Monster Jam: The Movie (lost motorsports film; 2004)

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The only image of the poster for the film that has yet to be released.

Status: Lost

Monster Jam: The Movie is a cancelled film based around the motorsport series, then owned by Clear Channel Entertainment, that was supposed to be released in theaters in 2004. It was set to be produced by TAG Entertainment, then owned by "Steve Austin" (The company has since been defunct). It was set to be produced by Steve Austin and Jonathan Bogner, with Louis J. Perlman and Greg McDonald as executive producers. The only members of the cast that was officially announced were Joey Sculthorpe, Paul Butcher Jr., and Alana Austin, who was set to play the daughter in the family mentioned in the plot. It was stated that all the characters in the film were to be played by actors, however, it was unknown if any actual drivers would be making any sort of appearance.

While it is unconfirmed at the moment if a full, complete movie was filmed. The only on-set picture that has ever been released was a picture of some Clear Channel employees, along with an actor wearing a fire suit standing in front of Grave Digger, with a camera in front of them, presumably getting ready to begin filming. A trailer was confirmed to exist at one point in time, which has also been confirmed to be currently lost, waiting to be found. A description has recently been given as to what the trailer contained, although being rather vague. It is said to have contained shots where all the drivers were portrayed by actors, along with shots of the daughter in the family while Blink-182 plays over it. It is also unknown where else the film would have/could have been filmed at, the only confirmed filming location was Monster Jam World Finals 4 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, NV in March of 2003.

Premise

TruckWorld.com put out an article in May of 2003, giving a premise to the film.

"TRUCKWORLD ® has learned of the preliminary plot for the film, which is based around a family of four that builds a Monster Truck. The truck they build is the Monster Mutt. When the Mutt is ready to roll, the son skillfully drives the truck via remote control. The daughter loves the truck and finds herself in the driver's seat just along for the ride. Competing on tracks throughout the country the Monster Mutt becomes very popular and is winning many races. Making it to the World Finals unforeseen remote control problems occur and the son can't use the controls to drive the truck. The daughter has to take charge of the situation and actually drive the truck at the event, ultimately winning the race."

Gallery

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  The only on-set picture ever released. Pictured is Ray Henry, Charlie Mancuso, Ken Hudgens, and an unidentified actor, who is wearing the Grave Digger firesuit (Credit to Eric Stern for the image).

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  Monster Mutt racing against Sudden Impact at World Finals 4, which most likely would have been used in the film.

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  Monster Mutt competing in the Freestyle competition later that night, which most likely would have been used in the film.

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  Monster Mutt parked in the pits of Monster Jam World Finals 4, which could have been used in the film.

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  The description of the trailer, given by a user in a Facebook comment section. The users name has been censored in order to protect their privacy.

See Also

• Monster Jam World Finals 1 (lost footage of freestyle runs; 2000)