Sinbad Gets Lost in Time

Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 by Robert Hood

In The Asylum’s upcoming take on the Arabian Nights tale of Sinbad, The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (US-2010; dir. Adam Silver and Ben Hayflick), Sinbad seems to have found himself in modern times, going on the poster and the pictures so far provided. Thankfully though, there’s a wide variety of monsters.

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Synopsis:

Sinbad, the original Prince of Persia, must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe.

Memorably filmed in the Ray Harryhausen epics The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (US-1958; dir. Nathan Juran), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (US-1974; dir. Gordon Hessler) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (US-1977; dir. Sam Wanamaker) — each of them featuring some of the greatest stop-motion animation sequences ever produced — the tale of Sinbad has been a source of cinematic inspiration of a long time.  The earliest I’ve been able to discover (without more extensive research) is the short comedy version Sinbad, the Sailor (US-1919; dir. Norman Dawn), followed in the 1930s by Sinbad Khalashi [aka Sinbad the Sailor] (India-1930; dir. Ramchandra Gopal Torney) and a few cartoons — not the least of which was Dave Fleischer’s classic cartoon Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (US-1936), which as it happens is also set in then-contemporary times, thus allowing for the presence of Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy.

Sorry, where was I? The Asylum’s new one… Yep, this is Sinbad, as played by Patrick Muldoon.

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Once again the “shadow” production company is getting in early as a significant number of Sinbad films are currently slated for production/release. These include (from a fairly cursory glance through the IMDb listings):

  • Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage (US-2010; dir. David Winning), currently in pre-production from a company encouragingly named Giant Flick Films) and starring Patrick Stewart. Synopsis: “When the Sultan’s first born is taken by an evil sorcerer, Sinbad is tasked with traveling to a desert of magic and creatures to save her.”
  • Sinbad and the Minotaur (US-2010; dir. Karl Zwicky), produced by Limelight International Media Entertainment for the SyFy Channel.
  • 1001 Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad — dated 2010, but currently “in development”, details unknown.
  • Sinbad: Rogue of Colossus — variously dated 2010/2012, currently “in development”, details unknown.

It’s probably fair to say, however, that The Asylum’s version is going to be the only one where Sinbad wields an automatic pistol, sails the seas in a speedboat and fights Somalian pirates.

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I’m guessing this Sinbad has been transported to modern times, or is immortal, or perhaps resurrected. Or is he going to be a descendant of the original Sinbad? Whatever.  Chuck in the requisite monsters, and all I can say is, “Why not?” If Popeye can do a “modern” take, why not The Asylum?

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More stills in the Gallery below.

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Want to See More of Adèle Blanc-Sec?

Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 by Robert Hood

Luc Besson’s Les Aventures Extraordinaires D’Adèle Blanc-Sec is definitely one of the most anticipated releases of 2010. It’s Indiana-Jonesish qualities, and the peculiarly French idiosyncracies that will inevitably be brought to the production by Besson and the story’s original source, it promises to set a new standard for classy supernatural-themed period adventure tales.

The Backbrain has been obsessing about it for some time, though we’re not likely to see it for a while yet. It premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival on 9 April and was due to open theatrically in Belgium, France and the French-speaking region of Switzerland on 14 April, but there has been no word on a release in the English-speaking world yet (that I’ve heard of anyway).

Meanwhile, though there have been a plethora of posters for the film released, the poster below is said to be the final, official one — emphasising, as it does, many of the film’s central attractions — Egypt, pterodactyl, assorted eccentric characters and in particular Louise Bourgoin:

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Personally, I would have added the mummy that inhabits the film’s narrative (see the first clip below).

Clips:


Adèle Blanc-Sec – Extrait “la momie”
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Adèle Blanc-Sec – Extrait “Caponi”
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Adèle Blanc-Sec – Extrait “Dédicace”
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And finally, the Pterodactyl:

And here is a Behind-the-Scenes video:

  • Source: via Twitchfilm
  • Writing: Robert Hood  |  Research: Avery Guerra

See also the following Undead Backbrain articles:

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Primitive: The FX Strike Back

Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

primitive-posterMonsters are special effects, right? Well, Primitive — a new film by Thunderhead Entertainment and director Benjamin Cooper (The Conquered: Curse of the Shaman, The Brink) — takes the somewhat post-modern approach of having an “actual” monster arise from the subconscious mind of a man who makes his living making FX monsters. It is Thunderhead Entertainment‘s “biggest film to date” and is currently in post-production for a limited cinema release later in the year. Reggie Bannister (the Phantasm movies, Bubba Ho-Tep, Last Rites, and the mutated Tasmanian Devil movie Cemetery Gates) headlines the film.

