by Specium Ray » Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:14 pm
I was thinking about this limited release about a week or so ago and checked back at Winckler's Facebook page, and there were some Ultraman related updates... but then I was distracted by something and forgot all about it, and in the meantime, Winckler made his page private. Two of the posts were pictures of his English dub cast next to pictures of the characters they play; one of them was a group shot of the human cast from Revenge of Belial, one was of actor G. Larry Butler as Ultraseven (presumably from Ultra Galaxy).
The third post was something different and I'm kicking myself for not posting about it sooner. It's a photo of Winckler and another man in what looked like an old west town, with a caption to the effect of "Ultraman producers William Winckler and (a Japanese name I can't remember) scouting locations for a ghost town". I had looked up the name immediately afterwards, and he was a legit Tsubaraya guy who had gone independent but was still doing work for them. No idea if this was a real statement about a forthcoming production, or just being humorous about meeting a Tsuburaya vet.
EDIT: To the best of my recollection it was Ultraman Max producer Takeshi Yagi, but I still have no link :/
I just thought these were worth noting as the initial announcement of the theatrical releases was in early December of last year. And coming into that, a series of posts from Winckler reminding people the dubs still exist.