Before “Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve” releases next month, fans of Bandai Namco Entertainment’s classic fighter-pilot video game franchise have a few weeks of backstory to brush up on via live-action prequel project “Hour Zero.”
\n\nLaunching its first episode Tuesday, the four-installment short film is a first-of-its-kind project for the video game studio, which will reveal the plot going into the upcoming eighth “Ace Combat” game.
\n\nPer Bandai Namco Entertainment America’s description for “Hour Zero”: “Three strangers survive the opening days of the Republic of Sotoa’s invasion of the Federation of Central Usea. Josh Holloway stars as a pilot with nowhere to land, Brandon Routh as a doctor who saved his enemy, and Tamlyn Tomita as a news anchor silenced for telling the truth. Told in reverse and grounded in the family lives of its three leads, their stories count down to the moment when their normal lives were shattered and war began. Their story sets the stage for the narrative players will experience in the deep, engaging Campaign Mode in ‘Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.’”
\n\nThe project was produced when “Ace Combat 8″ was already relatively far into the game development process, and Holloway had some questions…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/