Synopsis:

After punching the director on the set of his latest horror picture, special effects makeup artist,  Martin Blaine, is compelled to seek anger management therapy.  A visit with a hypnotist seems to help, but soon after his session, Martin receives disturbing news. His estranged mother has passed away under mysterious circumstances.  Martin returns to Baronville, Pop. 3800, and before long, people begin to drop dead, brutally torn apart by what appears to be a predatory monster. The local Sheriff is convinced Martin is somehow responsible, and Martin himself comes to believe it as all of the victims are connected to him, and all of the attacks correspond with his vivid nightmares. Before long, a man who makes monsters for a living must confront his own inner demon made flesh before it destroys everyone he comes in contact with.

It’s not easy being an FX monster, as Primitive‘s effects man, Tom Devlin, shows as he does his thing:

Bannister plays the hypnotist whose unorthodox therapy inadvertently conjures the monster from Martin’s deep dark id, struggling with his own inner demons — OCD and agoraphobia — as he is faced with the responsibility of helping his tormented patient.

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The monster, known as Thanatos, is a rather classic beast, with lots of teeth, claws and hair, and a very poor grasp on anger management. Note that Thanatos — twin brother to Hypnos in Greek mythology — is sometimes used to refer to the Death Drive in post-Freudian thought, complementing “Eros”:

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And of course, sooner or later the classic monster-and-maiden moment happens:

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Check out the Gallery below for more images.

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Great Space Monster Darkmatton

Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

He’s made of dark matter, he’s really big, he destroys cities with bursts of destructive energy. He’s Darkmatton, a new kaiju created by director Yohei Miyawaki for his short animated film, Great Space Monster Darkmatton.

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Yohei Miyawaki (pictured below) is 23 years old and a student at Tama Art University in Tokyo. He says he made this film as a project because of his love of daikaiju eiga (giant monster films) and wanted to experiment with the techniques. He also does the voice of an elderly doctor — “the one with the white beard” (as you’ll see when you watch the film below). It goes for a total of 13 minutes and in three parts — two in colour and the third in black-and-white.

Great Space Monster Darkmatton was first screened “in a very small gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo in January, 2010”. Though he doesn’t have the means to create DVDs for sale at this stage, Miyawaki is currently creating an international version, with English subtitles, which he will upload to YouTube when it is completed. He estimates that it will take about a month, but the Backbrain will let you know as soon as it happens.

He added that he would like to make another daikaiju-themed animated film in future, but nothing has been finalised yet.

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As giant monsters go, Darkmatton is not your typical kaiju. Not reptilian or even chimeran in appearance (at first), its black spherical form, glowing eyes and energy beams are nevertheless the stuff that city-destruction is made of…  But then… many daikaiju are liable to metamorphose into a different form.

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The animation is not high-level CGI, but a stylised and relatively static form of frame-animation — very Japanese in its minimalist beauty.

Synopsis:

An orbiting international space station is mysteriously destroyed. The army asks Dr Kawanaka, an expert in astronomy, to undertake an investigation to ascertain the cause. The doctor tries to find the cause, under the scrutiny of the army. Suddenly a black globe appears in the sky over Tokyo and Dr Kawanaka recognises it as the cause of the ISS’s destruction. “That is Great Space Monster Darkmatton!” he declares. Military action proves futile. The doctor develops the ultimate weapon [see below] — the end result of his previous own research — uses it to confront the monster. The future of humanity hangs in the balance!

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Above: conceptual sketch of the ultimate weapon

Trailer:

More of Director Miyawaki’s Conceptual Sketches:

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In the Gallery below, there are also four storyboard/continuity pages. Check them out.

Meanwhile, here is the complete film, in three parts. You can also watch it larger on Yohei Miyawaki’s website.

Great Space Monster Darkmatton (in Japanese): Part 1

Great Space Monster Darkmatton (in Japanese): Part 2

Great Space Monster Darkmatton (in Japanese): Part 3

  • Source: Yohei Miyawaki via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery
  • Writer: Robert Hood  |  Research: Avery Guerra
Posted in Animation, Daikaiju, Giant Monsters, Independent film, Japanese, Trailers | 4 Comments

Fred Olen Ray Joins the Versus Club

Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 by Robert Hood

Godzilla and his mates started it, but these days everyone’s getting on the bandwagon. The first Giant Monster Versus Giant Monster film (GMV) was probably the sequel to the original 1954 Gojira — Godzilla Strikes Back! [aka Gojira no gyakushu] (1955; dir. Motoyoshi Oda) — though it was King Kong vs Godzilla [aka Kingu Kongu tai Gojira] (1962; dir. Ishiro Honda) that put the GMV conflict right up there in the title.

