" Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts" Premieres at This Year's Napa Valley Film Festival

Halo-8 Entertainment send us some news regarding their upcoming documentary " Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts", which is about comic book writer Warren Ellis. He's the creator of the comic book "Red", which was adapted into a full length feature that was in theaters last year. The film is slated to have its premiere at this year's Napa Valley Film Festival, which is running from November 9th -13th. Halo-8 Entertainment has also has scheduled the film for a winter 2012 theatrical release.

Press Release:

Napa Valley Film Festival has announced the documentary WARREN ELLIS: CAPTURED GHOSTS, featuring Academy Award-winner Dame Helen Mirren (THE QUEEN), Stoya (adult film star), Joss Whedon (director upcoming THE AVENGERS), Will Wheaton (STAR TREK), Brea Grant (HEROES, DEXTER, writer Suicide Girls comic), Claudio Sanchez (Coheed & Cambria), Joe Quesada (Chief Creative Officer, Marvel Entertainment), Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy), Ben Templesmith (illustrator 30 Days of Night), Patton Oswalt (RATATOUILLE), and a Warren Ellis Muppet (!) in the film about comic book writer / futurist / novelist / alt-culture thinker / philsopher Warren Ellis (whose comic book RED was adapted into Summit Entertainment's Bruce Willis blockbuster last year), will premiere at the festival's inaugural run November 9th - 13th. The premiere was first hinted at by director Patrick Meaney (GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS) during the film's packed San Diego Comic Con panel. Distributor/co-producer Halo-8 Entertainment has slated the film for a winter 2012 theatrical release.

"Patrick Meaney and Jordan Rennert have an uncanny ability to tell the stories of cultural visionaries like Warren Ellis and Grant Morrison whose work serves as an epicenter of influence that expands to higher-profile mainstream innovators and subtly changes the world," said Halo-8 president Matt Pizzolo, who also served as co-producer on the film. "It's really exciting that the Napa Valley Film Festival is championing this film and presenting Warren's work and persona to a larger audience."

CAPTURED GHOSTS features the most extensive interview ever given by Ellis, whose groundbreaking body of work includes comic books Planetary, Transmetropolitan, Iron Man: Extremis, FreakAngels, The Authority and novel Crooked Little Vein. Spanning from his first memory watching the moon landing as a child to the recent boffo success of RED (which starred Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban, John Malkovich, Mary Louise-Parker), Ellis' acerbic wit and core belief in humanity come across like never before... revealing the unique point of view that has made him such a pivotal and influential figure to his massive audience of artists, journalists, scientists, and fans.

Said Marc Lhormer, who co-founded the festival with Brenda Lhormer, "We are extremely pleased to be premiering this fascinating documentary at the Napa Valley Film Festival, where it will get enthusiastic attention, and where we’ll be hosting the filmmakers at a panel discussion with the audience. This is a special event for filmmakers and film lovers alike."

Produced by Patrick Meaney and Jordan Rennert through their Respect Films banner in association with Halo-8 Entertainment and SequArt Publishing, WARREN ELLIS: CAPTURED GHOSTS is the follow-up to Meaney's 2010 GRANT MORRISON: TALKING WITH GODS docu which Variety said "will intrigue the previously unconverted" and Wired called "an instant classic."

"Napa Valley Film Festival looks like one of the most exciting film events of the year," said Meaney, "and I'm thrilled that Captured Ghosts is a part of the inaugural festival."

The inaugural Napa Valley Film Festival plans to present more than 60 new films, including narrative features, foreign films, studio sneak previews, documentaries, short films, and student works. Discussion panels with industry executives, Q&A sessions with the filmmakers, wine tasting and culinary demonstrations, opening and closing night festivities, awards ceremonies, VIP reception