Created by Tom Hanks. With Tom Hanks, Paul Scheer, Chad L. A view of the future of civilization, presented through the lens of provocative themes such as energy consumption, freedom of information, crime and punishment. Well, Tom Hanks has a new noirish online series, Electric City, and its kinda like that. Hanks, who wrote and created the series, also voices the main character. Hanks, who wrote and created the series, also voices the main character. Tom Hanks, Producer: Cast Away. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed Fraga, was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom Hankss Electric City is the kind of postapocalyptic story in which dystopian scifi is a vehicle for nostalgia. If Tom Hanks seems a little more animated than usual on lately, there's good reason. Hanks's latest venture, the animated series Electric City, had its. Electric City is a thoughtprovoking and engaging series and we are thrilled to be partnering with Playtone and Reliance Entertainment to bring Tom Hanks' vision to the world on Yahoo! for the first time, said Ross Levinsohn, EVP Americas, Yahoo. Yahoo has picked Tom Hanks' longindevelopment animated web series Electric City as its first original scripted series, the company announced on. Tom Hanks talks about the creation of Electric City, an animated series that will be shown on Yahoo, and which is shaped from his colorful memories of scifi culture past and sometimes dark imagination of events to come. Actor, producer Tom Hanks' futuristic, animated series Electric City will premiere on Yahoo Spring 2012. Written by Hanks, the series is set in a city situated in a postapocalyptic world, with socially conscious themes and topics including energy consumption. Electric City Teaser Online Tom Hanks' new web show The embrace of the mighty information superhighway as a portal for distribution by bigname talents continues to gather in talent. Tom Hanks Electric City Debuts on Yahoo Today Hanks' 90minute, 20episode series is being touted as a firstofitskind, 360degree online interaction of digital, social, mobile and. Earlier this year, we brought you the news that Tom Hanks would be bringing an original creation to Yahoo! in the form of the companys first ever scripted series, Electric City. Electric City is an interesting animated web series created by Tom Hanks and available for free on Yahoo! Released in July 2012, this postapocalyptic, dystopian series contains 20 short episodes (approx 5 mins each, with a total running time of 90 mins). The latest Tweets from Electric City (@ElectricCityAMP). , Playtone Reliance Entertainment present Electric City an animated series created by and starring Tom Hanks Tom Hanks produces and voices a character in ELECTRIC CITY, a new interactive web series on Yahoo! that was written by Hanks Facebook Messenger Click the button below and wait for a. Electric City, is a thought provoking 20 episode web series created by Tom Hanks. The interwoven storylines and vivid animation combine with a compelling score to. NEW YORK Tom Hanks' long gestating Web series is coming to Yahoo. Electric City is an animated futuristic series that Hanks has been developing for years. The series of 20 episodes each. The world of Electric City is not derived from the imagination of Tom Hanks, or any other entertainment entity for that matter. Sustainable development, green cities, population controls, energy and carbon credits, are all a part of the UNs Agenda 21, a program which has been under development for years and whose proponents would see. videos Play all Electric City Noreen's Kitchen Tom Hanks Says Clint Eastwood Treats Actors Like Horses Duration: 3: 26. Jimmy Kimmel Live 3, 118, 511 views And with that, Tom Hanks introduced Co. Create and a small group of other journalists this week to Electric City, his ambitious animated series on Yahoo. But I didnt want to do a spoof. Electric City, is a thought provoking 20episode web series created by Tom Hanks. The interwoven storylines and vivid animation combine with a compelling score to. Metacritic Game Reviews, Electric City: A New Dawn for iPhoneiPad, Build. THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE AWARD WINNING ANIMATED SERIES TOM HANKS ELECTRIC CITY Electric City: A New Da The actorproducers new project, Electric City, is science fiction for the Internet, but has very real implications for Hollywood. Tom Hanks long gestating Web series is coming to Yahoo. Electric City, an animated futuristic series Hanks has been developing for years, will premiere on Yahoo this spring. The series includes 20 episodes, each three or fourminutes long. The 'Electric City' can exist in our minds and as long as that quest for the control of information is still at risk, we'll have something we can create and delight ourselves in. Movies Tom Hanks Tom Hanks Electric City is a postpost apocalyptic tale where all the things we took for granted like, say, the Internet dont exist anymore and electricity is the new God. LAS VEGASElectric City is the latest Tom Hanks animated adventure, but it leaves behind the madcap buddy antics of Toy Story's Woody and Buzz Lightyear for a futuristic utopia with dark. Tom Hanks is making a web series. Dave Itzkoff at the New York Times broke the news late last week that the person in possession of one of the entertainment industrys most crowded mantels will release an animated, postapocalyptic, episodic online program in early 2011. In a Buzzsugar interview, Tom Hanks has said that he first came up with the idea in 2003, written on a portable typewriter. After web series started getting popular, he decided it was time to. Electric City, is a thought provoking 20 episode web series created by Tom Hanks. The interwoven storylines and vivid animation combine with a compelling score to that will immerse you into. The first trailer for Electric City, Yahoos longawaited collaboration with Tom Hanks and his production company Playtone, has just debuted. Electric City is the creation of Tom Hanks, one of Hollywoods most acclaimed Alisters. His animated, dystopian future follows the survivors of cataclysmic events and how three to four generations later theyve rebuilt their society. TOM HANKS ELECTRIC CITY HD Exclusive Download content: The App offers multiple sections where users can stream or download the 20 episode animation series and the exclusive graphic novels. Learn more about the intricate characters, and go behind the scenes to. Electric City, is a thought provoking 20 episode web series created by Tom Hanks. The interwoven storylines and vivid animation combine with a compelling score to that will immerse you into the world of the Electric City. 'Electric City the first narrativebased animated series to stream exclusively on Yahoo! , will be produced by Tom Hanks who will also voice the show's main character. are partnering on a project called Electric City, which sounds like a place I might hang out. Set in a futuristic society, Electric City is a new 90 minute actionpacked scifi adventure series, and marks Yahoo! s first foray into original scripted programming. Venerable search enginehomepagemedia company Yahoo has announced that Oscar winning actor and nice dude Tom Hanks will be streaming an original, scripted sci Tom Hanks has decided to be one of the first, signing on to produce and star in netbased animated scifi series Electric City. The series will run for 90 minutes via various Yahoo services and. Last Tuesday, Tom Hanks new animated web series Electric City has launched via entertainment portal (formerly web search giant) Yahoo. The show is written by Hanks himself and also features his voice as lead character Cleveland Carr. Electric City is an awardwinning, animated, postapocalyptic, science fiction, web series published through Yahoo! It was released July 17, 2012 and for now contains 20 short episodes totaling 90 minutes in length. Cleveland Carr is a grid operative who lives in Electric City. Cleveland was approached by Ruth Orwell to eliminate the recently released Vernon Smalls. Cleveland traveled to Vernon's home and during the outage of power to his home, attacked and killed him..