Cannes Film Festival

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Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit

“Think Avatar meets Tron, set in beautiful 3D animation.” Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit is a 13-minute animated sci-fi adventure short that was featured at the inaugural Animation Day in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The story follows Commander Nick Morgan (John Cho) — an intelligence agent from an evil version of America in an alternate universe. His government, known as “The Ascendancy,” has attacked and enslaved eleven other Earths and has its sights set on our world as their next target. Nick spent his childhood secretly learning of the freedom in other Americas from his grandfather, Tobias Morgan, and struggles to fulfill the deadly goals of his leaders. Now, after stealing an advanced vehicle prototype and his A.I. companion Atlas (Lance Reddick), Nick seeks out the leaders of a former rebellion known as The Futurists. He’s followed by a security


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