{"id":12326,"date":"2012-05-24T19:40:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=12326"},"modified":"2012-06-14T07:55:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T20:55:31","slug":"a-rim-by-any-other-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/05\/24\/a-rim-by-any-other-name\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rim By Any Other Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, giant monster fans — and devotees of Guillermo del Toro — are well aware that his next big film, in the absence of backing for the much mourned In the Mountains of Madness<\/em>, is Pacific Rim<\/em>. Due out in July 2013, the film features alien monsters that rampage across the world and the giant robots piloted by humans that are built to deal with them.<\/p>\n

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It is likely to be classy and visually eccentric, in typical Del Toro fashion.<\/p>\n

Less classy, vastly cheaper and much more clich\u00e9d (no doubt) will be the Asylum’s inevitable exploitation version of the unreleased blockbuster, named with unsubtle cunning Atlantic Rim<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Produced by Asylum alumni David Michael Latt (who will likely direct), David Rimawi, and the Asylum’s canny overseer Paul Bales, Atlantic Rim<\/em> sounds not dissimilar to Legendary’s effort, though I’m sure the onscreen similarities will be superficial:<\/p>\n

When giant monsters crawl out of the Atlantic Ocean and attack the Eastern Seaboard, the US Government is forced to trust A.I. robots to defend the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It starts shooting in December.<\/p>\n

I haven’t been paying attention to what the Asylum is up to lately, but I notice that they’ve got American Warships<\/em> (US-2012; dir. Thunder Levin) [Battleship<\/em>], which looks at least credible in the trailer, though it will undoubtedly suffer at full length:<\/p>\n

[youtube UJwgRY0r67k]<\/p>\n

Also Abraham Lincoln vs Zombies<\/em> (US-2012; dir. Richard Schenkman) [Abraham Lincoln, Vampite Hunter<\/em>], which is more feasible as zombies movies can be made much more cheaply than SFX spectaculars:<\/p>\n

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and the older Almighty Thor<\/em> (US-2011; dir. Christopher Ray):<\/p>\n

[youtube mXsLsQIpT38]<\/p>\n

No Avengers<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: via Avery Guerra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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