MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures will release Cloud Atlas, the star-studded adaptation of David Mitchell‘s novel on 26 October.
Talking on the film‘s release Warner Bros co-distribution chief Dan Fellman said, "Audiences who have seen an early screening of Cloud Atlas have been elated by its powerful and inspiring story, as well as its breathtaking visuals."
Bioth Fellman, Warhner Bros. president of domestic distribution and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, president of international distribution disclosed that the studio has acquired rights to distribute the film the UK, France, Spain, Australia and Japan where it will be released early next year.
The film, that stars Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon, Keith David, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw, James D‘Arcy and Zhou Xun, got a positive reception when it was shown to foreign buyers at the recent Cannes Film Festival.
Atlas will be released in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland by X-Filme-Verleih; in China by Dreams of the Dragon Pictures; in Hong Kong by Media Asia Group; in Singapore and Malaysia by Ascension Pictures; in Korea by Bloomage Co.; in Taiwan by Long Shong Group; in Russia and Eastern Europe by A Company; and in other territories through Focus Features International.