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THE CHEETAH WHORES Score A Hit For SHARKTOPUS And SyFy

Source: NBC / Universal

As if the cinematic delight of Syfy’s eagerly anticipated Sharktopus isn’t enough, now there’s a sharktastic theme song available on iTunes to accompany the melodic sounds of the beast chomping on sun-bathers.

The Sharktopus Song is sung by the up-and-coming all-female band, The Cheetah Whores. The band was handpicked by Sharktopus director, Declan O’Brien (Wrong Turn 3, Rock Monster, Cyclops) to write and sing the breakout pop song based on their unique, catchy sound and high-powered live performances.

The song is available at http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sharktopus-single/id383310145.

Sharktopus premieres on Syfy Saturday, September 25, at 9PM (ET/PT).

The 6th annual Fantastic Fest will honor Roger and Julie Corman with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Premiere of Sharktopus on Friday, September 24, 2010 at The Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX. The film will play as the second part of a double feature with the U.S. premiere of Machete Maidens Unleashed!, a documentary about Philippine exploitation films from the 70's and 80's directed by Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood), which features Roger Corman prominently. The Lifetime Achievement award ceremony will take place between the two shows, each of which will include classic Corman trailers and surprises.

In Sharktopus, Eric Roberts (The Expendables/The Dark Knight) plays a research scientist who, with his talented daughter (Sara Malakul Lane/Belly of the Beast), develops a secret military weapon -- a hybrid shark/octopus that can be controlled by electrical implants. But when the controls break down, the monster goes on a killing rampage at the resort beaches of Mexico.

Roberts received Golden Globe nominations for his starring roles in King of the Gypsies (1978) and Star 80 (1983). He was nominated for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Runaway Train. In 1987, he won the Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut performance in Burn This.

In The Dark Knight, Roberts portrayed Sal Maroni, a Gotham City Mafia boss who hires The Joker (Heath Ledger) to kill Batman (Christian Bale). His other memorable roles include The Expendables, Raggedy Man, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Nobody’s Fool, Final Analysis and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.

Roger Corman, who received an Honorary 2010 Oscar, is the legendary director and producer of numerous low-budget cult classics, among them It Conquered the World, Teenage Doll, The Little Shop of Horrors, House of Usher, Pit and the Pendulum, Premature Burial, The Raven, The Masque of the Red Death, The Wild Angels and The Trip.

Sharktopus is produced by Roger Corman and Julie Corman.

See Also: SyFy / Roger Corman Finally Get It Right With SHARKTOPUS Trailer / SHARKTOPUS! And GIANT SQUID!, Yet More Terrors From The Deep / The First Look At Roger Corman's 'Sharktopus!' / The First Look At Roger Corman's 'Dinoshark' / Tiffany To Star In The Asylum's 'Very Brady' Megapiranha Movie / Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus - The Deborah Gibson Interview / Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus: How Big Is Too Big? / Black Scorpion #1 - A Comic Book Review / Shout! Factory To Release Roger Corman Classics On DVD / A Special Effects Video Bonanza - Galactic Raiders - Dinocroc vs Supergator / Jim Wynorski Releases Images Of The Late David Carradine From 'Dinocroc vs. Supergator' / Dinocroc vs. Supergator - Let's Get Ready To Rumble!

SyFy / Roger Corman Finally Get It Right With SHARKTOPUS Trailer

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Sources: Twitch / Avery Guerra

Over the past couple of years we have had a great time poking fun at all of the crazy monster mash-up movies that have been churned out by The Asylum, Roger Corman and the SyFy Channel. With films like "'Dinocroc vs. Supergator", "Dinoshark", "Mega Piranha", "Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus" and the upcoming "Mega Shark vs Giganotosaurus", it was all too easy to point a finger and laugh out loud at all of the cheesy, over-the-top, monster antics, with 80s pop-stars added in for nostalgia, and to hook in all of us Gen-x types.

As you can probably imagine, when I heard that SyFy was teaming up with legendary film producer Roger Corman for a film called, "Sharktopus", I naturally assumed that it was going to be another film in a long line of films that were big on hype, big on spectacle, with little true entertainment value.

That was until I saw the trailer this morning.

I have to be honest, It took me by complete surprise, it was good, and it actually made me want to see the final product.

Granted, "Sharktopus" is a low-budget monster mash just like all the films I mentioned before, except this time, from what can be seen in the trailer, it looks like Corman has gone back to the tried and true formula that made many of his prior works such cult classics, a great monster design, wacky 1950s era pseudo-science, violence and tons of lovely ladies in bikinis.

