{"id":180,"date":"2020-09-08T02:36:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T02:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roberthoodwriter.com\/?p=180"},"modified":"2022-01-23T06:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T06:30:17","slug":"scriptwriting-for-new-in-production-kaiju-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roberthoodwriter.com\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Scriptwriting for New In-Production “Kaiju” Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At the beginning of October 2018, I was approached by Avery Guerra to write a scene for a new, in-production movie for which he is acting as Consulting Producer. The film was to be titled The Great Buddha Arrival,<\/strong> and is based on a long-lost Japanese film, Daibutsu kaikoku<\/em> (1934).<\/p>\n

Directed by Hiroto Yokokawa<\/a>, the new film features a large cast of Japanese and US actors who have starred in a plethora of daikaiju eiga<\/em> (giant monster films) over the years. One of these actors is Peggy Neal, best-known among fans for her role in Uch\u00fb daikaij\u00fb Girara<\/em> (1967; otherwise known in English-dubbed countries under the notoriously silly title The X from Outer Space<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I readily agreed to write the five-minute English segment required for Peggy’s role and handed the script over to Avery on the same day, after a tweak or two. It was greeted very positively, especially by Peggy, who got in touch and enthusiastically thanked me for my sensitivity toward the spiritual themes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since then The Great Buddha Arrival<\/strong> has been made, and is currently running the independent-film festival circuit. By all reports, it has so far been well-received and has many times been assigned the role of “Official Selection<\/span>“, has been variously short-listed in a number of categories, and has at least once received 2nd place as Best Fantasy Film. I have seen a version of the film and hope that it will be released in DVD\/Blu-ray form when the film circuit is completed, if not to screenings in local theatres.<\/p>\n\n\n

Note 1:<\/strong> as of 2022, the film is available on Blu-ray, from srscinemastore.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note 2: <\/strong> Awards for The Great Buddha Arrival<\/em>:<\/strong>
Best Film Of The Year – Picasso\/Einstein\/Buddha International Film Festival of India
Best Feature Film – Cinematic Panic of Tennessee
Best Director : Feature Film – Buzz Vicious Film Festival of Brazil
Best Original Idea – Top Indie Film Awards of Tokyo Japan
Best Editing – The Indie Gathering International Film Festival of Ohio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of October 2018, I was approached by Avery Guerra to write a scene for a new, in-production movie for which he is acting as Consulting Producer. The film was to be titled The Great Buddha Arrival, and is based on a long-lost Japanese film, Daibutsu kaikoku (1934). Directed by Hiroto Yokokawa, the … <\/p>\n

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