August 10, 2025 • 9 mins
Fantastical creatures come to life when a young girl's sketchbook falls into a strange pond. As the town starts to unravel, she and her brother try to track down the unpredictable, chaotic and dangerously real monsters before they cause permanent damage.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey guys, Brad Gilmour here, want to give a big
shout out to our title sponsor, Walker Texas Lawyer.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Speaker 3 (00:20):
Oh Broadcasting live from Houston, Texas and around the world
and are around the world.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
TV host, best selling author and radio personality, Brad Gilmour
brings you a collection of conversations with stars from movies.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Matthew McConaughey, Brad Gilmore, Mark wohlburg By, how are you
the legendary mister Christopher Lloyd Christopher, how are we doing?
I'm doing good, Ray inswered, Jessica Alba and Lizzie Matthis ladies,
thank you so much for joining me.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Thank you. Kevin Coster joins us, Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Thank you Television.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Jimmy Fallon joins us this morning. Jimmy, how you doing,
my friend?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Thank you so much Brad for having me. I appreciate this.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Bud, Kelly ripperd thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Comedy. Jay Leno joins us, Jay, how you doing, hey, Brad?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
What's going on?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Chris Tucker is in the bill that Chris Tucker. Good
morning to you.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Hey you.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
George Lopez joins us right now, George, how are you
doing so? Good morning music? Lola Manro, thank you, thank
you for having me. The legendary front man of ac
d C.
Speaker 6 (01:24):
Brian Johnson joins us right now, Brian, how you doing?
Speaker 7 (01:28):
Good morning? Brock what look?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Jo give me funny?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Megan Trainer. Chloe Bailey joins us. I appreciate the time, appreciate.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
You and more and more. This is the collection. Now
you're host of the Boat, Brad.
Speaker 6 (01:52):
Gilmore, ESPN Radio and c W thirty nine in Houston,
Seth Bianka callen, thank you so much taking the time.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Congrats on the film.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Man, thank you so watch, thank you well.
Speaker 6 (02:01):
You know, look, look, Bianco, let's start with you this movie.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
I loved it.
Speaker 6 (02:05):
I know obviously everybody who's been watching this film connects
with it. When you first got the script in front
of you, did you automatically connect with your character?
Speaker 7 (02:14):
Oh yeah, definitely, I say every time I read the script,
just like that, like it was a book, you know,
and I just fell in love with the story and
all the characters and the dialogue, and especially Amber because
I feel like we could all relate to her a
little bit because people think that, you know, what she's
doing is wrong when it's just her way of doing stuff.
Speaker 6 (02:34):
Yeah, same question for you, Callan, did you what was
your reaction to the script?
Speaker 8 (02:40):
My reaction to the script was, Wow, Moment is such
a jerk. He is such a comedic little jerk that
you want to love but you also kind of hate him.
And I just love that about it.
Speaker 9 (02:54):
And it was really fun to play a comedic role.
I feel like I almost like every role I you
it'll have some kind of part of comedy in it.
That's what I think I'm really good at, you know.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Yeah, and you are you are and it definitely comes
through in the movie. Seth, congrats on this. I mean,
what an achievement to pull this movie off, and especially
with the effects. I know you have a VFX background,
but to be able to kind of put all this
together and create this world for us to live in
for ninety minutes is a huge, huge accomplishment. So I'm
sure you're thrilled with how it's come out. I know,
(03:27):
as a director, I'm sure there are things that you
look at and go, oh, I could have done this,
this and that.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
But you have this perfect. It's perfect. It is. It's perfect,
I think it is. But you have to be thrilled
with it. The final product.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Of this, Oh yeah, man. We had such an incredible
team that pulled this movie off that I am sitting
here taking all the credit for because they're not that
I'm here and they're not. But this was this was
such a massive team accomplishment and achievement. I yeah, it's
I'm still blown away by what we were able to
(03:58):
accomplish with the resources we had. It's this has been
such a special and important project for Tony Hale and
I because you know, Tony was a producer on the film.
We it took us like six or seven years to
even get it, like get money to get made. And
in that time you give up a million times, right,
and but it keeps coming back and chasing you because
(04:19):
it's something that you believe in and something that you
feel the world, yeah, compelled to give to the world
because you and this was definitely one of those things
because it was dealing with issues that feel so important
to Tony and I, both as parents but as human beings.
