TIFTON — Bill Coursey, known for killing the Son of Hogzilla, is as curious as anyone to know what happened to the movie “The Legend of Hogzilla” which held casting calls at the Tift Theater last summer.
Coursey shot and killed a 1,100-pound free-ranging wild boar on his neighbor’s lawn Jan. 3, 2007, in Brooks. His hog, known as Brooks’ Beast or the Son of Hogzilla, set a world record for weight.
Several years earlier, in June 2004, Chris Griffin killed a boar in Alapaha, known as Hogzilla. His hog set a world record for the length of its tusks: 39 1/2 inches.
Coursey and Griffin met for the first time last summer during a casting call for “The Legend of Hogzilla” held at the Tift Theatre. It was during that meeting that Coursey agreed to do a cameo appearance in “The Legend of Hogzilla” and to work on a sequel to the film.
“I did sign a release for them to use my pictures to promote the movie,” Coursey said.
Rick Trimm, who had formed a company called Lithium Productions, was the producer for “The Legend of Hogzilla,” and his last contact with Coursey was several months ago.
“I had several numbers where I could reach him,” Coursey said, “but they have all been changed.” He said the company’s Web site is also down.
“He has just disappeared,” Coursey said. He said before the Web site went down he had sent e-mails to Trimm but he never got an answer.
Coursey said, “I’d like to know what’s going on.” He said everything he had tried to reach Trimm came to a dead end.
Coursey said the last time he had contact with Trimm was when they did a casting call in Tucker. “But it’s been months since I’ve spoken to him now,” Coursey said.
Coursey, who has just retired from the fire department, said he has kept busy doing television and radio shows promoting Son of Hogzilla. He said the History Channel aired a show on May 28 called “Mega Hogs” that he appeared on to talk about Son of Hogzilla. He has also been on National Geographic and Discovery Canada. Presently he is working on building his Web site: www.sonofhogzilla.com.
Coursey said the last he heard the film “Legend of Hogzilla” was to be released in early summer, but he does not know if the film was ever completed.
Jack Mayer, biologist and feral hog expert who was the lead consultant for National Geographic’s special on Alapaha’s Hogzilla, told The Gazette on Thursday that he had not heard anything about the “Legend of Hogzilla” movie but he was aware there was another movie that has been produced titled “Hogzilla: The Other White Meat Fights Back.” That movie was made in South Florida and information about it can be found at hogzillaonline.com/press.htm. National Geographic aired a “sneak peek” of the film last November.
When The Gazette tried to reach Trimm on Thursday, his telephone number had been disconnected.
To contact reporter Jana Cone, call 382-4321, ext. 208.
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