Ubisoft have recently released a new trailer which brings together, and details connections between the upcoming short film “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha” and the upcoming video game “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier”. Alpha is the 25-minute prequel film to the video game, and follows the Ghosts as they are dropped deep behind enemy lines in order to eliminate one of the worlds most sought-after war criminals. The Ghost Recon Alpha film will premiere on the 13th May through the Uplay.com service, and will be available to own on DVD as part of the Ghost Recon Future Soldier Collectors Edition.
For those who want a brief summary of the links:
- Characters: The main four characters in the movie are the same four playable characters in the video game.
- Storyline: The movie takes place immediately before a key turning point in the video game’s storyline, a vicious attack against a major European city.
- Location: the location where the movie takes place will be one of the multiplayer maps available in the adversarial mode of the video game.
- Exclusive unlock: a secret code is also hidden in the movie, enabling access via Ghost Recon Network to an exclusive weapon unlock playable in Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
The film was directed by Academy Award winners Hervé de Crécy and François Alaux and produced by Rhea Scott for Little Minx, a Ridley Scott & Associates company. The following blurb from the press-release details a number of other members of the team who contributed to this film:
Tim Sexton, 2010 Academy Award nominee for Children of Men, and Gregory Pruss wrote the gripping script. The film was shot by District 9 cinematographer Trent Opaloch; edited by Pietro Scalia, two time Academy Award winner for Black Hawk Down and JFK; with sound effects and sound effects editing by Per Hallberg, two time Academy Award winner for The Bourne Ultimatum and Braveheart as well as Michael Mann’s Heat; production design by Jan Roelfs (Gattaca, Alexander; and costume design by Sammy Sheldon (V for Vendetta, Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, Black Hawk Down). Military Weapons Specialist Harry Humphries, consultant on such notable action films such as Transformers, Thor, Iron Man and Armageddon, ensured that the futuristic weaponry in the film was entirely realistic.
