Movie Monsters

Cryptids’ Vet?

Variety is reporting on July 10, 2008 that Columbia Pictures has acquired a new motion picture property, Mythological Veterinarian. It is a comic pitch that will be written by Andrew Kurtzman and produced by Jimmy Miller. Principal Entertainment’s Danny Sherman will be executive producer. Andrew Kurtzman has been a writer on Down Periscope (1996), Camp Nowhere (1994), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), and 57 episodes (1982-1985) of “Saturday Night Live.” Variety says the project is about a modern-day veterinarian who’s recruited by a secret society that watches over the world’s mythological creatures. Now that plot sounds rather strange. [...]

Look What They Did At Loch Ness

The legend of the Loch and its mysterious inhabitant has captured the imagination of millions of people worldwide for generations. Now the ancient myth is brought to life to celebrate the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Waterhorse: Legend of the Deep on 30th June 2008. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ “Save The Museum”: Easy-to-use donation buttons are now available here or merely by clicking the blank button below. Thanks everyone!

SFx Legend Stan Winston, 62, Dies

Intriguing that today, of all days, I should update a posting on a special effects genius, the late John Chambers. Now word comes in another great in the field, Stan Winston (above), 62, passed away, late Sunday, June 15, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. He died following a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma. “Stan died peacefully at home surrounded by family,” a spokeswoman said. His work is familiar to you. Winston created the title characters in Iron Man, The Terminator, Pumpkinhead, Predator, Aliens, as well as the monsters in Monster Squad, and the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park. He worked on [...]

The Mummy’s Yeti

From the new (third) Mummy movie, a first glimpse of their version of the Yeti. It’s white, needless to say. Thanks for the screen capture to Jason Pritchett.

John Phillip Law, Played Sinbad, Dead at 70

John Phillip Law, a tall, blond actor who cut a striking figure as the blind angel opposite Jane Fonda in 1968′s Barbarella (below), as Sinbad in 1974′s The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (above), and as Harry Holt with Bo Derek in 1981′s Tarzan the Ape Man, has died. He was 70. Law died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at his Los Angeles home, his ex-wife, Shawn Ryan, said. The cause of death was not announced (although privately, on various celebrity obit forums, a fast-moving cancer is being blamed). Born in Los Angeles on September 7, 1937, to L.A. County Deputy Sheriff [...]