Tom hanks presents postapoctalypic digital animated scific series electric city. Tom hanks electric city the app the app offers multiple sections where users can stream or download the 20 episode animation series and the exclusive graphic novels. Created by tom hanks, the series begins after the world has ended. Electric city, a great animated series with tom hanks. Online blockbuster tom hanks electric city debuts on. Thomas jeffrey hanks was born in concord, california, to janet marylyn frager, a hospital worker, and amos mefford hanks, an itinerant cook.
Las vegas tom hanks and yahoo used the occasion of ces to throw a little party for themselves tuesday night and offer a glimpse of their upcoming animated scifi web series, electric city. Tom hanks and his playtone productions are creating an animated series for the web giant. Download tom hanks electric city and enjoy it on your iphone, ipad, and ipod touch. Tom hanks scifi series electric city to debut on yahoo. In the past the company has worked to secure mostly reality series and news summaries however they recently built a new york based studio in the hopes of extending their offered content. Tom hanks electric city the app the app offers multiple sections where users can stream or download the 20 episode animation. Tom grew up in what he has called a fractured family. Tom hanks, josh feldman, and bo stevenson, all of whom voice characters, began writing electric city in 2003 without intending it as necessarily a web series. A new app and game for ios inspirited by the series is also launching.
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Jul 18, 2012 tom hanks lends his voice to cleveland carr, the main character in his new web series electric city. Screen entered a publishing deal with tom hanks, to stream his animated web series, the electric city. Tom hanks has teamed up with yahoo and playtone and reliance entertainment to. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Tom hanks talks electric city, web content economics, expletives the oscar winner talks about the making of his anticipated new web series and explains how working online allows for. Tom hanks brings animated electric city series to yahoo. Jul 17, 2012 if tom hanks seems a little more animated than usual on lately, theres good reason. Some stories random house large print tom hanks on. Joel trussell on directing tom hanks new webseries. Even though it seems to be an orderly utopia, there are still secrets, backalley. South lake countys one stop shop for appliance and ac parts, sales, service and installation since 1955. Yahoo, tom hanks offer electric city video online video. In yahoos first ever scripted show, tom hanks will not only play the creative force behindthescenes but will also lend his voice to the lead character.
The app offers multiple sections where users can stream or. Electric city is set to feature twenty episodes running between 3 and 5 minutes, and will be available to watch on your pc or mobile, with a single, longer version available in the future. Even though it seems to be an orderly utopia, there are still secrets, back. A view of the future of civilization, presented through the lens of provocative themes such as energy consumption, freedom of information, crime and punishment. Jul 16, 2012 tom hanks talks about the creation of electric city, an animated series that will be shown on yahoo, and which is shaped from his colorful memories of scifi culture past and sometimes dark imagination of events to come. Tom hanks is bringing an original animated series named electric city to yahoo, reports all things d. Tom hanks presents his first ever multidimensional animated series, electric city with exclusive hd downloadable episodes and graphic novels. Jan 09, 2012 tom hanks is bringing an original animated series named electric city to yahoo, reports all things d. Electric city, is a thought provoking 20episode web series created by tom hanks. Scifi web series electric city will explore surprising. Jan 09, 2012 the tom hanks produced scifi series is the first scripted original programming to arrive at yahoo. May 05, 2016 tom hanks electric city the app the app offers multiple sections where users can stream or download the 20 episode animation series and the exclusive graphic novels. Even though it seems to be an orderly utopia, there are still secrets, backalley dealings, daring chases and murder.
The show, coproduced by hanks s playtone and reliance entertainment, and featuring hanks. Hanks s latest venture, the animated series electric city, had its premiere on yahoo on tuesday, with 10. Why tom hanks chose yahoo for electric city updated. Jan 09, 2012 everyones favorite puppet cowboy, tom hanks, is working with playtone and reliance entertainment on a new web series called electric city logo not shown. Tom hanks on becoming forrest gump the graham norton show duration. Originally expected to debut in the spring, the series consists of 20 episodes that are 35 minutes long. Electric city is a 20episode science fiction series starring and.
