From the mind of Will.i.am comes a futuristic zombie thriller that mixes L.A. Gang culture, B-Boy-ism and Egyptology to tell the heroic tale of a Hip-Hop group from East L.A.
Story
With a deep love of the Hip-Hop culture, Zulu-X and his crew go head-to-head with a nefarious ancient order that has infiltrated the inner cities to settle an ancient score. What happens next can only be described as the perfect blend of action, ancient wisdom and street-smarts all rolled into one epic adventure. Boasting one of the most eclectic ensemble cast of characters, Masters of the Sun delivers a powerful social allegory in the form of a new movement…#stayWOKE!!!
The Comic Book
The Augumented Reality App
Masters of the Sun’s augmented reality app brings the graphic novel to life with an innovative multimedia experience blending voice acting, sound effects and a full score. Each page includes animated text or graphics that come to life just by holding the mobile device over each page of the graphic novel providing users nearly 90 minutes of content. The animated graphics are notably vibrant, strong and eye-catching, and a high profile voice cast helps brings the story to life.
The app features voice acting by a roster of stars including Mary J. Blige, Rosario Dawson, Jaden Smith, and many others. The narrator is none other than legendary Marvel icon Stan Lee. The score is co-produced by both Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am and Academy Award winning composer, Hans Zimmer (“The Dark Knight,” “The Lion King”).
Stan Lee on the AR app
“This is so exciting, I wish I was about 70 years younger so I could grow up with this because what this is going to look like in another couple of generations… I can’t even imagine.”
Writers: will.i.am & Benjamin Jackendoff
Produced by: apl.de.ap, TABOO, will.i.am
Executive Production: Polo Molina, Sara Ramaker
Artist: Damion Scott
Colorist: Sigmund Torre
Letters/ Design: A Lager World Studios’, Dave Lanphear
Consultant: Jim Krueger
Color Assists: Takako Sono
Based on an original story by: will.i.am & Nir Studnitski
Package/ Logo design: Eddie Axley, Cody Achter, Po Wang, Monika Arechavala
Cover Art: will.i.am, Pasha Shapiro, Erik Weber, Eddie Axley, Cody Achter
Augmented Reality Extension
The voice cast for the Augmented Reality version includes:
Narrator – Stan Lee
Master Sun – Rakim
Polo – Jaden Smith
Saleem – Jamie Foxx
Malik – Charlamagne Tha God
Lady Nix – Queen Latifah
Big Ap – Common
Apep – Jason Isaacs
Emeritis – Mary J Blige
Agent Hughes – Rosario Dawson
Secret Agent – Ice T
DJ Eddie Flip – Slick Rick
Sonny – Raekwon Jay Jay – Redman
Zulu X – KRS One
Jimmy Guapo – Michael Rapaport
Tyrone – Snoop Dogg
Amun Ra – John DiMaggio
Amari Jones – Flavor Flav
Sound design by:
Hans Zimmer
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