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Of course if we look at human-sized monsters the principle was started much earlier by those Universal monster flicks of the 1940s that pitted Frankenstein’s monster against the Wolf Man or Dracula. And the idea goes back further, back to the novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verrne (1864), when two aquatic monsters duke it out in the Inner Sea while helpless humans look on in terror.

Nevertheless it was the Japanese who really created a tradition of the Giant Monster Versus Giant Monster trope, sticking it upfront in the films’ titles as well as foremost in the plot. Godzilla wrestled endless monstrous opponents from Godzilla vs Mothra through Godzilla vs Hedorah [aka the Smog Monster] (1971) to Godzilla, Mothra, Mechagodzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003), and monster battles became a mainstay of franchise such as Ultraman.

Recently the Asylum had a big success with MegaShark vs Giant Octopus (2009), but over the past decade we’ve also seen such GMVs as Boa vs Python (2004),  Komoda vs Cobra (2005), Dinocroc vs Supergator (2009), not to mention Alien vs Predator and battles between all the smaller monsters we’ve come to know and love.

Now B-flick legend Fred Olen Ray , whose films include the exploitation classics Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988), Evil Toons (1992), Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfolds (1995), Billy Frankenstein (1998), Dire Wolf (2009), Turbulent Skies (2010) and the TV series “The Lair” (28 episodes, 2007-2009), is planning on joining the Versus club (if not the GMV version) by pitting two well-know cryptozoological critters against each other in Sasquatch vs Chupacabra (scheduled for 2010).

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He is joined in this enterprise by wife Kimberley A. Ray as producer.

So far we know nothing of the plot (beyond the obvious) but be assured that the Backbrain will keep you informed.

Meanwhile, if your cryptozoological knowledge is a bit tenuous, here’s a primer for you:

Sasquatch:

aka Bigfoot: “a supposedly ape-like creature purportedly inhabiting forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid” (Wikipedia entry).

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Chupacabra:

from the Spanish words chupar, meaning “to suck”, and cabra, meaning “goat”; hence, literally, “goat sucker”: “a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas… The name comes from the animal’s reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats… It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.” (Wikipedia entry)

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Source

  • Source: Fred Olen Ray and Official website
  • Writing and Secondary Research: Robert Hood  |  Research: Avery Guerra
Posted in Cryptozoology, Exploitation films, Film, Horror, Monsters in general, News | 1 Comment

Bikini (Monster) Gallery *Update*

Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 by Robert Hood

Somehow, bikinis and monsters — particularly in conjunction — say “schlock horror” more forcefully than almost any of the other possible components that can contribute to an archetypal exploitation film. This fact alone is bound to get Bikini Monsters (US-2010; dir. Terence Muncy)  lots of attention. Here the conjunction of bikinis and monsters is about as conjuncted as it gets.

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Synopsis:

In a secluded laboratory just off the Florida coast a scientist works feverishly on his grizzly experiment. Known by local transients only as “the beach bum” He has dedicated his life to creating the ultimate expression of beauty, a mermaid. In the wake of his dark obsession is a trail of test subjects left horrifically twisted and mutated abominations the likes of which mankind has never seen…. until now. As the experiment continues, detective Elizabeth Wayne opens an investigation into the disappearance of several local women and their ultimate fate. Aided by Marine biologist Craig Hoffman and Mike Shelton detective Wayne must play the final gambit to lure her nemesis from hiding and use herself as bait.

The Backbrain has chewed over this film since first announcing its presence in July last year. Now director Muncy has provided a new trailer and a bunch of “glamour” lobby cards for the film’s titular stars.

Trailer:

Lobby Cards: The Bikini Monsters

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Muncy tells us that the editing is happening, albeit slowly, but that it is hoped that the film will be out by the (American) bikini summer season.

For the record, here is the earlier teaser trailer:

Addendum: when I asked Avery (on the instigation of a correspondent) if he knew when and how Bikini Monsters would be released, this is the answer he gave:

It’s actually going to be released [for now] independently on DVD — unless a distributor is interested and makes a great offer to which the producers can’t refuse. Otherwise it will be only an independent disc … probably available through Amazon/CreateSpace like many indie filmmakers are doing these days so as not to get ripped-off by the distributors. The director told me he’d love to have it finished and released by the American summer/bikini season but it’s currently in the hands of two editors and isn’t progressing as fast as he’d like it to, so it may be this Fall at the latest. Hope that helps … oh and tell the correspondent that I’ll keep you posted on any updates in articles for the site and that I, too, am very much looking forward to this one.

