Universal Pictures and Planetwide Media are launching a digital comic book based on the upcoming action feature Smokin’ Aces from writer/director Joe Carnahan (Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane). Featuring six stories written by Carnahan, the comic will be available at www.SmokinAces.net, the official website of the film, which hits theaters in North America on Jan 26.
The Smokin’ Aces comic book is a 30-page digital flip book that was created using Planetwide’s Comic Book Creator, a software application that allows anone to make their own comics. Intended for amture audiences, Smokin’ Aces stories, along with a selection of user-generated digital comics, can be viewed and shared through Planetwide’s Digital Media Reader at http://www.Hypercomics.com, the company’s social community for comic book creators and fans of comics.
The Smokin’ Aces movie stars Jeremy Piven as Buddy ‘Aces’ Israel, a sleazy magician and small-time con who has agreed to turn state’s evidence against the Vegas mob. The mob in turn puts a million dollar bounty on his head, luring an array of contract killers and opportunistic low-lifes to Buddy’s Lake Taho hideout with murderous intentions. The film features an ensemble cast led by Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Taraji Henson, Chris Pine, Martin Henderson, Jason Bateman, Alicia Keys and Common.
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