films like this is technologically light years ahead
of most," said Laura Kim, EVP of marketing and publicity at Warner
Independent Pictures. "And if you know anything about 'A Scanner
Darkly' and Philip K. Dick, who also wrote Blade Runner, this partnership
is a really cool way to let people know about the film."
"We've
made a commitment to deliver a wide range of exclusive, coveted entertainment
video that's optimized for our broadband wireless service," said
Seth Cummings, senior VP, content and Internet services. "We're
thrilled to be building a relationship with Warner Independent Pictures.
We know this film in particular will be intriguing to our members."
Releasing
this summer, "A Scanner Darkly" was written for the screen
and directed by Richard Linklater. Like a graphic novel come to life,
the film uses live action photography overlaid with an advanced anima-tion
process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting, highly stylized
vision of the future. The tech-nology, first employed in Linkl