Also just the the need to be able to create
spaces for ourselves and the people in our lives, to
(04:42):
process pain and more complex and darker emotions in some
through some healthy way, particularly through art and creative expression.
It's just such a that pain is going to go somewhere,
and I think often one of the best places for
it to go is into art or some form of
creative self expression. And this movie is very much about
(05:04):
empowering people to create a space for that.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You know.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
He beautifully said, there's a quote that I love that says,
take me away to where I had a kid's innocence,
because in a sense, that's what I've been missing ever since.
And I feel like that's somewhat of the embodiment of
this story of just looking at it through looking through
the world's eye from the you know, a kid's imagination.
What we can learn from our young people to kind
of tap back into that creative sense of self.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Now, I want to talk about Seth's direction.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
Bianca and Callen working with him and in these monsters
and being able to see them visually even though they're
not in front of you. What were the tips and
tricks of the trade that Seth helped you give you
to help you see these monsters.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Talk about me nicely.
Speaker 9 (05:47):
I think Seth did a really good job giving us
the eyeline and giving us the concept art for most
of the monsters, I mean, except the Charvey monsters, because those.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Yeah, some of the monsters we didn't have a specific
work right.
Speaker 8 (06:01):
But most of them we did really good ed. I mean,
he did a really good.
Speaker 9 (06:05):
Job directing us on how to shoot itiders, how to uh,
how to like kind of like panic with iders, I
think I think you would have.
Speaker 8 (06:18):
And where to look at it.
Speaker 7 (06:20):
Yeah, I mean I feel like it was just so
easy to see Seth's vision and like with not even
just the concept art, but also with like the whole scene,
like the dialogue. You know, I kind of got all
the humor in the way that he was writing.
Speaker 8 (06:37):
You did.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
I guess it's such a good job.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
They nailed it. They nailed it. Now, Seth, when when
did it come into or was it always a part
of it?
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Because what I noticed with the different monsters, depending upon
you know, what they were drawn with, you kind of
see that texture in large scale.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Whether it be you know, cramped paint or what have you.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
When when was that decision made as far as was
that something that you had that in your head from
the get go, or did you go, oh, you know,
it would be a good idea if and then you
that was That was.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
A pretty early decision, but it was like one of
the most groundbreak like pivotal ones in terms of like
the direction of the aesthetic of the movie, the aesthetic
of the creatures. This idea that the monsters would be
made of whatever Amber drew them with spoke to. It
spoke to the visual aesthetic so that they would be
(07:24):
they would need to feel like they were made up
like crayon, wax or chalk or pencil. Itd It spoke
to the esthetic. It spoke to like how one would
destroy monsters or damage them, Like if you get crayon
wax and heat, it's going to start to melt. If
you strike chalk hard enough, it turns to a fine
powder and fills the air. And that created all kinds
(07:45):
of visual opportunities and and you know, uh, staging and
action sequence opportunities, and it all just kind of started to,
I don't want to say, fall into place, because it
was a lot of work, but like the aesthetic and
the and the design of these creatures definitely started to
fall into place once we had that idea.
Speaker 6 (08:04):
Yeah, I mean what a great idea is for as
just from a narrative sense and from that effect sense
to really bring bring the audience member into it.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I thought that was really great.
Speaker 6 (08:12):
Now, Bianca Callen, what do you want people when they
see this movie? What do you want people to walk
away with when they see it? What's the message you
want them to bring home with them?
Speaker 7 (08:21):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (08:21):
Do you have something to say about that? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (08:24):
Just actually I don't know.
Speaker 5 (08:28):
You go okay.
Speaker 9 (08:30):
I want people to take away from this movie that
you shouldn't hide your emotions. You should learn to deal
with them and how to process it.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
Almost what about something? What do you think Bowman would say?
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (08:45):
Yeah, what Bouman say is if you're going to be
a bee hole, be a courageous be hole.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
You know what words to live by? Words to live by.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
I think that y'all did such all a great job.
So congratulations again on the movie. Thanks so much for
taking the time. And again again great job on this film.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Man.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
Great talking all.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Right, you'll have a good one.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
Bye bye bye bye yah h m.
Hey guys, Brad Gilmour here, want to give a big
shout out to our title sponsor, Walker Texas Lawyer.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
If you are a love would.
Speaker 1 (00:07):
Have been injured in an accident, whether that be a car, truck,
motorcycle accident, or some kind of other issue. Hit up
Walker Texas Lawyer at seven one three five five to
two one one one seven or Walker Texas Lawyer dot com.
