North American Godzilla fans will be gathering July 4-6, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza O'Hare International in Rosemont, IL for G-FEST XV. The special guests for G-FEST XV are Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 and actor Don Frye from Godzilla Final Wars. Other featured guest is actor Robert Scott Field of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991).
G-FEST XV will be screening Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) and Godzilla x Mechagodzilla (2002). As G-FEST falls on Independence Day weekend, a mini film festival will be held on Thursday, July 3 featuring Destroy All Monsters, Attack of the Mushroom People, Godzilla vs. Gigan and Orochi, The Eight-Headed Dragon. All movies will be screened at the Pickwick Theater in Park Ridge. Godzilla vs. Biollante is an exclusive screening for registered G-FEST attendees.
G-FEST XV will also have a giant dealers room, model instruction, video room, Godzilla video game tournaments, Godzilla Jeopardy, costume parade & contest, art contest, video contests and more. A feature-length documentary, Monsterland, will be filming at G-FEST by German filmmaker Jorg Buttgerheit.
Weekend admission tickets are $29.00 for adults, $10 for youth (12 and under). Daily admission (at the door) is $20.00 for adults, $5.00 for youths. Children 5 and under are admitted FREE.
For more information, log onto www.g-fan.com.
-
Written By: Ken Hulsey / Armand Vaquer Sources: Avery Guerra / Daisuke Sato / Robert Hood Just about everyone who reads Monster Island News... -
Written By: Ken Hulsey This is part 2 of my San Diego Comic Con experience. Like I mentioned in my previous article, my experience at Comic... -
Unraveling the Web: Why 'Spider-Noir' is the Ultimate Nostalgic Thrill Ride! Written By Ken Hulsey Terri and I have a new show tha... -
Source: 20th Century Fox JESSICA BIEL has become one of Hollywood's most coveted leading women. Biel was hailed for her performance in f... -
Source: Warner Bros UPDATE - Meet Mad Men's Sexy New Starlet! CHRISTINA HENDRICKS can currently be seen as Joan Harris on the fou... -
From Deadline Hollywood Another piece of Captain Marvel casting has fallen into place. Humans star Gemma Chan is set to play Minn-Erva i... -
Written By: Ken Hulsey With all the buzz generated yesterday, when it was announced that Legendary Pictures, in conjunction with Warner B... -
.svg.png)
Written By: Rachel Grubb It's inevitable that it's going to happen--the third Batman movie. And since I don't know any more abou... -
At the close of the 19th century, the renowned author H.G. Wells gifted us with “War of the Worlds,” a remarkable work that quickly became a...
No comments:
Post a Comment