Thanks, Avery!

  • Source: Terence Mincy
  • Written: Robert Hood  |  Research: Avery Guerra
Posted in Exploitation films, Film, Horror, Independent film, Monsters in general, Trailers, Update | 5 Comments

Max Neptune to the Rescue!

Posted on Sunday, April 11, 2010 by Robert Hood

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If ever there was a retro film that captures the gaudy, innocent sci-fi thrills of space serials from the 1940s and 1950s, Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid (US-2010; dir. John Garside and Colin Fleming) looks like it’s the one.  Think Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers (1936), Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe (1939), Buck Rogers: Planet Outlaws (1939), Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), King of the Rocket Men (1949) aka Lost Planet Airmen (featuring Commander Cody), Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951), and Radar Men From the Moon (1952). [See the poster Gallery below.] Add Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (dir. Chuck Jones, 1953) for good measure!

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We first wrote about it back in early 2009 on Undead Backbrain and now we hear that the film is completed. Tighten your seat-belt because here’s the full, spectacular trailer:

Synopsis:

Earth has found itself in the crosshairs of a distant race of marauding space aliens!

With the peace and security of the entire universe teetering on the edge of chaos, the United Planets rush their greatest leaders to an emergency summit on the Earth’s Moon. They are our last great hope for intergalactic peace.

When the evil Dr. Agotch unleashes his massive mechanical space squid upon the transport carrying those leaders, an innocent city, and the Atomic Space Patrol, could this be the end?

With a galaxy in danger, a city in peril, and a damsel in distress… There is only one man who can save the day…

MAX NEPTUNE!

Michael Ornelas as Dr Agotch

Michael Ornelas as Dr Agotch

The producers wrote to the Backbrain and said:

Max Neptune and the Menacing Squid is finally finished after 4 years of dedication. June 5th is the (free) premiere at the Whittier Village Cinema [Whittier, CA]. If you want tickets, please email: maxneptune.tickets@gmail.com your full name, your email address, and how many you need reserved.”

So slip on your jet-packs and go!

Poster Gallery:

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A Ripping Tale of Zombies, Monsters and Other Mind-spawned Horrors

Posted on Saturday, April 10, 2010 by Robert Hood

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Mind Rip is an in-development horror feature film — a project of John David Vincent and Philrose Productions. At present it exists as a number of classic-style grindhouse trailers and a heap of conceptual design work. With one eye on ’70s horror films, Mind Rip takes its inspiration from fright film classics such as Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead and the Romero classic Dawn of the Dead. Filled with tongue-in-cheek violence, extreme physical effects and lots of blood and guts, Mind Rip will be, according to writer, director, FX wiz and production designer, John David Vincent, a “grindhouse terror romp”, featuring zombies, monsters, a giant monster formed from the remains of umpteen victims and heads flying into the soup.

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Synopsis:

David Endicott has returned to his hometown for the first time in fifteen years. Upon his arrival, there is a series of bizarre deaths, and strange creatures are seen roaming the streets. David begins to suspect that there is a connection between these strange occurrences and his brother Jack who died some twenty years prior. (Philrose Productions)

Trailers:

Mind Rip Trailer from Mike Boas on Vimeo.

Mind Rip Extended Trailer from Mike Boas on Vimeo.

Vincent hopes these trailers and the other artwork will show off both the company’s intentions and its ability to realise them, thus encouraging  investors with a compatible sensibility to come on board. Building mounds of corpses is mandatory.

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Monstrous Characters: Boil Head

The story of Mind Rip involves comic book monsters that are brought to life through psychic means. One such monster is “Boil Head,” a slobbering hot rod driving fiend. Inspired by the legendary Big Daddy Roth’s “Rat Fink” designs, the Boil Head will appear on screen as a stop motion puppet. (Philrose Productions)

Below is the armature for the animation puppet, plus the conceptual artwork, giving a pretty clear image of its comicbook origins.

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Monstrous Characters: Skully

Skully is a monster constructed from unearthed corpses, brought to terrifying life through supernatural means. Its victims become building material, more flesh to add to itself.

The character of “Skully” was realized through traditional means. A mold was cast from a clay sculpture, then latex pieces were created and fitted with cable controls.

Here’s the Skully creature model in construction. He’s the big one. Note the size of the incorporated heads/bodies of victims.

