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Ultramarines is a sci-fi animation film set in Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe and based around the Ultramarines. The film release date to be announced later. The screenplay is written by Dan Abnett and directed by Martyn Pick, and voice cast by Terence Stamp as Severus, Sean Pertwee as Proteus, Johnny Harris as Nidon, Steven Waddington as Verenor, Donald Sumpter as Pythol, Gary Martin as Hypax, Ben Bishop as Crastor, Christopher Finney as Boreas and Gary Marin as Hypax.

Ultramarines movie synopsis: ULTRAMARINES is a tense sci-fi action thriller set in the 41st milleneum, when the galaxy is burning and there is nothing but war. Mankind's sole defence against the lurking alien races are the Space Marines, genetically enhanced super-warriors, for whom loyallty to their emperor is all. The most fearless chapter of this mighty army is the Ultramarines.

Based on the internationally successful futuristic tableI-top war strategy game, WARHAMMER 40, 000, ULTRAMARINES uses state-of-the-art facial capture technology and stunning CGI animation to bring powerfully to life the Space Marines characters and their adversaries. With a voice cast led by Terence Stamp (Superman, Valkyrie), John Hurt (Alien, Hellboy) and Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon, Dog Soldiers), this is the first-ever feature length movie interpretation of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

9 is a Sci-Fi action-packed adventure animated film based on Acker's Academy Award-nominated 2004 short film of the same name. The screenplay for the feature is by Pamela Pettler (Monster House); directors Tim Burton (Beetlejuice) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) are among the feature version’s producers. Starring: Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, Christopher Plummer. The film is set to be released by Focus Features on September 09, 2009.

The time is the too-near future. Powered and enabled by the invention known as the Great Machine, the world’s machines have turned on mankind and sparked social unrest, decimating the human population before being largely shut down.

But as our world fell to pieces, a mission began to salvage the legacy of civilization; a group of small creations was given the spark of life by a scientist in the final days of humanity, and they continue to exist post-apocalypse. Another of their own, #9 (voiced by Elijah Wood), emerges and displays leadership qualities that may help them survive and possibly even thrive. The conflicted but resilient tribe already includes #1 (Christopher Plummer), a domineering war veteran and the group’s longtime leader; #2 (Martin Landau), a kindly but now-frail inventor; #3 and #4, scholarly twins who communicate nonverbally and mostly with each other; #5 (John C. Reilly), a stalwart and nurturing engineer; #6 (Crispin Glover), an erratic artist beset by visions; #7 (Jennifer Connelly), a brave and self-sufficient warrior; and #8 (Fred Tatasciore), the none-too-bright muscle and enforcer for #1.

With their group so few, these “stitchpunk” creations must summon individual strengths well beyond their own proportions in order to outwit and fight against still-functioning machines, one of which is a marauding mechanized beast. In the darkness just before the dawn, #9 rallies everyone of his number to band together.

While showcasing a stunning “steampunk”-styled visual brilliance, 9 dynamically explores the will to live, the power of community and how one soul can change the world.