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Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures and Platinum Studios Partner to Bring "Final Orbit" to the Big Screen.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures, producer of Marvel Studios' (NYSE NYSE

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), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, today announced a deal to co-develop and produce a feature film based on the soon-to-be-published action thriller comic book Final Orbit. The graphic novel is slated for release by Platinum Studios Comics in early 2009.

Final Orbit tells the story of some lottery winners who are vacationing on the International Space Station but when it is damaged, the vacation becomes a nightmare, trapping the tourists alone in a crippled module with no astronauts to help them.

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 are set to produce. Former Universal Pictures' senior executive, Randy Greenberg, of The Greenberg Group, will executive produce. Gary Ventimiglia, President of Production at Valhalla Motion Pictures, will co-produce.

"Final Orbit has all of the classic cat-and-mouse, edge-of-your-seat elements to be a fantastic white-knuckle thriller," said Hurd, Chairman of Valhalla Motion Pictures. "Being able to develop the motion picture alongside the comic book allows for the cross pollination pollination, transfer of pollen from the male reproductive organ (stamen or staminate cone) to the female reproductive organ (pistil or pistillate cone) of the same or of another flower or cone.  of creative ideas that benefit both avenues."

"I believe that Gale has the unique sensibility to pull out the core essence of these comic characters and events to make an extremely satisfying and entertaining motion picture," said Platinum Studios' Rosenberg.

Gale Anne Hurd and Valhalla Motion Pictures most recently produced the highly anticipated The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Studios (NYSE: MVL) which is being released by Universal Pictures (NYSE: GE) on June 13. Valhalla is continually developing a broad range of projects and recently wrapped Marvel's Punisher: War Zone for Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF LGF Little Green Footballs (blog site)
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). Hurd has produced more than two dozen feature films that have generated billions of dollars of revenue. Her other credits include The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, Aeon Flux, The Punisher, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines among others.

Platinum Studios' film and TV division has other properties in development at major film studios, including Unique at Walt Disney Pictures (NYSE: DIS) with "Harry Potter" producer David Heyman, Atlantis Rising at DreamWorks with Kurtzman/Orci ("Transformers") and Cowboys and Aliens, written by "Iron Man" screenwriters Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, also at Dreamworks in association with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Platinum Studios also recently announced it's partnering with Hyde Park Entertainment to co-produce Dead of Night, based on the beloved Italian comic book series, Dylan Dog and a partnership with Top Cow Productions Top Cow Productions (TCP) is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992. History
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 and Arclight Films to co-produce Witchblade, based on the best-selling independent comic book title.

About Platinum Studios, Inc.

Platinum Studios (OTCBB: PDOS) is an entertainment company that controls an international library of comic book characters from all over the world, which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media including print, film, online, mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising. Platinum Studios' library contains more than 5,600 characters spanning a full range of genres and styles, and also includes properties such as www.DrunkDuck.com, the industry's preeminent webcomics community. Working with leading companies in the entertainment and new media sectors, Platinum believes it is well positioned to emerge as one of the front-runners in the creation of new content across all media platforms. Platinum Studios - Comics Fueling Media EVERYWHERE!

To learn more about the company and to sign up for our newsletter, please visit our website at http://www.platinumstudios.com/news/index.php

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