Ultramarines (cartoon)

The start of production of Ultramarines was first announced ^[5] at Games Day 2009 in Birmingham .

The film is being developed by England- based Codex Pictures ^[6] under the Games Workshop license, in partnership with Good Story Productions Ltd ^[7] and POP6 Studios ^[8] , based in Montreal .

Ultramarines use the technology of creating facial animations ^[9] , developed by Image Metrics ^[10] . It has previously been used in projects such as Grand Theft Auto IV , Assassin's Creed II , NBA 2K10 , Black Eyed Peas' music video for the song “ Boom Boom Pow ” and the Harry Potter movie and the Order of the Phoenix .

In 2006, the New York Times described Image Metrics technology as “a technology for recording the soul” ^[11] .

A short teaser sequence showcasing ^[12] the detail and treatment likely to be employed in the final movie was released on Saturday 29 May 2010, on the official movie website and simultaneously at the MCM Expo at ExCeL London . ^[13] .

The story unfolds around one of the newcomers to the full Space Marines of the Order of the Ultramarines - Battle Brother Proteus. He and several other Space Marines had just been initiated into the Adeptus Astartes full Space Marines and formed the Ultima strike detachment under the command of the Captain of the 2nd Company of Severius and Apothecary of Pifol. Space marines swear an oath on the sacred relic of Rota - an ancient thunder hammer, called the Hammer of Macragg , pronouncing the battle cry of the detachment: "We fight for Macragg, and we do not know fear!"

The first task of the Ultima squad is the Sacred Planet Mitron, where the Temple of the Emperor is under the protection of Space Marines of the 5th Company of the Order of Imperial Fists. Upon arrival on the planet, Proteus senses something inexplicable, as if the enemies were watching him and his comrades. The only one who believes Proteus is the apothecary Pitholus, who took the lights of St. Elm on the banner of the order carried by the soldiers for an unkind sign. Captain Severius rejects all suspicions and orders to follow forward.

On the way to the castle, where the surviving Imperial Fists allegedly took refuge, the Ultramarines meet the battlefield defiled by Chaos, and then encounter the Black Legion fighters - the once Space Marines of the Moonwolf Legion, corrupted by Chaos and become apostates after the Horus Heresy. Having lost several fighters, the Ultramarines still get to the castle, where the alarm comes from. There, they encounter the immense power of the Demon of Chaos of the Indivisible, which, almost ignoring the heavy fire of a dozen bolters and the blows of a chain sword, grabs Captain Severius and breaks into the abyss with him. Now Proteus commands the squad, since he is the only one who reminded the Ultramarines of their duty to find the source of the signal and find survivors.

In one of the premises of the castle Ultramarines find the only two Imperial Fists who survived from the 5th Company - Brother Nidon, the guardian of the shrine, and Chaplain Karnak. They explain that they were guarding the sacred book Liber Mitrus , which was once handed over to the Fists by the God Emperor of Mankind, for which the forces of Chaos now arrived, but cannot explain how they themselves managed to survive in a temple more than a month ago captured by demons. Proteus decides to pick up the book and take it to Macragg, the home planet and the Ultramarine Monastery Fortress. When retreating, the Space Marines are subjected to a massive attack by the Black Legion; during the battle, the wounded captain Severius appears and leads his squad for a breakthrough. The landing ship "Storm Hawk" shells the landing site, and then picks up the surviving paratroopers on the Assault Cruiser.

On board the Attack Cruiser, Proteus informs Severius and Pytholus of his suspicions about the inexplicable salvation of the two Imperial Fists and their somewhat strange behavior. The captain and Proteus immediately went to the armory, where the Fists were located, to check what kind of book they brought with them. But, having opened it, he and the rest of the space marines see that the pages are empty. Fists admit that their nervousness was caused precisely by the disappearance of inscriptions in the shrine, the fear that the corruption of Chaos had affected it. However, the Captain accuses Kulakov of heresy; the banner of the detachment brought by the newcomer, the standard bearer, on which the lights of Saint Elm reappeared, also exerts a reinforcing effect. Severius kills Karnak and stuns Nidon. However, the newcomer Ultramarine notes with surprise that even after the murder of the heretic psyker, the lights did not disappear. Having weakened, the Captain breaks off, beats the Ultramarines, and then grabbing Proteus by the throat says that they had long planned an attack on Mitron in order to lure the space marines to save the shrine, and Karnak and Nidon were needed only as a distracting maneuver. The standard bearer who has come to himself pushes the possessed Captain out of the weaponry, but dies. Proteus, Nidon and Verenor run along the corridors and see the seriously wounded Pytholus, who says that the demon is in the relic of the Shock Cruiser.

