NEW YORK – July 19, 2013 – Metallica debuted their official trailer and poster in front of thousands of fans today at Comicon 2013 for their groundbreaking 3-D motion picture event, Metallica Through the Never. The feature film combines an action-filled narrative, dazzling pyrotechnics, the most elaborate indoor performance stage ever built and imagery drawn from the band’s trailblazing iconography. The story follows a young roadie (Dane DeHaan) through a terrifying post-apocalyptic urban streetscape as Metallica delivers a roaring live set created exclusively for the film that mirrors the destruction and chaos of his journey. Due to the high anticipation of the film, advance ticket sales begin this evening at Fandango.com and ThroughTheNeverMovie.com.
Metallica Through The Never is written and directed by Nimród Antal and produced by Charlotte Huggins (Journey to the Center of the Earth). The film will be released by Picturehouse in North America on September 27, 2013, exclusively in over 300 IMAX® 3-D theaters, and will expand into additional theaters on October 4, 2013.
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About Metallica
Formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica have become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 110 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They have scored several multi-platinum albums, including 1991’s Metallica (commonly referred to as “The Black Album”), which is the best selling album in history of Soundscan scanning 16 million albums in the United States alone. Their latest album, Death Magnetic, was certified platinum just six weeks after it debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 Album chart in October 2008. Death Magnetic charted at #1 in 32 countries. Metallica have also garnered numerous awards and accolades, including nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009. The band recently celebrated its 30th-Anniversary with a week’s worth of fan club concerts at the Fillmore Theater in San Francisco, CA. In 2012, they announced the launch of Orion Music + More, an annual two-day festival curated and headlined by the band. This past summer, Metallica unveiled a brand new stage in Mexico City that featured iconic elements that spanned its 30-year career. They played eight shows to nearly 180,000 fans at the Sports Arena in Mexico City. On June 8th and 9th Metallica will host the second annual Orion Music + More in Detroit, Michigan at Belle Isle.
