The Bearded Trio

Prop Store have informed us of a no reserve live auction that will see some amazing props from one of the most talented make up artists ever, Rick Baker .  Movies that are represented are Gremlins 2, Men in Black, Batman, Bigfoot and the Hendersons, Gorillas inthe Mist and more.  The auction will take place from 11am Pacific Standard Time on 29 May 2015 at the Hilton - Universal City, Los Angeles, USA. Watch Rick Baker talk about how the magical Gremlins were brought to the screen in this classic behind the scenes clip from Gremlins II. Bids can be made in person, via telephone or online via the Prop Store website at www.propstore.com/auction . Here's the press release: A complete Mikey Alien costume display from Men In Black and a number of original Gremlins puppets are set to feature in an exclusive no reserve live auction of original treasures direct from the Rick Baker archive. The auction will be held at the Hilton – Universal City in Los Angeles and on Pro...

After the success of Close Encounters in 1977 Steven Spielberg set to work on a follow up called Night Skies.  The legendary special effects wizard, Rick Baker was called upon to create alien prototypes for the film. Unfortunately the movie was abandoned and many of the prototypes were used in other movies including E.T. Rick Baker has kindly been posting photos of his work on this abandoned project over on his Twitter feed .  Here are some of those photos along with his tweets. "Happy days sculpting the prototype arms for the Night Skies alien back in 1980"  "I was so excited to be working on this project,to be able to design different alien characters of the same race. " "Unhappy days,film shut down. I wanted to change the body of the ET,the mantis like arm placement just didn't work imo"  Here was a quick clay sketch that I did in 1980 for one of the nicer younger NIGHT Skies aliens  As requested The Night Skies alien...