Über das Steampunk-Sequel zu „War of the Worlds“ bloggte ich zuletzt im März, jetzt gibt’s ein Poster, einen Titel namens „War of the Worlds: Goliath“ und den Plot. Das Ding wird ein Animationsfilm, ist 14 Jahre nach dem Angriff der Marsianer angesiedelt und die Story klingt absolutely kick-ass:
In 1900, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian’s 80 ft tall, heat-ray spewing, Tripod battle machines laid waste to the planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth’s tiny bacteria.
Fourteen years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind’s first line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. Based in a massive fortress complex at the south end of Manhattan Island, the young warriors of A.R.E.S. train under the leadership of Secretary of War, Theodore Roosevelt, and the grim General Kushnirov.
And return the Martians do. The rematch finds the multinational squad of the A.R.E.S. battle Tripod “Goliath” on the front-lines of a vicious interplanetary offensive when the Martian invaders launch their second invasion using even more advanced alien technology. In the crucible of combat, this young team helming the mighty Goliath will be tested to the limits of their endurance and courage as they fight for Mankind’s very survival under the onslaught of an implacable enemy.
This is the saga of “War of the Worlds: Goliath”, a 90-minute, animated, steampunk epic of war, comradeship and courage under fire.
- Renington Steele •
- Juni 29th, 2009 •
- 15 Kommentare
- Schlagwörter: WarOfTheWorlds2
Hell, yeah! Das ist für mich die Nachricht des Jahres: Kevin Eastman, der das Heavy Metal Comicmagazin herausbringt, arbeitet an einem Sequel zu „War of the Worlds“, das 2010 als Direct2DVD kommen soll, die Dreharbeiten laufen seit 2007. Trailer gibt es leider noch keinen, dafür aber jede Menge Concept Arts. Yesss!
“It’s an R rated, retro-history, steam punk epic set in a 1914, fourteen years after the first failed Martian invasion. Mankind has rebuilt her cities and military adapting a lot of the abandoned Martian technology. They’ve created an international defense force, A.R.E.S., based on the lower end of Manhattan and under the command of Theaodore Roosevelt. They’ve built a formidable force centered around giant, steam powered battle tripods. Think of “Band of Brothers” meets “Star Wars”, meets World WO. It will be cool-steam powered battle tripods, doomed Cossack cavalry charges, victorian decco, steam punk Manhattan, 1500 foot long armored battle zeppelins, Teddy Roosevelt, souped up Tri-planes, blood on steaming metal, sex in the cockpit. The usual.”
This story is not directly based on Heavy Metal, but it is a sequel to the classic War Of The Worlds novel by H.G. Wells. It will have a budget of around $3 million, and be produced by Tripod Entertainment Sdn Bhd (joint venture between Elemental Ventures Sdn Bhd and Epoch Ink Corp). It is uncertain how connected this movie is to Heavy Metal. It was originally indented on being part of a series of Heavy Metal Videos. And is being co-produced by Kevin Eastman (owner of Heavy Metal).
- Renington Steele •
- März 21st, 2009 •
- 3 Kommentare
- Schlagwörter: WarOfTheWorlds, WarOfTheWorlds2
