Oldzilla
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Oldzilla, also known as Monster League, is an unmade computer-animated comedy monster film that would have been directed by Bob Bendetson from a script by he and Art Everett. It was announced alongside two other films by Chinese VFX company Original Force in 2015, but it was shut down by Godzilla creator Toho.
Description
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King Saurus, the self-proclaimed ‘Lord of the Stomp’, is unwilling to admit Father Time is nipping at his heels. He wears a scale toupee and spends his days watching newsreel footage of his past destruction. Finally, he leaves his cave and moves into Fading Fast (a senior community in the Bermuda Triangle built exclusively for the ‘vintage’ Chinese monster). The place is run by Miss Petfarkin, a monster who’s obsessed with order and rules. King Saurus is stunned by the listlessness of his fellow behemoths and attempts to liven things up. He ultimately convinces Icarose and Birdy, an old married monster couple, to travel with him to Atlantic City to interrupt the grand opening of Rump Mart, the mega-store of mega-stores. This one last attempt at terrorizing ends up biting these senior citizen behemoths in the butt when Ronald Rump, the tyrannical owner of Rump Mart, brings in King Saurus’ old nemesis, the elderly Chinese monster hunter, Dai Anu. Anu, along with his daughter and granddaughter, arrives in America in order to battle and finally defeat the Lord of the Stomp.[1]
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History
In 2015, Chinese animation studio Original Force launched a motion picture division stationed in Los Angeles and hired several veteran animators with the goal of producing one film every 18 months. Three films were announced from the division: Duck Duck Goose, Where The Mountain Meets The Moon, and Oldzilla. Bob Bendetson of The Simpsons fame signed on to write and direct Oldzilla, with Art Everett co-writing.[2] A few sequences were storyboarded by Bowling4Rhinos Productions, but according to the company, "It sadly got shelved due to conflicts with Toho."[3] It is presumed canceled.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Bob Bendetson[2]
- Written by Bob Bendetson, Art Everett[2]
- Produced by Penney Finkelman Cox, Sandra Rabins[2]
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Monsters
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Weapons, vehicles, and races
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Gallery
Concept art
Trivia
- Ronald Rump is a parody of businessman and later U.S. President, Donald Trump.
- A piece of concept art uses a promotional image of the 1954 Godzilla biting a train to represent footage of King Saurus' past destruction.
- Of the three films that Original Force announced, only Duck Duck Goose was ever released.
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References
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