Speaker 3 (00:20):
Oh Broadcasting live from Houston, Texas and around the world
and are around the world.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
TV host, best selling author and radio personality, Brad Gilmour
brings you a collection of conversations with stars from movies.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Matthew McConaughey, Brad Gilmore, Mark wohlburg By, how are you
the legendary mister Christopher Lloyd Christopher, how are we doing?
I'm doing good, Ray inswered, Jessica Alba and Lizzie Matthis ladies,
thank you so much for joining me.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Thank you. Kevin Coster joins us, Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Thank you Television.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Jimmy Fallon joins us this morning. Jimmy, how you doing,
my friend?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Thank you so much Brad for having me. I appreciate this.
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Bud, Kelly ripperd thank you for having me.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Comedy. Jay Leno joins us, Jay, how you doing, hey, Brad?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
What's going on?
Speaker 2 (01:09):
Chris Tucker is in the bill that Chris Tucker. Good
morning to you.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Hey you.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
George Lopez joins us right now, George, how are you
doing so? Good morning music? Lola Manro, thank you, thank
you for having me. The legendary front man of ac
d C.
Speaker 6 (01:24):
Brian Johnson joins us right now, Brian, how you doing?
Speaker 7 (01:28):
Good morning? Brock what look?
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Jo give me funny?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Megan Trainer. Chloe Bailey joins us. I appreciate the time, appreciate.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
You and more and more. This is the collection. Now
you're host of the Boat, Brad.
Speaker 6 (01:52):
Gilmore, ESPN Radio and c W thirty nine in Houston,
Seth Bianka callen, thank you so much taking the time.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Congrats on the film.
Speaker 5 (01:59):
Man, thank you so watch, thank you well.
Speaker 6 (02:01):
You know, look, look, Bianco, let's start with you this movie.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
I loved it.
Speaker 6 (02:05):
I know obviously everybody who's been watching this film connects
with it. When you first got the script in front
of you, did you automatically connect with your character?
Speaker 7 (02:14):
Oh yeah, definitely, I say every time I read the script,
just like that, like it was a book, you know,
and I just fell in love with the story and
all the characters and the dialogue, and especially Amber because
I feel like we could all relate to her a
little bit because people think that, you know, what she's
doing is wrong when it's just her way of doing stuff.
Speaker 6 (02:34):
Yeah, same question for you, Callan, did you what was
your reaction to the script?
Speaker 8 (02:40):
My reaction to the script was, Wow, Moment is such
a jerk. He is such a comedic little jerk that
you want to love but you also kind of hate him.
And I just love that about it.
Speaker 9 (02:54):
And it was really fun to play a comedic role.
I feel like I almost like every role I you
it'll have some kind of part of comedy in it.
That's what I think I'm really good at, you know.
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Yeah, and you are you are and it definitely comes
through in the movie. Seth, congrats on this. I mean,
what an achievement to pull this movie off, and especially
with the effects. I know you have a VFX background,
but to be able to kind of put all this
together and create this world for us to live in
for ninety minutes is a huge, huge accomplishment. So I'm
sure you're thrilled with how it's come out. I know,
(03:27):
as a director, I'm sure there are things that you
look at and go, oh, I could have done this,
this and that.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
But you have this perfect. It's perfect. It is. It's perfect,
I think it is. But you have to be thrilled
with it. The final product.
Speaker 5 (03:38):
Of this, Oh yeah, man. We had such an incredible
team that pulled this movie off that I am sitting
here taking all the credit for because they're not that
I'm here and they're not. But this was this was
such a massive team accomplishment and achievement. I yeah, it's
I'm still blown away by what we were able to
(03:58):
accomplish with the resources we had. It's this has been
such a special and important project for Tony Hale and
I because you know, Tony was a producer on the film.
We it took us like six or seven years to
even get it, like get money to get made. And
in that time you give up a million times, right,
and but it keeps coming back and chasing you because
(04:19):
it's something that you believe in and something that you
feel the world, yeah, compelled to give to the world
because you and this was definitely one of those things
because it was dealing with issues that feel so important
to Tony and I, both as parents but as human beings.
Also just the the need to be able to create
spaces for ourselves and the people in our lives, to
(04:42):
process pain and more complex and darker emotions in some
through some healthy way, particularly through art and creative expression.
