Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) today announced that Jackie Chan’s latest action film, CZ12 (Release date: December 20, 2012), will be mixed and released in Dolby® Atmos™, the new audio platform that revolutionizes the experience of sound in entertainment.
“I
am very excited to
adopt Dolby Atmos, the latest innovation in cinema sound, for my 101st film
project,” said Jackie Chan, internationally
acclaimed actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. “For decades, I’ve been working to perfect
every aspect of my movies,
from the stunts and action sequences to storytelling and production. Dolby
Atmos has proven to be a powerful tool that helps us achieve excellence and
bring CZ12 to life with the most lifelike and immersive
sound possible.”
CZ12 will be mixed in Dolby Atmos at MBS Studios in Hong Kong by widely
acclaimed and multiple award-winning sound designer and sound mixer Kinson
Tsang. “There is no doubt that Dolby Atmos has added a new dimension to
storytelling, allowing the unparalleled creative control over the placement and
movement of sounds,” said Kinson Tsang. “Whether Jackie is in a high-speed car
chase on the highway or being pursued through a forest by a swarm of bees,
Dolby Atmos allows me to draw the audience right into the action.”
“We
are both thrilled and honored that Jackie Chan has selected Dolby Atmos for his
latest action thriller,
CZ12,” said Mike
Chao, Managing Director, Greater China, Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby Atmos offers
filmmakers a completely new level of creative freedom in storytelling. It brings a more natural and
realistic soundtrack that matches the stunning visual effects today and in the
future. In CZ12, Dolby Atmos will transport audiences directly into Jackie Chan’s latest adventure.”
CZ12 is written, directed, and produced by
martial-arts veteran Jackie Chan, who also stars in the film as an adventurous
treasure hunter traveling around the globe to recover stolen Chinese national
treasures. The film is a production of China Hero (Asia) Ltd.
Jackie and
JJ International Limited is handling the film’s worldwide
distribution, including the Taiwan and Singapore markets. Emperor Motion
Pictures is handling distribution for the Hong Kong and Macau markets; Huayi Brothers
Media Corporation is handling distribution in the Mainland China market.
About CZ12
Megastar
Jackie Chan returns triumphantly to the action genre with CZ12, in which he
plays a modern-day
treasure hunter who is tracking down the missing pieces of the 12 zodiac bronze
heads—real-life national treasures stolen from China in the 19th century during
an Anglo-French invasion. This
spectacular new adventure takes Jackie from the chateaux and vineyards of
France and the hidden dangers of a jungle on a South Seas island to the terrors
of a fight in free fall above an active volcano. CZ12 will be released in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan,
Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore theatres on December 20, 2012.
About Dolby Atmos
Dolby
Atmos brings a powerful new listening experience to the cinema with more
natural, realistic sound that truly envelops the audience. It is an end-to-end
solution that helps mixers, studios, and distributors dramatically improve the
audio experience. The Dolby Atmos platform makes it easy for content creators
to create immersive soundscapes, and it ensures the best possible audience
experience, regardless of theatre configuration or the number of speakers.
Hollywood
studios including Disney/Pixar (Brave), Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks
Animation (Rise of the Guardians), Twentieth Century Fox (Taken 2, Chasing
Mavericks, Life of Pi),
and Warner Bros. (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) have adopted the
Dolby Atmos format, increasing the count of 2012 Dolby Atmos titles to six.
In 2013,
three Hollywood studio titles, including Gravity and Pacific Rim from
Warner Bros. and Star Trek into Darkness from Paramount Pictures, are
already scheduled to receive the Dolby Atmos treatment, with additional studio
titles to follow.
International
movie productions are currently in the works or will be started in 2013 by
movie studios in China, France, Germany, India, Korea, Spain, and the United
Kingdom.
Acclaimed
Singapore director Jack Neo’s Ah Boys to Men and renowned
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang’s 1942
were recently
released in Dolby Atmos. Jackie Chan’s CZ12, celebrated Chinese director Andrew Lau’s The Guillotines, and famous Chinese director Jing Wong’s The Last Tycoon join the growing list of
international titles soon to be released.
