For those who either loved or missed out on this evening’s G4 Television premiere of Ghost Recon Alpha, Ubisoft has announced its intentions to release the short film on both Blu-ray and DVD. It will be available on May 22, the exact same day that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will hit store shelves. That news is neither surprising nor coincidental, considering that the movie will act as a prequel to the events featured in the video game.
Ghost Recon Alpha‘s Blu-ray/DVD combo pack will be priced at $14.95 USD ($16.95 CAD,) while the stand-alone DVD will sell for $7.95 USD (9.95 CAD).
FLATIRON FILM COMPANY RELEASES UBISOFT MOTION PICTURES’ “TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA®”
DAY-AND-DATE WITH THE VIDEO GAME “TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON FUTURE SOLDIER”Live-Action/CGI Prequel Film Produced by Little Minx, a Ridley Scott & Associates company,
Releases in the U.S. and Canada on May 22 for the First Time on Blu-ray (HD) and DVD“A sharp-looking little action film…gorgeously shot.” Kotaku
May 3, 2012 – New York – After a decade-long manhunt, U.S. Intelligence has received new intel on Chevchenko, a mastermind of the world’s most heinous war crimes. Linked to Russian ultranationalists, Chevchenko is about to deliver a dirty bomb large enough to contaminate Moscow for centuries. Enter the Ghosts, the U.S. Army’s most elite Future Soldiers. These precision-trained and lethal human weapons are armed with the most devastating high-tech combat systems, and they are tasked with taking out Chevchenko and stopping this international catastrophe before it erupts.
On May 22, New Video’s Flatiron Film Company will release Ubisoft Motion Pictures’ TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA® on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray combo day-and-date with the release of Ubisoft’s highly-anticipated Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier video game for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the Sony PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.
TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA* boasts a line-up of top Hollywood talent. The film was directed by Academy Award winners Hervé de Crécy and François Alaux, who won an Oscar in 2010 for Logorama, and produced by Rhea Scott for Little Minx. Tim Sexton, 2010 Academy Award nominee for Children of Men, and Gregory Pruss, longtime writing collaborator with David Fincher, wrote the gripping script. The film was shot by District 9 cinematographer Trent Opaloch; edited by Pietro Scalia, two-time Academy Award winner for Black Hawk Down and JFK; with sound effects and sound effects editing by Per Hallberg, two-time Academy Award winner for The Bourne Ultimatum and Braveheart as well as Michael Mann’s Heat; production design by Jan Roelfs (Gattaca, Alexander); and costume design by Sammy Sheldon (V for Vendetta, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Black Hawk Down). Military Weapons Specialist Harry Humphries, consultant on such notable action films such as Transformers, Thor, Iron Man and Armageddon, ensured that the futuristic weaponry in the film was entirely realistic.
TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON ALPHA* is the 25-minute prequel film to the video game Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier and follows the Ghosts as they are dropped deep behind enemy lines in order to eliminate one of the world’s most sought-after war criminals. DVD/BD bonus features include the producers’ 2010 Comic-Con teaser and a “Making Of” featurette.
Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon brand launched in 2001 and the franchise has sold more than 18 million video game units worldwide. This is Flatiron Film Company’s second Ubisoft release, following ASSASSIN’S CREED: LINEAGE (November 2011).
DVD/Blu-Ray
Pricing: $14.95 US/$16.95 CAN
Runtime: 50 mins., inc. extras
Rating: NR
Catalog #: NNVG262360
Language: English
Color: Color
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Genre: ActionDVD Single
Pricing: $7.95 US/$9.95 CAN
Runtime: 50 mins., inc. extras
Rating: NR
Catalog #: NNVG262370
Language: English
Color: Color
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Genre: ActionAbout New Video:
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