The ship is preparing to jump into the Warp with a demon on board. Surviving Space Marines find the demon in the Reliquary Hall, where the Hammer of Macragga stands. The demon, assuming his true guise, uses the forces of Chaos to “manifest” the texts of prayers on the pages of the book, which is the Gate of the Warp. There is very little time left before the ship leaves for Macragg; the demon kills almost all the paratroopers and takes Proteus captive, intending to take on his appearance instead of the uncovered mask of Severus, seducing the paratrooper with promises of honor and glory. While preparing the ritual, the demon mockingly thanks Proteus for involuntary assistance in the implementation of his plan - to destroy the whole Rota Kulakov, leaving a couple of fighters alive to get the Ultramarines who came to the aid with the portal book and opening the gate to the Warp, to call from there reinforcements to destroy with them one of the best orders of the Space Marine, and with it to conquer the most powerful stronghold of the Imperium in the Ultima Segmentum, occupying more than half of the galaxy. However, Pifol, who came to the rescue at the cost of his life, gives Proteus time to take the Hammer of Macragg and give a worthy rebuff to the Demon. Proteus grabs the sacred hammer and slams the demon with it, destroying his body and expelling the soul to Warp, and the portal book disappears with it. Proteus realizes that he allowed the demon to enter the ship and disturbed the peace of the holy relic, but Verenor assures him that the Order will find out the whole truth about what happened.

Time passes. Proteus and Verenor, already Veterans-Sergeants of the Order, receive converts of paratroopers in the relics of Shock Cruiser. Like Severus, Proteus praises the Hammer of Macragg above his head, pronouncing the battle cry of the Ultima squad: “We fight for Macragg, and we do not know fear!” Ultramarines are waiting for new battles for the glory of the Emperor.

• Sean the Victims ^[2] - Brother Proteus
• Stephen Weddington ^[14] - Brother Verenor
• Donald Sumpter ^[15] - Apothecary Pifol
• John Hurt ^[3] - Chaplain Karnak
• Terence Stump ^[1] - Captain Severius
• Ben Bishop ^[16] - Sergeant Krastor / Brother Junor / Brother Remulus
• Christopher Finney ^[17] - Borean Brother / Fallen Brother / Chaos Space Marine
• Harry Martin - Brother Decius / Brother Hypax / Brother Maxillius
• Johnny Harris ^[18] - Brother Nidon

The Ultramarines script was written ^{[19] by} Dan Abnett ^[20] . Abnet wrote over 25 books for the Black Library , including the Ghosts of Gaunt series, the Inquisitor trilogy, her Ravenor spin-offs, and, not so long ago, three books of the Horus Heresy series: the first book of the Horus Rise series "," Legion "and" Prospero on Fire . " Abnett also regularly works on comics 2000 AD ^[21] , Marvel Comics ^[22] and DC Comics ^[23] . In addition, the first three books of HarperCollins ' ^[24] , the new sci-fi horror cycle The Evil Robot, have recently been released ^[25] .

The director of the film is Martin Peak ^[26] , mentioned in the credits of the 2009 film Era of Nonsense ^[27] , where he was an animation director; London 2012 ^[28] , a film approved by Film London and the London Development Agency, first shown at the Beijing Olympics; and at the BBC competition for the promotion of the European Football Championship 2004 . The peak was chosen by the director of the Ultramarines for his rare gift of combining video and animation, and for the picturesqueness of his films ^[29] .

Producer Bob Thompson ^[30] is known as the co-author of the popular Bionicles for Lego and the producer of the film Bionicle , which has received many awards. Thompson founded the company Good Story Productions, which creates television and video products for various platforms. He previously worked at the BBC and BBC Worldwide . In an interview in late 2009, Bob said: ^[31]

Of the options for transferring the 40,000 Warhammer universe to the screens, we chose the option of transferring a board game to a movie. Our team of art artists and designers used a huge amount of material provided by Games Workshop and Forge World . We are sure that every detail of the film will be as realistic as possible.

David Kearney ^[32] , producer of Ultramarines and head of development at Codex Pictures Ltd, has extensive experience working with art studios, including working title , Zenith, Universal Pictures , 20th Century Fox . He also participated in the work on the film " Bionicle " for Lego .

Roddy McManus , co-producer of Ultramarines, head of the creative department of Pop6 Studios, has extensive experience working as a producer, director and screenwriter of films, on television and in multimedia. He has held key management positions at Discreet Logic, Softimage , Microsoft and The National Film Board of Canada . McManus began his career as a musician, recording music for CBS / Sony BMG Music Entertainment .

Dan Fawcett ^[33] , Head of Story ^[34] , is a storyboard artist with more than one hundred movie and TV credits, including the original Bionicle trilogy of DVDs, Space Jam and the X-Men TV series.

Alexander Lentiez ^[35] , Line Producer and Post Production Supervisor ^[36] , has worked as animation producer, director and stereographer on international animated feature films and television productions.

On October 8, 2010, it was announced that the film would be distributed exclusively in a limited edition collector's edition on DVDs worth $ 39.98, € 31.75, or $ 25.99. The sales start date was announced on November 29, 2010 ^[37] . Package Includes:

• An illustrated 32-page hardcover novel, Hard Choices (What happened on Algol? ). By Dan Abnett , illustration by David Roach . Only in English .
• The Legacy is about moving the Warhammer 40,000 universe to screens.
• The battle diagram ( The Blueprint for Battle ) - about creating scripts for the film.
• Branch ( The Squad ) - about the actors.
• The Art of War - Design and art work on the first film in the 40,000 Warhammer universe.
• The Soundscape is about sound effects and music.

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