Everything about this trailer, even the music, is a throw-back to old monster films, which is what makes it work.

This one looks like a monster film that only a master like Corman could have made and the bikini clad hotties are getting eaten up faster than California Rolls and an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet.

Plot:

Sharktopus is about a research scientist (Eric Roberts) and his talented daughter who develop a secret military weapon, a hybrid shark/octopus that can be controlled by electrical implants. But when the controls break down, the monster goes on a killing rampage at the resort beaches of Mexico.

From that, you can see why I was kinda thinking that we were going to get more of the same old stuff here.

True, the trailer may actually give way too much away, and the footage may be the cream of the crop here, but it did the trick, I'm now on board for this one.

Here is the surprisingly good trailer for "Sharktopus":

The First Look At Roger Corman's 'Sharktopus!'

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: Avery Guerra / Twitpic

How do you combine a shark with an octopus? And how could such a biological pairing occur?

These are the very questions that were recently put in front of legendary cult film maker, Roger Corman, when he was approached by the SyFy Channel to develop a made for TV film called, 'Sharktopus!'

Even before Corman could begin to figure out how to meld two of the ocean's greatest predators into one, the network hit him with another idea. Combine a shark with a dinosaur. That movie, called "Dinoshark", aired last weekend on SyFy.

Combining a shark and a dinosaur, no problem, but a shark and an octopus, well that's another matter.

"'Sharktopus!' is more difficult because you can imagine a prehistorical crocodile like the Dinocroc, but there's no such thing as prehistoric half-shark, half-octopus," Corman said. "I tried to figure out how to do this."

The solution? The U.S. Navy has commissioned a group called Blue Water to genetically engineer a half-shark, half-octopus to help combat Somali pirate ships. Then things go wrong.

"It's fairly difficult to believe, but we only ask the audience to accept this one thing," he said. "After that, we take great care that everything else is logical from then on and is something that could happen."

May be a bit convoluted, but don't blame Corman, it's not that easy to figure out how to make these genetic abominations fly.

Today we have the first look at Corman's shark-octopus hybrid as it arrived on location for filming. Granted the image doesn't reveal very much about the overall look of the thing, but at least we know that it is 'shark-size' instead of hundreds of feet long, like the kind of creatures The Asylum has been coming up with.

Speaking of Corman, the legendary film maker will be appearing on Cult Radio A Go Go, tomorrow to talk about 'Sharktopus!', and his long career in film making.

Check that out at: http://www.cultradioagogo.com/welcome.html

There is yet another radio interview with Corman from KROQ radio, here in Los Angeles: http://kroq.radio.com/2010/02/24/damn-you-sharktopus/

And if you really feel ambitious, here is a Facebook group you may want to check out: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=mf&gid=338907011947

That should keep you busy for at least fifteen minutes. The rest of the day is up to you.

See Also: The First Look At Roger Corman's 'Dinoshark' / Tiffany To Star In The Asylum's 'Very Brady' Megapiranha Movie / Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus - The Deborah Gibson Interview / Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus: How Big Is Too Big? / Black Scorpion #1 - A Comic Book Review / Shout! Factory To Release Roger Corman Classics On DVD / A Special Effects Video Bonanza - Galactic Raiders - Dinocroc vs Supergator / Jim Wynorski Releases Images Of The Late David Carradine From 'Dinocroc vs. Supergator' / Dinocroc vs. Supergator - Let's Get Ready To Rumble!

Eric Roberts Will Take On Corman's 'Sharktopus'

Source: NBC / Universal

Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts will star in the highly anticipated new Syfy Saturday Original Movie Sharktopus, produced by cult movie legend Roger Corman, scheduled to premiere later in 2010.

Already the talk of the Internet, Sharktopus is about a research scientist (Roberts) and his talented daughter who develop a secret military weapon, a hybrid shark/octopus that can be controlled by electrical implants. But when the controls break down, the monster goes on a killing rampage at the resort beaches of Mexico.

Eric Roberts received Golden Globe nominations for his starring roles in King of the Gypsies (1978) and Star 80 (1983). He was nominated for the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the escaped convict Buck in the film Runaway Train. In 1987, he won the Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut performance in Burn This.

Roberts's other starring roles included Raggedy Man, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Nobody's Fool, Final Analysis and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. He appeared in The Dark Knight as Sal Maroni, a Gotham City Mafia boss who hires The Joker (Heath Ledger) to killer Batman (Christian Bale).

On television, Roberts has co-starred in the ABC sitcom Less than Perfect, along with guest appearances on Heroes, CSI: Miami, Law & Order: SVU and The L Word.