It's just such a that pain is going to go somewhere,
and I think often one of the best places for
it to go is into art or some form of
creative self expression. And this movie is very much about
(05:04):
empowering people to create a space for that.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
You know.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
He beautifully said, there's a quote that I love that says,
take me away to where I had a kid's innocence,
because in a sense, that's what I've been missing ever since.
And I feel like that's somewhat of the embodiment of
this story of just looking at it through looking through
the world's eye from the you know, a kid's imagination.
What we can learn from our young people to kind
of tap back into that creative sense of self.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Now, I want to talk about Seth's direction.
Speaker 6 (05:31):
Bianca and Callen working with him and in these monsters
and being able to see them visually even though they're
not in front of you. What were the tips and
tricks of the trade that Seth helped you give you
to help you see these monsters.
Speaker 5 (05:45):
Talk about me nicely.
Speaker 9 (05:47):
I think Seth did a really good job giving us
the eyeline and giving us the concept art for most
of the monsters, I mean, except the Charvey monsters, because those.
Speaker 5 (05:58):
Yeah, some of the monsters we didn't have a specific
work right.
Speaker 8 (06:01):
But most of them we did really good ed. I mean,
he did a really good.
Speaker 9 (06:05):
Job directing us on how to shoot itiders, how to uh,
how to like kind of like panic with iders, I
think I think you would have.
Speaker 8 (06:18):
And where to look at it.
Speaker 7 (06:20):
Yeah, I mean I feel like it was just so
easy to see Seth's vision and like with not even
just the concept art, but also with like the whole scene,
like the dialogue. You know, I kind of got all
the humor in the way that he was writing.
Speaker 8 (06:37):
You did.
Speaker 5 (06:37):
I guess it's such a good job.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
They nailed it. They nailed it. Now, Seth, when when
did it come into or was it always a part
of it?
Speaker 6 (06:44):
Because what I noticed with the different monsters, depending upon
you know, what they were drawn with, you kind of
see that texture in large scale.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Whether it be you know, cramped paint or what have you.
Speaker 6 (06:54):
When when was that decision made as far as was
that something that you had that in your head from
the get go, or did you go, oh, you know,
it would be a good idea if and then you
that was That was.
Speaker 5 (07:03):
A pretty early decision, but it was like one of
the most groundbreak like pivotal ones in terms of like
the direction of the aesthetic of the movie, the aesthetic
of the creatures. This idea that the monsters would be
made of whatever Amber drew them with spoke to. It
spoke to the visual aesthetic so that they would be
(07:24):
they would need to feel like they were made up
like crayon, wax or chalk or pencil. Itd It spoke
to the esthetic. It spoke to like how one would
destroy monsters or damage them, Like if you get crayon
wax and heat, it's going to start to melt. If
you strike chalk hard enough, it turns to a fine
powder and fills the air. And that created all kinds
(07:45):
of visual opportunities and and you know, uh, staging and
action sequence opportunities, and it all just kind of started to,
I don't want to say, fall into place, because it
was a lot of work, but like the aesthetic and
the and the design of these creatures definitely started to
fall into place once we had that idea.
Speaker 6 (08:04):
Yeah, I mean what a great idea is for as
just from a narrative sense and from that effect sense
to really bring bring the audience member into it.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I thought that was really great.
Speaker 6 (08:12):
Now, Bianca Callen, what do you want people when they
see this movie? What do you want people to walk
away with when they see it? What's the message you
want them to bring home with them?
Speaker 7 (08:21):
Oh?
Speaker 8 (08:21):
Do you have something to say about that? Yeah?
Speaker 7 (08:24):
Just actually I don't know.
Speaker 5 (08:28):
You go okay.
Speaker 9 (08:30):
I want people to take away from this movie that
you shouldn't hide your emotions. You should learn to deal
with them and how to process it.
Speaker 5 (08:41):
Almost what about something? What do you think Bowman would say?
Speaker 3 (08:44):
Oh?
Speaker 9 (08:45):
Yeah, what Bouman say is if you're going to be
a bee hole, be a courageous be hole.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
You know what words to live by? Words to live by.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
I think that y'all did such all a great job.
So congratulations again on the movie. Thanks so much for
taking the time. And again again great job on this film.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 6 (09:04):
Man.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
Great talking all.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Right, you'll have a good one.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
Bye bye bye bye yah h m.
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