The trailer for the newest DreamWorks film, Monster vs Aliens, has appeared, referencing 1950s monster flicks including The Blob and Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman. There’s a gigantic alien robot, a yeti, a mad scientist, a giant insect thing …. and lots of other good stuff.
Monsters vs Aliens (US-2009; animation; dir. Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon)
When California girl Susan Murphy is unexpectedly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches tall and is instantly labeled a “monster” named Ginormica. The military jumps into action, and she is captured and held in a secret government compound. The world learns that the military has been quietly rounding up other monsters over the years. This ragtag group consists of the brilliant but insect-headed Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D.; the macho half-ape, half-fish The Missing Link; the gelatinous and indestructible B.O.B.; and the 350-foot grub called Insectosaurus. Their confinement time is cut short, however, when a mysterious alien robot lands on Earth and begins storming the country.
As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (on a desperate order from The President), the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction. (Trailer Addict)
Set for release in March next year, it supposedly uses the newest 3D technology — True 3-D — so the image poking out at you isn’t all blurry and we don’t get nauseous.
I just noticed that Hugh Laurie (whom I fondly remember as Wooster in the British Jeeves and Wooster series of the 1990s) does the voicing for Dr Cockroach and Reese Witherspoon is Ginormica. Cool.
Just in case you had trouble with the download of the above trailer (which can be slow), here it is on YouTube:
- Source: io9 via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery
