Category Archives: Update

Update: The SeaSerpent’s Song

Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 by Robert Hood

The Backbrain has just received some information from Joshua Raven, writer of the new sea serpent film we reported on yesterday. He says that The SeaSerpent’s Song will be a live-action 35mm feature film slated for a September 2009 release. … Continue reading →

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Update: Flying Saucers vs the Earth

Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Alan Brooks has emailed to tell me that issue #1 of Flying Saucers vs the Earth — which “came out on Wednesday, after delays” — has sold out already. Well done, Alan! Alien image from Alan’s blog Previous Backbrain … Continue reading →

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Update: Flying Saucers vs the Earth

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by Robert Hood

Artist Alan Brooks has sent this trailer that he’s put together for the Ray Harryhausen Presents/Bluewater Productions comicbook he’s been working on — Flying Saucers vs the Earth. The first issue is now available. Famed Sci-Fi novel cover artist Alan … Continue reading →

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Update: Guidolon — the Office Staff

Posted on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by Robert Hood

Naturally, the giant-monster film industry has to have monstrous office staff. Artist Todd Tennant has revealed his designs for Kenji and Benji, described by Todd as a pair of “off-the-wall, bizarro, bubble-off-plumb kaiju”. The third picture illustrates an “office” shot … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala Once Again

Posted on Saturday, May 3, 2008 by Robert Hood

An official teaser trailer has appeared for Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki Ippatsu [lit. Guilala’s Counter Attack: the Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis] (Japan–2008; dir. Minoru Kawasaki). Few visuals (watch very carefully!), but lots of noise: http://www.cinemacafe.net/official/guilala/trailer.html Previous Backbrain article; see … Continue reading →

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Update: The Incredible Hulk

Posted on Thursday, May 1, 2008 by Robert Hood

A gallery of shots from the upcoming Marvel monster film The Incredible Hulk (US-2008; dir. Louis Leterrier) has appeared online: Source: YahooMovies vis Todd Tennant Just as a matter of interest, here’s the Abomination from the Marvel comics:

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New: Guardians

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 by Robert Hood

This film — Guardians (US-2006; dir. Drew Maxwell) — could be interesting. Decent-looking mutants, at least, which may squeeze into the giant-monster category, at the bottom end of the size scale. The film was a Finalist for Best Science Fiction … Continue reading →

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Update: More Guilala

Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 by Robert Hood

We keep talking about the new Guilala film, but this is just the sort of thing that gets the giant-monster nerd in me all excited (and he’s a pretty big critter)! Now a website for  Girara-no Gyakushuu Touyaku Samitto Kiki … Continue reading →

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Update: Guilala vs “Beat” Takeshi

Posted on Monday, April 28, 2008 by Robert Hood

Ryuganji.net reports that Kitano Takeshi, the iconic actor/director/media personality, will be playing a costumed kaiju role in the now-in-production Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit [aka Girara no Gyakushu: Towako Samitto Kiki Ippatsu]. In fact, he will look … Continue reading →

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Update: Reptisaurus

Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 by Robert Hood

A while back the Backbrain reported that an old short-run giant monster comic series, Reptisaurus the Terrible, was being made into a hopefully not-so-terrible live-action film by Fred Olen Ray’s son, Chris. Main article Previous update Now the Howling Moon … Continue reading →

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