The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

[Dyne]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419724/

http://www.playmagazine.com/index.ph...e&Media_ID=181


words: Matt Cabral Over the past few years Rob Zombie’s gone from horror metal mastermind to one of the most successful horror film directors in Hollywood, solidified by the recent success of his Halloween remake, which broke Labor-Day box office records by raking in 31 million dollars over the holiday weekend. All well and very good—devil horns all around—but the film we’ve been following is his first animated feature, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Rob had us at “superhero/monster/sex comedy” but when Paul Giamatti came on board as Dr. Satan, well, it doesn’t get any better than this…

Rob, what can you tell us about The Haunted World of El Superbeasto?
Rob Zombie: It comes out next year sometime. It’s almost finished…almost 100%, but not quite finished yet. It’s a totally ridiculous movie—a superhero/monster/sex comedy. It’s totally different than anything I’ve done before.

Sounds both awesome and bizarre. How did you come up with this?
I’d done a series of comic books a few years ago with the character El Superbeasto, and it was one of the most popular things I’d done, so I decided to expand it. I pitched the idea to Phil Roman from the company that does The Simpsons and King of the Hill…they loved it, so we started making the movie.

Is it going to be a theatrical or DVD release?
Theatrical. It’s going to be great…Paul Giamatti plays the part of the lead villain, Dr. Satan. It’s a very funny movie.

Sounds like a difficult film to place into one particular genre. Is it horror, humor…?
Basically humor. It’s kind of like Austin Powers meets The Munsters…totally humorous.

It’s got the look and vibe of a potential franchise. Could we maybe see an El Superbeasto television series or video game?
Probably not a TV series…it’s for adults. It’s pretty raunchy so I don’t think it would be on television.

So we’re talking a definite R rating for the film then?
For sure, yeah!

What type of animation are you using for the film? CGI, hand-drawn…?
It’s classic cel…classic-looking animation.

What’s your level of involvement in the film aside from the creation of the characters?
I wrote the script and oversaw the whole project. The animation is done in like Korea, so you do all the animatic and the drawing here, and then it’s all shipped off overseas and animated.

Any specific inspiration behind the project for you? Are you a fan of classic animation?
Well, I’m not really even a fan of animation. Mostly because I think it’s for kids, and that kind of bores me. I wanted to do something that was adult.

Could El Superbeasto work as a liveaction film?
Actually I think it probably could. It’d probably work great.

Aside from Paul Giamatti, what other cast do you have lined up?
We’ve got Tom Papa who’s a stand-up comic…he plays El Superbeasto. Tom Kenny who is the voice of SpongeBob plays Otto, Paul Giamatti’s sidekick. And Sheri, my wife, plays Susie-X, who is El Superbeasto’s sister. Rosario Dawson plays Velvet Von Black, Dr. Satan’s obsession. He’s obsesses with chasing this stripper as his unholy bride.

Paul Giamatti sounds perfect for that role. How’d you score that casting?
He read the script, loved it, and wanted to do it.

So when can we start lining up to see El Superbeasto?
Sometime in 2008.

Can’t wait! Aside from us, who do you think the target audience is for this film?
I’m not exactly sure…people that like filthy cartoons.




fucking awesome.

[Brand X]

Rob Zombie. Sold.

edit: Plus I would stick it in Sheri Moon Zombie's butt. Twice.

[Dyne]

can somebody edit the description to say Zombies next since apparently i can't.

[Bacon McShig]

All the studios in the world that would go nuts on an off-the-wall R-rated Rob Zombie cartoon, and they go with the one that does ridiculously mechanical, never-deviate-from-the-model-sheet toons like Simpsons and King of the Hill?

[Giga Power]

Good to know this is still coming out. I heard about this in 2005.

[Dolemite]

Yeah, I've been hearing about this movie forever. Hopefully it'll actually come out one day.

Regardless, I'm really stoked- Zombie always delivers the goods. He's not directing this cartoon, however, he just wrote and produced it.

[YellerDog]

This looks like something Spumco should be working on. They're certainly cribbing the style on that main character (not so much the girls, though. John K definately does a better job in that department.)