MARC MIANCE FROM ATTITUDE STUDIO WILL BE AT COMICON
Director
Christian Volckman
Written by
Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre Patelliere and
Patrick Raynal & Jean-Bernard Pouy
Associate Producer
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Jean-Bernard Marinot
Cast/Voices
ILONA/ROMALA GARAI
KARAS/DANIEL CRAIG
BISLANE/CATHERINE McCORMACK
JONAS MULLER/IAN HOLM
PAUL DELLENBACH/JONATHAN PRYCE
In 2054, Paris is a labyrinth where all movement is monitored and recorded. Cut off from the world for its own protection, the city has nonetheless continued to expand. Now, 21st century skyscrapers overlay centuries-old architectural masterpieces. And below street level, a sophisticated network of streamlined plazas push up against the city’s ancient, deteriorating tunnel systems. Casting a shadow over everything is the city’s largest company, Avalon, which insinuates itself into every aspect of contemporary life to sell its primary export – eternal youth and beauty.
When 22-year-old Ilona (Romola Garai), one of Avalon’s most promising scientists, is abruptly kidnapped, Avalon calls on Barthélémy Karas (Daniel Craig), a Paris cop with a hard-fought reputation for finding anyone, no matter what sacrifices he has to make along the way. As the trail gets hot, Karas senses he’s not the only one looking for the beautiful enigma, and every witness he digs up seems to turn up dead.
To find Ilona and unlock the secrets of her disappearance, Karas must plunge deep into the parallel worlds of corporate espionage, organized crime and genetic research – where the truth imprisons whoever finds it first and miracles can be bought but at a great price.
RENAISSANCE is a bold never-before-seen vision of a stark near future drenched in hidden secrets and technological frontiers. Directed by Christian Volckman, RENAISSANCE takes film noir to its most stylized edge, utilizing live action motion capture, animated in 3D and rendered in high contrast black and white to create a graphic novel come-to-life.
RENAISSANCE is produced by Aton Soumache, Roche Lener and Alexis Vonarb. The associate producer is Jake Eberts. The executive producer is Jean-Bernard Marinot. From a story by Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre Patelliere, the script and dialogues are written by Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre Patelliere and Patrick Raynal & Jean-Bernard Pouy. The original visual concept is by Marc Miance and the characters are created by Julien Renoult and Gerald Parel.
The film will be released on Friday, September 22nd, 2006 in NY/LA and is rated R for some violent images, sexuality, nudity and language.
MARC MIANCE FROM ATTITUDE STUDIO WILL BE AT COMICON
MARC MIANCE (Original visual concept) created the first black and white 3D images that inspired RENAISSANCE’s unique visual concept in 1994. Fascinated with the combination of cinema and digital images, he conceived of linking the visual power of animation with the richness of traditional filmmaking. While developing Renaissance, Miance opened Attitude Studio in 2000 to facilitate the visual effects process. Partnering with Boris Herzog and Sandrine Nguyen, Miance and Attitude soon became established internationally and today
