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Amazing how much of so many films can be explained by "we had nowhere near enough money so we got up to the following shenanigans"!

#Monsterdon #Hercules #LuigiCozzi #BMovies

That's also why the final battle in The Adventures of Hercules is in fact a rotoscoped fight scene from the first Herc film, because Lou had already finished his allotted time for the "7 Magnificent Gladiators reshoots" & gone home.

#LuigiCozzi #SciFi #Monsterdon #Hercules #MonsterMiru

7 Magnificent Gladiators was so bad, Cannon hired Cozzi & brought back Lou to shoot some new scenes to fix it. Then they decided to double the time & make a whole new film, Adventures of Hercules... but without telling Lou that they were making a new film because they were only paying him a lower rate for 7MG reshoots.

To be clear: they shot a movie without telling the star they were making it!!! :D

#LuigiCozzi #SciFi #Monsterdon #Hercules #MonsterMiru

Cannon wanted to talk to Cozzi re Space Vampires (later, Lifeforce by Tobe Hooper) & met in Rome while Ferrigno was making 7 Magnificent Gladiators (#MonsterMiru 1 March) for them

Lou's Cannon deal required a #Hercules film cuz he wanted to be the new Steve Reeves. Golan was so upset w/ the Herc script he got, he asked Cozzi if he could give him a new story by 7AM the next day! 😱 Cozzi basically pitched "Superman of the past" & got the job

Mission accomplished?

#LuigiCozzi #SciFi #Monsterdon