Codex Pictures Limited was a British film production company. Codex Pictures was a private limited company founded in 2008 and dissolved in 2013. Codex Pictures produced '' Ultramarines'' under licence from

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, working in association with Good Story Productions Ltd. and

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based POP6 Studios.

Productions

Production of Ultramarines was announced at the 2009

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at the

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.Announcement of Ultramarines movie on the official site
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thriller CGI movie set in

's fictional

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universe and based around the Ultramarines Chapter of

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. The screenplay was written by

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author

Dan Abnett Dan Abnett (born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, sinc ...

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External links

Official homepage

Ultramarines movie official site
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