Diected by the Academy Award nominated Chris Columbus, the animated movie Pixels is being released across many Arab, Latin American and European countries 23 July, before its US premiere 24 July.

The film hits Egyptian cinemas in Cairo, 6th October City and Alexandria.

Pixels features well known characters from 1980s videogames who attack the earth, prompting the heroess from older arcade games to come to the rescue.

The film stars Adam Sandler as Sam Brenner, a former 1980s Pac-Man videogame champion, Kevin James as president Will Cooper, and Josh Gad as Ludlow Lamonsoff.

The Pixels trailer, which was released in March, has gained over 12 milion views on YouTube to date.
Source: Ahram Online