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A giant monster that’s a literal conglomerate of its victims’ corpses sounds like it will offer a unique kaiju experience.

The God Monster:

[Addendum: Initially I assumed (as below) that this monster was part of the Mind Rip project. However, I’m told that in fact this monster tree is not part of that film, but is a central character in another Philrose project called Lake Midnight. But as the images are rather interesting, I thought I’d leave them here. More on that film later.]

I’m not sure what this is and how it fits into the storyline, but I’m guessing the God Monster is what Buffy used to call “The Big Bad” at the end of each season. As depicted in the conceptual artwork and final model below it’s certainly rather Lovecraftian:

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Click on this one to see the magnificent details.

Zombies:

Mind Rip has the rapacious living dead in spades! Here’s a few. There are more in the Gallery at the end of this article.

Mind Rip Zombie Test from Mike Boas on Vimeo.

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The Comic:

And here’s the comicbook that spawns all the horrors, as created especially for the film:

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If all that doesn’t rock your zombie-lovin’, demonic, giant-monster craving boat, then you’re reading the wrong blog!

You can find lots more pictures from the film so far here.

  • Sources: Mike Boas of Philrose Productions; Facebook page (where there are more pics and more short videos).
  • Writer: Robert Hood | Research: Kaiju Search-Robot Avery (aka Avery Guerra)

Photos courtesy of Philrose Productions.

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Not ‘Zilla… But Zillo

Posted on Friday, April 9, 2010 by Robert Hood

Seems Godzilla’s influence isn’t waning as time goes by. Now we get to see a conceptual cousin of the Big G in a giant monster vs the Jedi free-for-all as the basis of an upcoming episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars titled “The Zillo Beast”. That’s according to Supervising Director Dave Filoni, who commented: “The format of the show allows us to do a lot of different things, and George came to us with the idea – basically – of doing a Clone Wars take on Godzilla.”

Not that the monster looks much like Godzilla, mind you. It’s the principle of the thing, I guess.

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Synopsis:

In trying to turn the tide of a battle on Malastare, Chancellor Palpatine orders the Jedi to unleash the Republic’s newest super-weapon, an untested electron bomb. Unfortunately the bomb awakens a fearsome monster of legendary ferocity [… as they do].

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Trailer:

Filoni added:

“[George] knows I’m a big Godzilla fan, so it was a bizarre story meeting when he presented the idea. I was actually a little intimidated to take it on, because it presented such a production challenge; the model for the Zillo was so much bigger and more complex than anything we’d done before. This whole episode showcases a scope we haven’t really seen yet in The Clone Wars. It’s huge. Luckily, a giant monster in Star Wars isn’t that absurd. And we were able to add our own signature, because it’s the nature of the Jedi to want to subdue the beast rather than to destroy it – just as it’s the nature of the power-mongers to want to harness the Zillo’s power. The result is a lot of fun – big, destructive fun.” (Comic Vine)

“The Zillo Beast” airs Friday, April 19 on Cartoon Network at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Addendum: Some more pictures and some information:

According to Gojirasaurus on the Toho Kingdom forums there will be two episodes:

First takes place apparently on Malastare (hence those Dugs running away from it in that one screenshot), where they first encounter/awaken the thing, and capture it.  The second will feature the Zillo Beast being brought back to Coruscant, which will inevitably lead to a King Kong-esque escape sequence, and massive destruction.

He points out that Coruscant is “basically one big city covered in layer upon layer of kilometers-high buildings, with only a few tiny spots on the whole planet’s surface not covered by any structures whatsoever. That is one HECK of a playground to set a kaiju loose in!”

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Mega Piranha Trailer Part 2

Posted on Thursday, April 8, 2010 by Robert Hood

On the heels of the SyFy Channel’s release of a trailer for Mega Piranha (US-2010; dir. Eric Forsberg) comes The Asylum’s official trailer.

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You’ve got to hand it to whoever does them. They do a decent job of it. And it’s good to see how mega the mega piranhas get — as in this scene that clearly draws on the success of a similar scene from The Asylum’s previous giant monster hit, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus.

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[Just added! Giant — not yet Mega — piranha spawning!]

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Trailer:

Click here  to view the Mega_Piranha trailer using Quicktime

As a low-budget giant monster film, it looks nearly as much fun as its Asylum predecessor!

Meanwhile, here’s some new pics of the three stars: Tiffany, Paul Logan and Barry Williams.

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If you miss it on SyFy, you can buy a copy on 27 April, 2010.

Addendum:

Here is a radio interview with Tiffany on the subject of Mega Piranha.

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