The story of the Charles Band-produced sci-fi/fantasy film The Primevals dates all the way back to 1978, when director David Allen began production on a project he had spent many years trying to get off the ground. Long story short, financing fell through and the film was never finished, but Full Moon has been hard at work in recent years bringing it back to life.
45 years after production began, Full Moon has announced that The Primevals is FINALLY ready for consumption. And they’ve shared the official trailer for the long-awaited movie.
Additionally, Full Moon’s Charles Band announces in the video below that The Primevals will premiere at Fantasia in July, with more release details to be announced soon.
While you wait, watch the trailer for The Primevals below!
A fundraising campaign a few years back detailed, “Finishing The Primevals exactly how David had envisioned it to look and feel, would require – by today’s standards – a Herculean post-production budget that we simply do not have access to. And while completing the picture will require some compromises, we nevertheless plan to deliver a version that is as close to David’s ambitious, grandiose design as possible, based on the resources that have and will become available to us. You NEED to see what has been filmed. And you WILL.”
David Allen unfortunately passed away back in 1999. From Wikipedia, “Allen provided special effects on such productions as The Howling, Twilight Zone: The Movie, Young Sherlock Holmes (for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects nomination), Willow and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. He also had a long association with producer Charles Band, working on such films as Dolls, Puppet Master, Bride of Re-Animator, Subspecies and Demonic Toys.”
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