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‘Space Monster Wangmagwi’ – Unreleased Kaiju Film from 1967 Finally Being Released!
Never before released anywhere in the world on physical or digital media, the lost Kaiju movie Space Monster Wangmagwi was made way back in 1967, and it has finally been found.
Sci-fi Japan reports this week that SRS Cinema has picked up the North American rights to the classic black & white Kaiju movie, with the first-ever release coming real soon.
The site notes that the Korean film is “the most sought after of obscure unreleased kaiju movies.” Sci-fi Japan goes on to explain, “It was thought lost for decades until the Korean Film Archive recently held a few festival screenings in their home country.”
Sci-fi Japan details, “Directed by Gwon Hyeok-jin (The Swordsman), this sci-fi film depicts the arrival of a gigantic space creature named Wangmagwi (Big Devil) who plans to conquer the Earth. Landing in Korea, the alien goes on a rampage of destruction.”
Expect Space Monster Wangmagwi to see release this August or September!
Thanks to Avery Guerra for the heads up.
If you want to watch a fun movie, watch a Ryuhei Kitamura movie. Whether it’s 2000’s Versus, 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, 2008’s The Midnight Meat Train or 2022’s underseen The Price We Pay, Kitamura always knows how to deliver a wild and crazy good time.
Up next from Ryuhei Kitamura? Deadline reports that he’ll be directing Thrill Ride, which sounds a bit like the best parts of Final Destination 3… expanded into a feature film!
Deadline details, “the English-language film will tell the story of a group of people, including two young women, who are trapped upside down on a roller coaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one-by-one to their deaths.”
Film Bridge International is launching the project for sales ahead of the Cannes market.
Chad Law and Christopher Jolley wrote the screenplay.
“Thrill Ride is exactly the type of high-concept based thriller that our customers are looking for in the marketplace,” said Film Bridge’s Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra. “With Ryuhei at the helm, we know his vision and execution will deliver thrills of the highest quality.”
“As a hardcore rollercoaster fan since I was young, I immediately fell in love with this script filled with suspense, action, crazy ups and downs, turns, loops, and corkscrews at maximum speed,” adds Kitamura. “I can’t wait to get on a ride and bring life to the wildest rollercoaster imaginable.”
We’re already seated. Stay tuned for more on Thrill Ride as we learn it.
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