Electric city represents peace and security in the midst of rubble. Playtone actordirector tom hanks poses for a photo during a visit to the apple store soho on. In electric city, an animated web series that makes its debut tuesday on yahoo, he provides the voice of cleveland carr, a mysterious operative in a future. Tom hanks electric city is a postpost apocalyptic tale where all the things we took for granted like, say, the internet dont exist anymore and electricity is the new god. Learn more about the characters, and go behind the. Actor tom hanks launched a new animated web series, electric city. Tom hanks creates electric city series for the web the. Tom hanks electric city game play tom hanks electric city game online for free only at zapak. Tom hanks said that during the development the idea was just worked and reworked at playtone, hanks production company, without a production or distribution.
Tom hanks, rita wilson return home to us after coronavirus cnet. I never knew that tom hanks was making an animated web series set in an antidystopian future but now we have our first look at it and its called electric city. Tom hanks electric city app and game arrives for ios. Oct 01, 2010 tom hanks is teaming with indiabased reliance big entertainment to create electric city a multiplatform digital experience covering a multiepisode animated internet series, online social.
Why did tom hanks choose to partner with yahoo for his next creative venture, electric city it appears the hollywood icon has tired of the industrys lack of creative flexibility and its. Tom hanks enters the web series fold, the speed of massless particles gets dissected, kids stories come to life in a colorful composition, and jerry seinfeld creates a web series about nothing and no surprise its hilarious. Jun 25, 2012 electric city is yahoos first scripted project and the portal is banking on the tom hanks name to help raise awareness for it. Hanks, along with josh feldman and bo stevenson, had initially written what would go. Get a first look at tom hanks electric city web series. In 1979, hanks moved to new york city, where he made his film debut in the lowbudget slasher film he knows youre alone 1980 and landed a starring role in the television movie mazes and monsters. His mothers family, originally surnamed fraga, was entirely portuguese, while his father was of mostly english ancestry. Tom hanks brings animated electric city series to yahoo the. Tom hanks may have won an oscar for his role in forrest gump, but the part almost went to an snl star. In an upcoming animated series called electric city, tom hanks plays cleveland carr, a former police officer charged with maintaining order in a murky. Tom hanks electric city tom hanks presents his first ever multi.
The interwoven storylines and vivid animation combine with a compelling score to that will immerse you into the world of the electric city. Hanks will also star in electric city, which yahoo is describing as an actionpacked scifi adventure series, which will run for a total of 90 minutes across 20 three to fiveminute episodes and will kick off this spring. Electric city the brainchild of tom hanks, this 20episode series debuted over three nights this. Tom hanks electric city hd exclusive download content. More new blood for yahoo, this time in the form of a hollywood star. Electric city to join charge of animated shows onto. Tom hanks presents postapoctalypic digital animated. The introduction of electric city will take center stage at a private event at ces with tom hanks and ross levinsohn, evp americas, yahoo. Electric city is yahoos first scripted project and the portal is banking on the tom hanks name to help raise awareness for it. Tom hanks electric city is no toy story hanks has a new animated science fiction series that will be streaming exclusively on yahoo, but its hardly kidappropriate fare.
The show was created by tom hanks just about the first thing you see on screen, in monumental lettering, is tom hanks electric city, so perhaps the straightahead approach was to be. The app offers multiple sections where users can stream or download the 20 episode animation series and. And, as an old user of manual and early electric typewriters back in the day. Online blockbuster tom hanks electric city debuts on yahoo today hanks 90minute, 20episode series is being touted as a firstofitskind, 360degree online interaction of digital, social, mobile and gaming media. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is widely regarded as an american cultural icon. Learn more about the characters, and go behind the scenes to see the making of electric city. Electric city is the name of the new animated series spearheaded by actordirector tom hanks, and its one of the first major animation productions specifically designed for online viewing. After years of development, futuristic animated show finally finds a home on the internet. Mysterious web game lures viewers to tom hanks show clickz. This post apocalyptic web series has 20 short episodes and are a must watch. Does anyone know an ota link or could transfer a file for me to download it. Actor tom hanks attends the nora ephron memorial service on july 9, 2012 in new york city. A view of the future of civilization, presented through the lens of.
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