Summit Entertainment and Imagi Studios Announce Partnership on ASTRO BOY
Monday, June 16, 2008 1:00 PM

Unable to fulfill the grieving father's expectations, ourhero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, experiencing betrayal and anetherworld of robot gladiators, before he returns to save Metro City andreconcile with the man who had rejected him.


As Summit continues to build its slate of animated films, ASTRO BOY willfollow the highly anticipated August 8, 2008 release of the company's 3Danimation, FLY ME TO THE MOON.


ASTRO BOY is the second CG-animated feature film from Imagi Studios,following on the success of its 2007 box office hit TMNT.


Summit's Senior Vice President of Production, Geoff Shaevitz, will overseethe project for the studio. The rights to the film were negotiated on behalfof Summit by the studio's Executive Vice President of Business Affairs, AndrewMatosich as well as Alan Grodin on behalf of Imagi Studios.


Cage and Lane are represented by CAA. Sutherland is represented by CAA andSpecial Artists Agency. Highmore is represented by A.R.G in London. Nighy isrepresented by Markham & Froggatt. Levy is represented by 3 Arts. Bowers isrepresented by ICM. Harris is represented by UTA.


ABOUT IMAGI STUDIOS


Imagi International Holdings Limited ('Imagi') is a listed company [StockCode 585] on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Imagi's principalbusiness is the development and production of computer graphics ('CG')animated theatrical feature films. Imagi's first theatrical movie TMNT wasreleased in March 2007, opening #1 in U.S. box office revenue, only the thirdtime in history that an Asian-made film has achieved that honor. Imagi hasdevelopment operations in Los Angeles, California, and CG production studiosat its Chai Wan (Hong Kong) headquarters.


ABOUT SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC


Summit Entertainment is a worldwide theatrical motion picture development,financing, production and distribution studio. The studio handles all aspectsof marketing and distribution for both its own internally developed motionpictures as well as acquired pictures. Summit Entertainment, LLC alsorepresents international sales for both its own slate and third party product.Summit Entertainment, LLC plans to release 10 to 12 films annually.


SOURCE Imagi Studios


(Source: PR Newswire )

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