Guilala is in the news again, as The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit has some casting:

Natsuki Kato, Kazuki Kato, Susumu Kurobe, Yosuke Natsuke (aka Yosuke Natsuki), and Beat Takeshi (aka Takeshi Kitano).

and a plot synopsis:

Attack the G8 Summit from the production: “In the summer of 2008, the G8 Summit is held at Lake Toya, a beautiful resort near the volcano in Hokkaido. At the same time, a Chinese rocket falls onto the island, causing a monster to be born from a spore attached to the rocket. The monster, Guilala, moves toward the summit conference site in pursuit of volcanic energy. The U.S. president proclaims, ‘I will never yield to any monsters! Nobody calls me a chicken.’ Other leaders reluctantly switch the sign board from ‘G8 Summit’ to ‘Guilala Task Force’. Now they have to terminate Guilala to show their countries’ power and prestige. The first mission is a missile attack by Japan, then Italy, Germany, and…. Deadly combat between human beings and the monster from outer space continues. However, when everyone starts to give up, a journalist finds a strange group worshipping the traditional idol at the lakeside.”

Natsuki Kato

Kazuki Kato

Susumu Kurobe

Yosuke Natsuke

Takeshi Kitano

Guilala

Source – GOMORRAHY.com

Original article at TarsTarkas.NET

UPDATE: Twitch is reporting:

And Kitano’s not just going to appear in Kawasaki’s Guilala’s Counter Attack: The Touyaku Summit One-Shot Crisis, nope. He’s playing the final hero of the piece, a blatant Daimajin knock off called Takemajin.

So we’ll have a monster fight! Rock!

And here is what Takemajin will look like, thanks to Undead Backbrain!

Daimajin meets Goldar meets Hindu gods…

Charles Band is at it again, this time he’s making a sequel to the film Evil Bong (about a bond that could talk…and kill!) The photo included in the article looks like someone made a bong out of King Kong’s Skull Island – not that surprising because some potheads are like Macgyver when it comes to creating bongs. Check out the photos at the Fangoria page.

That’s right, some of you older readers may have heard about this thing used before CGI where one actually took small models and painstakingly filmed them one frame at a time while moving them slightly. This was called “stop-motion animation” and was used on such films as King Kong, 1 Million Years BC, and The California Raisins. And now independent filmmaker Larry Arpin has decided to buck the system of computers and continue the trend! Take that, terrible Mac vs. PC commercials!

The Official Website

The plot:

GALACTIC RAIDERS is an independently produced motion picture on 35mm film with Ray Harryhausen style of special effects.The story centers around Rymir (Danny Fehsenfeld), who’s girlfriend, Laura (Erica Howard), is kidnapped by Acastus (Elliot Eddie) and transported to another planet. On this ‘other planet’ is a powerful crystal, sought after by all peoples of the universe, including the Pharilleans, Acastus’ people. Also, on this planet is Rosanna (Moksha McPherrin), wife of…well, I won’t spoil it for you. Following Rymir to the ‘other planet’ are Cyrus (Joseph Arpin) and Bellus (Lloyd Lee Barnett), Acastus’ accomplices.

A sample clip is here and on the official site.

Watching the characters shoot laser guns at the dinosaurs reminds one of Planet of the Dinosaurs, except no one is wearing horrible 1970’s fashion and I doubt this film will have the 1970’s slowness that movies from that era possessed. Because everyone was on drugs then.

Hopefully the film will be done soon (so far the production notes show it has being in development for three years) and will do stop-motion effects proud!

Thanks to Avery for the head’s up!