News Round Up: Third Monster Revealed For Gamera: Rebirth And Trailer For Meg 2: The Trench Arrives

Gamera: Rebirth Unveils Gamera's Third Opponent:

Shark week certainly arrived sooner rather than later as we have seen two jawsome news revealed to us and our first piece of news was quite a surprise. On Sunday May 7th, a new poster for Gamera: Rebirth got revealed. Much like the previous posters, it unveils one of the monsters that will appear in the anime and this one unveils another monster from Gamera's movies from the Showa era, which turns out to be Zigra.

First appeared in the movie Gamera vs Zigra, this monster's design was originally based on a goblin shark. Zigra was the leader of an alien race called Zigrans and much like all of the aliens in monster movies sought out Earth to conquer. Zigra was defeated by Gamera, but not before being used as a xylophone. Since then, it had only appeared one other time in stock footage in the movie Gamera: Super Monster and has not been seen in any other Gamera films since then.

While the origins of this new Zigra in the anime has not been revealed yet, the monsters new design is a drastic change based on the silhouette. Zigra's fins are now more like wings making it look more like a manta ray than a shark. It doesn't even look like the new design retains Zigra's beak, but the top of the monster's head is flat based on the original design. The poster does show the monster from the top one won't know how the monster will look until we get a reveal of the monster's full design.

With this poster revealed, a new trailer should follow up soon. There is usually a trailer that gets dropped right after a new poster is revealed. Trailers would usually feature the new monster that was revealed even if it is only for a second. It could be today while I am typing this post or tomorrow that a new trailer drops and we get to see Zigra in action. On the other hand, it could even be that we won't see a trailer this week. It could be until close to the end of May that we get to see Zigra in action.

I did run a poll before the poster dropped asking which monster you guys thought would be next to be revealed. Zigra only got 1% while Guiron was the most popular having 58% of the votes, Barugon in second with 18%, Iris in third with 11%, Zedus with 5%, a new monster with 5%, and everyone else with 1%. It is telling that the anime is aiming to bring back monsters strictly from the Showa era and it even shows that monsters from that era like Guiron and Barugon are the most popular choices based on the poll. However, fans also want to see other monsters from other eras like Iris and Zedus get a chance in the spotlight. There are even those that want to see a new monster appear, as well. I am leaning towards the idea that Gamera: Rebirth will be strictly casting monsters from the Showa era. Yet, there is always a small possibility a monster from the Heisei era or a new monster could pop up, as well.

First Trailer For Meg 2: The Trench Arrives Online:

On Monday May 8th, the first trailer for Meg 2: The Trench had appeared online. Warner Bros. built up to the trailers by posting a bunch of movie posters. One of them showed the giant shark about to chomp down on a dog, another poster showed Jason Stathom being chased by one of the sharks, another poster showed Jing Wu hanging onto the leg of a helicopter while the shark jumps at him, and there is a poster for China showing Jing Wu trying to save a victim of what looks like a kraken. Then, the trailer drops and my reaction is that this movie looks just as stupidly fun as the first movie.

The trailer starts off a dragonfly being eaten by a lizard, the lizard being eaten by a larger lizard, that lizard getting hunted by a T-Rex, and then the T-Rex getting chomped by the Megalodon. It cuts to Jason Stathom being asked for help by Cliff Curtis with a large problem in the deepest part of the trench that is trying to reach the surface. The trailer shows off Jing Wu in these new diving suits that would help them explore the trench without having to worry about the heavy pressure. One of the divers goes missing and the characters are surrounded by Megalodons with an even larger Megalodon revealing itself. Next thing we see the Megs have escaped the trench and heading towards a beach and Jing Wu fighting off those same large lizards seen at the beginning of the trailer. Suddenly, Jason Stathom is being chased by one of the sharks on the docks and tries to kick it away. Sienna Guillory states she hopes fighting the sharks goes better than last time before Jing Wu asked what happened last time and Stathom replying that he doesn't want to know. Tourists flee from the beach and the Megs initiate their attack on the swimmers. Chaos ensues as we see one of the Megs break the glass of an underwater observatory and chomping on one of the researchers. Before we know it, there are giant tentacles from a kraken that is also attacking the resort and crashing a helicopter. The trailer ends with Stathom barely dodging the jaws of a Megalodon, starts riding a wave, and pulls out a spear before a Megalodon jumps out of the water.

When it comes to story, I am betting the story to be very cheesy. So cheesy that it will most likely put a monster sized smile on my face. Giant sharks, krakens, dinosaurs, impossibly cheesy action. This looks to be so much fun to watch and I'm excited for it. I loved the first movie just for that same reason. The first movie isn't as spectacular nor as scary as Jaws, but out of all of the other monster movies that released in 2018 The Meg was the best one that year. And that was after The Cloverfield Paradox, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the two Godzilla anime movies, and Pacific Rim: Uprising turning out to be huge disappoints. The only other monster movie I enjoyed was Rampage, but even then it was only okay. I hope that when Meg 2 releases on August 2nd, it will be just as fun as the first movie.

What are your thoughts on Zigra joining Gamera: Rebirth and the trailer for Meg 2: The Trench? Do you think we will see another trailer for Gamera: Rebirth soon? Will you be seeing Meg 2 in August? Leave a comment in the comments section of your thoughts on everything revealed this week, so far. Make sure to follow me on Facebook, Minds, MeWe, Gab, and TRUTH Social to stay up to date for more news, reviews, discussions.