Dean Israelite's 'Power Rangers' Suits Revealed, Analyzing The New Look
If you've been following the news for the upcoming 'Power Rangers' reboot, this is the unveiling you've been waiting for. Teasing us with Rita Repulsa and a shot of the main cast in street clothes was just a lead-up for the main event and Entertainment Weekly brings us our first look at the 2017 feature film's heroes post-morphin' time. Check them out below, along with my personal analysis.
Warner Bros. Wins Bidding War Over 'Monsterpocalypse' Movie Rights
Looks like the Monsterpocalypse won't be canceled after all my friends. As we reported last Friday, a bidding war had spun up over the film rights to the Monsterpocalypse board game from Privateer Press. Some massive Hollywood players that included the likes of Dreamworks, Sony, Warner Bros., and a mysterious fourth movie studio duked it out all weekend trying to secure the property and we now have a winner!
Zilla: What's In A Name?
Gojira. Godzilla. G.I.N.O. Zilla. All of these names represent the exact same creature, and yet, fans get up in a tizzy when people call the creature from the 1998 film 'Godzilla' by a few of those titles. This topic has popped up on multiple forums and Facebook groups on several occasions and this being the internet it usually ends up with a lot of insults being thrown around and a moderator putting their foot down and removing the topic. Well, I'm here to give my thoughts on the naming of this black sheep of the Godzilla family and show you that you can call him whatever you want.
Shin-Godzilla Maquette And More Shown Off At Japanese Convention
As we previously reported, Toho Pictures has brought a highly detailed maquette from their new film 'Godzilla: Resurgence' to the Nico Nico Super Conference 2016. More images are appearing all over the internet as fans get a first hand look at the disturbing new design. Director Hideaki Anno will also be speaking at the event, so hopefully we'll get some new information from the filmmaker in the coming days. In the mean time, check out images straight off the conference floor below, as well as some of my thoughts after getting a closer look at the design.
Bidding War In Hollywood Arises Over 'Monsterpocalypse' Movie Rights
A new giant monster movie might be on its way and it comes from a pretty unlikely source. Monsterpocalypse is a board game by Privateer Press, and right now a handful of studios that include Warner Brothers, Dreamworks, and Sony are in a tense bidding war to acquire the rights to make a feature film/potential franchise. The deal comes packaged with director Fede Alvarez, who is known for helming the 2013 remake 'Evil Dead.' He and his writing partner Rodo Sayagues will pen the screenplay.
Legendary Pictures And Warner Brothers Are Being Sued Over 'Kong: Skull Island' Dispute
Ah Hollywood, the place where everybody wants a piece of every pie. Apparently the creator and artist of the book 'Kong: King of Skull Island' Joe DeVito is filing a suit saying that Legendary/Warner bros. have violated their "implied contract" with the creator and is also claiming that the companies used the frame work of his story for their new film 'Kong: Skull Island'.
'MECH: Age Of Steel' Will Show The Other Side Of The Fight In 'Kaiju Rising: Age Of Monsters'
It could be that I just have kaiju books on the brain, what with our upcoming podcast episode and all, but when I ran across a Kickstarter page promoting a new anthology book about giant kaiju-fighting robots, I had to run back here and fill you all in.
Coming Next Week - Episode 07: Jeremy Robinson's 'Project Nemesis'
We've been very busy as of late here at Tokyo Lives, but not busy enough to put down author Jeremy Robinson's excellent Kaiju thriller 'Project Nemesis.' This is the first book in a series that goes way back with my co-host Kyle, and we decided that it was more than worthy to be the main topic of our next episode coming sometime next week.
Will 'Independence Day: Resurgence' Feature Giant Bio-Mech Suits?
If you were a kid in the summer of 1996, you had one thing on your mind: Jeff Goldblum. Okay, maybe in reality it was the aliens and their city-spanning flying saucers with wall-of-fire creating laser beams. As well as scene-chewing performances by Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and everyone's favorite drunken (former) abductee: Randy Quaid. This is a film that defined alien invasion movies for a generation, and put plenty of future big name actors on the map. What's really surprising is that it took twenty years to get a sequel out in theaters, but lo and behold, this summer millions of 90's kids will get their long forgotten wishes with the release of 'Independence Day: Resurgence.'
What does this have to do with giant monsters? Not much honestly, except for the fact that the latest trailer suggests the film is apparently throwing its hat into the kaiju-genre ring. I've assembled some screenshots of what I believe are giant, bio-mechanical suits worn by the aliens in the upcoming blockbuster. Take a look and see what you think.
'Jurassic World 2' Will Shoot In The UK, Title To Be Announced Soon
As we've previously reported, 'Jurassic World 2' has a new director and is moving full steam ahead. News will be coming often as the film moves out of development and into pre-production, with the cast and crew already starting to open up about what we can expect from the ambitious reboot's sequel.
Well this was a pleasant surprise! Everyone was expecting a trailer to release with the Super Bowl this Sunday but Universal decided to do a surprise drop out of nowhere! Check out the trailer and full breakdown!