MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (2009) - PREVIEW 

Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland
Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Rated: Unrated
U.S. Opening Date: May 15th, 2009

THEY SAY

Monsters vs. Aliens reinvents the classic ‘50s monster movie into an irreverent modern day action comedy. With the earth under attack by an unstoppable alien, it’s up to the monsters — (top to bottom in pic below) Insectosaurus; Ginormica (Reese Witherspoon); Dr. Cockroach, Ph.D. (Hugh Laurie); the Missing Link (Will Arnett); and B.O.B. (Seth Rogen) — to overcome their misfit status and save the world from the pending imminent destruction.

DreamWorks’ Monsters vs. Aliens, the studio’s first film produced in Ultimate 3-D technology, will be distributed by Paramount Pictures in March 2009. DreamWorks SKG Presents Monsters vs. Aliens, a Paramount Pictures release featuring the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kiefer Sutherland, and Paul Rudd. The film is directed by Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon. The producer is Lisa Stewart. The co-producers are Jill Hopper and Latifa Ouaou.
 

WE SAY

No, not another Aliens movie but the upcoming computer animated flick from DreamWorks Animation (Shrek, Bee Movie).

It has been described as a reinvention of the classic 1950s monster movie as an irreverent modern day action comedy. Based on the classic horror comic book, it is about a monster hunter called upon to battle aliens who have disrupted cable TV service.

According to Arrow in the Head web site:

REX HAVOC was a comic put out by Warren that ran from 1984 to 1994 called Rex Havoc and the Ass-Kickers of the Fantastic (the team even had an emblem of a boot print superimposed over a pair of butt-cheeks). The story consisted of a team of experts out to kick the crap out of ghouls, ghosts and the like. Their leader is Rex, a fearless adventurer, who manages to lead the team despite severe brain damage brought on by a golf club-wielding vampire sneak attack.

Rex assembles a team of monsters to help including Ick!, Dr. Cockroach, the 50,000 Pound Woman and Insectosaurus.

"I believe that next generation 3-D will make our CG films even more special and unique," Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation told the media recently. "We are thrilled to have Monsters vs. Aliens as the first opportunity for audiences to enjoy this exciting new movie experience. Moving to a March release date, which has proven to be a great slot for family films, allows us to roll out our first 3-D project on the maximum amount of screens as the year's first big event film to hit the market in this new format."

"We are really excited to be distributing Monsters vs. Aliens, the marriage of a new technology with the classic family entertainment audiences have come to expect and love from DreamWorks Animation," said Rob Moore, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Paramount Pictures. "This new immersive 3-D experience will fully exploit the latest in exhibition technology-and with the March 27 release date, we'll be able to take full advantage by showing it in as many theatres with this advanced 3-D capability as possible."

Monsters vs. Aliens will be the first DreamWorks film shot in digital 3-D.

The movie will be directed by Rob Letterman and Conrad Vernon. Letterman was one of the three directors of SharkTale and Conrad Vernon was a director on Shrek 2, both of them DreamWorks movies.

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