ACF 840: Live Event at Premiere of GANTZ in Hollywood on January 20th, 2011

All GANTZ Images © Hiroya Oku/Shueisha © 2011 "GANTZ" Film Partners

NEW PEOPLE ANNOUNCES A THEATRICAL LIVE EVENT FOR PREMIERE OF SCI-FI THRILLER – GANTZ – IN HOLLYWOOD, CA ON JANUARY 20th

Kinetic Sci-Fi Live-Action Film Based On Hit Anime/Manga Series Screens
At Mann’s Chinese 6 And Will Include Rare In-Person Cast Interviews

NEW PEOPLE, a dynamic entertainment company that brings the latest examples of Japanese popular culture to North American shores, will present a very special theatrical event to celebrate the premiere of GANTZ across North America on Thursday, January 20th. Mann’s Chinese 6, located in the Hollywood & Highland Mall in the heart of Hollywood, CA, will host the film’s theatrical premiere in a gala screening beginning at 5:00pm.

Audiences are invited to join Otaku USA Editor-in-Chief Patrick Macias immediately following the screening as he leads an insightful discussion session on GANTZ and conducts in-person interviews with several cast members. Seating for the Mann’s Chinese 6 screening is limited to 400 seats, so the opportunity to purchase tickets to the event will be awarded through a drawing. For a better chance to win, enter as soon as you can at www.gantzmovies.com. Winners will be notified promptly via email and will have the opportunity to purchase tickets for $15.00 each. All movie attendees will also receive a special GANTZ t-shirt.

Kenichi Matsuyama stars in GANTZ

In addition, GANTZ also will make its U.S. premiere in 334 movie theaters in an exclusive one-night-only event presented by NCM Fathom, Dark Horse Comics, and NEW PEOPLE on Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. MT / 8:30 p.m. PT (tape delayed). Tickets (for all locations except Hollywood, CA) are available at participating theater box offices and online at http://www.fathomevents.com/. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, please visit the web site (theaters and participants are subject to change).

And the good people at New York -Tokyo are giving away 5 pairs of tickets! For more on the premiere and your chance to win tickets, click here, but do it right away, as the deadline to be eligible is Sunday, January 16th at midnight.

GANTZ (English dubbed) is based on a hit manga series created by Hiroya Oku and tells the story of childhood friends Kei Kurono and Masaru Kato, who are accidentally killed while trying to save another man’s life. Rather than find themselves in the hereafter, however, they awaken in a strange apartment in which they find a mysterious black orb they come to know as “GANTZ.” Along with similar abductees, they are provided with equipment and weaponry and manipulated into playing a kind of game in which they are sent back out to the greater world to do battle with alien beings, all while never quite knowing whether this game is an illusion or their new reality.

About NEW PEOPLE
Based in San Francisco, California, NEW PEOPLE offers the latest films, art, fashion and retail brands from Japan through its unique entertainment destination as well as licensing and distribution of selective Japanese films. NEW PEOPLE strives to offer the most entertaining motion pictures straight from the "Kingdom of Pop" for audiences of all ages, especially the manga and anime generation, in North America. Some titles include DEATH NOTE, KAMIKAZE GIRLS, and THE TASTE OF TEA. For more information about films, please visit www.viz-pictures.com. Learn more about NEW PEOPLE in San Francisco, at http://www.newpeopleworld.com/.