Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Damn. Talk about a sucker punch to the face.

I am hereby 20 times more pumped for this than The Host 2, and about 100 times more than any potential Cloverfield sequel.

This is really a nice surprise hopefully it leads to that Gappa vs Guilala movie that was planned for the late 90s.

YES!!!!!!!!! FINALLY THE SPACE-CHICKEN RETURNS!!!!!!! This is gonna be great. Man this is truly a suprise!

That's just a PR suit, just like Toho does with their monsters when they announce a new film. Kawasaki has made a lot of comedies and parodies, as we all know, but we'll see what he has in store for this film. As long as there's lots of tokusatsu action, I'll be content.

BTW, ten years ago, there was an announcement of GUILALA VS. GAPPA, a co-production between Nikkatsu and Shochiki, which never materialized -- I'm happy Guilala is coming back... They just have to get Peggy Neal to return for a cameo!

Kawasaki's a die-hard tokusatsu fan, and one of his first films, when he was 19 or 20, was THE WOLFMAN VS. GODZILLA. Check out this cool black and white still taken during the production of this 8mm epic:

Yah I realize that's the PR suit but I'm wondering if that will reflect the design from the film or if the just wanted to show us a familiar face. Spoof or a return to form for the genre, either way I don't care I want to see this film. One has to wonder how the success of Cloverfield will influence the filmakers if at all. This is actually the perfect film to resurrect....not a high profile kaiju and thusly you can really be creative as you want because most people wont care. The vs. Gappa film sounds cool, maybe if this one does well. Honestly if its not a spoof I don't see the public wanting to see this film unless they try something vastly different ala the Kaneko Gamera films. Still...I personally am gonna love seeing the Giant Space Chicken...