Yahoo to premiere Tom Hanks' "Electric City" animated web seriesJuly 3, 2012 - 12:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yahoo will premiere Tom Hanks' long-awaited, animated web series "Electric City" on July 17, the company announced, according to TheWrap. The Playtone- and Reliance Entertainment-created series, released in four to six minute videos, will be paired with Jump Games' iOS and Android apps, to offer a role-playing game that features main characters from the series and digital comic books that expand the mythology. "Every now and then, storytelling and technology unite in a fun and surprising way," Playtone Partner Gary Goetzman said in a statement. "'Electric City' brings viewers into a totally unique world through a truly immersive online experience whether they're at home on their computers or mobile on their tablets and smartphones." The series, Yahoo's first original scripted show, marks a push by the dot-com colossus into the web video market. Earlier this year, TheWrap reported that Hanks chose Yahoo to circumvent the business-as-usual Hollywood types he said were more averse to creative experimentation. In "Electric City," Hanks, who also stars as a voice actor, spins the tale of a futuristic city billed as a technological utopia, with a dark and violent underbelly. Jeanne Tripplehorn, Holland Taylor, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Antoon, Chris Parnell, Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Georg Stanford Brown lend the voices alongside the "Forrest Gump" star. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. Yerevan State University, Ucom sign Memorandum of Cooperation Rector of Yerevan State University Hovhannes Hovhannisyan and General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian signed the memorandum. EU to provide budgetary support to Armenia The agreement is aimed at increasing the competitiveness of the educational system of Armenia. Aliyev: No peace treaty unless Armenia changes constitution Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the latter changes its constitution, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said. |