Franklin, Indiana-“Rock ’n roll is here to stay” despite the best efforts of a giant gila monster in Polyscope’s sci-fi comedy movie “Gila!” scheduled for release to theaters and drive-ins nationwide. Based loosely on the 1959 sci-fi classic “Giant Gila Monster,” the revived “Gila!” features a ferocious, rampaging giant gila monster, classy hot rods, vintage [...]
As the final shots are filmed and come to a close for GILA!, Jim Wynorski, Chopping Mall (1986), taps one of Indiana’s rowdiest rockabilly bands to complete the sock hop scene in Franklin, Indiana. MG & the Gas City three, a tried and true original rockabilly band, set up for the shoot with actor Christina [...]
Typically, news of a movie remake is met with incredulous expressions and moans of “Why?” or “How could they mess with a classic?”. Every so often, however, a movie is not just worthy of, but entitled to having its story told more than once. That, I believe, is the case with The Giant Gila Monster. [...]
Jenna Ruiz is a young Indiana based actress who is about to breakthrough. As one of the leads in the upcoming film Gila! Jenna steals the scene as she plays, Missy the precocious sister of the lead Chase Winstead (played by Brian Gross). We decided to ask this young ingenue a few questions about her [...]
Indie legend and Corman go-to-guy Jim (CHOPPING MALL, RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING) Wynorski is helming a remake of the notorious 1959 Ray Kellogg creature feature THE GIANT GILA MONSTER. FAMOUS MONSTERS sat down with Jim to chat about the project and share some production pics. The film, aiming for SyFy release in 2012, is [...]
25-year veteran in the Hollywood exploitation field, writer/producer/director Jim Wynorski is responsible for over 150 varied motion pictures in a myriad of genres. Leaving behind a successful commercial business in New York, Wynorski relocated to California in 1980 and soon found himself on the doorstep of his childhood idol, B-film king Roger Corman. “The rest [...]
In Gila, the remake of The Giant Gila Monster the original star Don Sullivan, who is is cast as a a character named Dawes. Dawes is the iconic Knowledgeable Old Scientist, who relays the crucial information that they are dealing with a giant gila monster. Don Sullivan is an American actor best known for his [...]
Indie legend and Corman go-to-guy Jim (CHOPPING MALL, RETURN OF THE SWAMP THING) Wynorski is helming a remake of the notorious 1959 Ray Kellogg creature feature THE GIANT GILA MONSTER. FAMOUS MONSTERS sat down with Jim to chat about the project and share some production pics. The film, aiming for SyFy release in 2012, is [...]
Though the final cast list for the upcoming The Giant Gila Monster remake by director Jim Wynorski has been doing the rounds — including the interesting news that original Giant Gila Monster (1959) star Don Sullivan is returning in the remake — what the Backbrain has been told by the guys from the Franklin, Indiana [...]