Graphic Novel Hero Film SPARKS Announced for DVD

Image Entertainment, an RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand, brings you Sparks, the origin of masked vigilante Ian Sparks, available on DVD and digital download March 18, 2014. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel, the film is directed by Christopher Folino (The Troll, Gamers) and Todd Burrows.

Starring Chase Williamson (John Dies at the End), Ashley Bell (The Last Exorcism), Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption), Clint Howard (How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Jake Busey (Starship Troopers), and William Katt (The Greatest American Hero), Sparks will be available on DVD for an SRP $27.97.

After a radioactive meteor strikes Earth, a genetically altered group, known as The Rochester 13, gain astonishing, superhuman powers. Ian Sparks (Williamson) doesn’t feel remotely super… but after his parents’ death, he throws himself into battle against the criminals plaguing the mean streets of New York.

Teaming up with, and falling hard for, the beautiful Lady Heavenly (Bell), the unstoppable duo quickly decimates the city’s army of thugs. But when they tangle with the nation’s most twisted arch-villain, they end up losing everything — including each other. Sparks’ rage-fueled quest for vengeance ignites a battle that will change the world and alter his destiny, forever.

Given five stars by The Examiner, the DVD also features a behind-the-scenes featurette, film outtakes and audio commentary by William Katt, Christopher Folino and Todd Burrows.

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