Food For The Gods - Megami: Legacy For The Gods and Megami: Search For The Gods (Sequels)

Megami: Legacy For The Gods and Megami: Search For The Gods (Sequels)

Sees Far Pictures has announced the completion of principal photography of two separate sequel shorts, shot back to back, titled Megami: Legacy for the Gods and Megami: Search for the Gods, respectively. The release dates of both are currently unspecified. The producers refer to the independent short films as two separate "teasers" for a potential larger project, possibly a TV series, down the road. Both films, set seven years after events of the first film (placing the year at c.2064), again star Yvette Lu as protagonist "Sheenyana." Lu also serves as Executive Producer of both films, with H. Scott Hughes returning as Writer, Director, and Executive Producer. The teaser poster also gives above title billing to Beverly Wu, reprising her role as Princess Xionko, and Tomoko Hanawa in the title role as "Kyshiyo - the Megami." Megami: Search for the Gods introduces a new heroine from Earth, Canadian Air Force Maj. Denise Hinoki, played by Grace Chin.

Megami: Legacy for the Gods

Megami: Legacy for the Gods features international action star Stephen M.D. Chang, playing the film's primary villain, Kanukami. A brief synopsis on the film's website makes reference to Sheenyana anguishing over the actions she was forced to take at the end of the previous film—as she and Xionko must now secure technologies, including advanced weapons and a starship, left behind by the Earth astronauts. A rival tribe called the Tokono has amassed an army upon Kyontawa lands, led by Kanukami (Chang), the same man responsible for the deaths of Sheenyana's parents when she was a child. Kanukami's daughter, Shan'li (Caroline Chan), is the first to attack Sheenyana in an attempt to make a name for herself and find favor with her demanding father. Meanwhile, Sheenyana is also being psychically visited by a female ghost named "Kyshiyo" (Tomoko Hanawa) a beautiful "Megami," (Princess Goddess) who once ruled Sheenyana's planet when it was part of an advanced interstellar empire, 20,000 years ago. Danny Dorosh, Shaker Paleja, and Tara Pratt reprise their roles as the original Eagle III astronauts from Food for the Gods. Also returning is Taka Hiro as the Kyontawa king, Shogoto. The poster's tag line reads, "On an Alien World... When a Goddess dies, who will replace her?" The plot synopsis, and participation of Stephen M.D. Chang, best known for his action roles in film and television implies a more action oriented plot for the sci-fi film, compared to the more romance driven plot of the previous film. Megami: Legacy for the Gods is co-produced by Rainfield Films, Inc. in Canada.

Set partly on Earth, Megami: Search for the Gods stars a new character named Maj. Denise Hinoki, M.D. (Grace Chin), a member of the Canadian Forces. While attempting to discover what became of her astronaut friends from the lost Eagle III mission seven years ago, Major Hinoki uncovers an international conspiracy, which somehow threatens Sheenyana's planet, as well as the Major's own life. Tara Pratt (who played Dr. Denise Hanson in both Food for the Gods and Megami: Legacy for the Gods) returns to a different role, playing a villainous twin sister, Dr. Theresa Hanson, who will ultimately engage in a gun-slinging action showdown with the Major, according to the film's released production stills. Yvette Lu, Beverly Wu, Tomoko Hanawa, Taka Hiro, and Yuki Morita all return to their previous roles from "FFTG" and/or "Legacy." Nik Green, also a producer on the film, co-stars as a black ops mercenary, Codename: The Artist. The film's website specifically acknowledges the oddly similar names of Dr. Denise Hinoki and the previous Dr. Denise Hanson (from Food for the Gods and Megami: Legacy for the Gods), which may imply some sort of interwoven destiny yet to play out. Megami: Search for the Gods is co-produced by Global Authority Films in Canada.

Additional Revelations

Both sequels specifically name Sheenyana's planet as Alpla Centauri - Alpha II, which may mean the second planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A. Production stills from both films also display an "updated" look for members the Kyontawa tribe. While maintaining continuity with Food for the Gods, both "Megami" films show a tribe that is less Pre-Columbian in appearance and attire and more reminiscent of early Asian medieval. For example, Sheenyana's prominent feathers from the first film are now subtly replaced with a single metallic feather symbol worn on a necklace to denote her faith in Wakandan Tori (the Bird Gods). She wears a Chinese-inspired leather armor and wields a Japanese style katana sword, instead of a wooden dagger. She does, however (according to the captions on a series of production stills), make an appearance in her original FFTG costume during a flashback sequence set during the era of the first film—and her original wooden dagger can seen on her belt along with her current katana. Other “updates” to the Kyontawa include the riding of horses and utilization of guns and advanced Earth technologies left behind by the Eagle III crew. Princess Xionko (once again played by Beverly Wu) appears to have made a dramatic shift from a spoiled and selfish teen-aged princess in Food for the Gods to a matured and heroic warrior in both "Megami" films.

Although not appearing in either "teaser" short, the producers maintain that future installments of "Megami/For the Gods" will feature appearances by Method Fest Best Supporting Actress Nominee Giovannie "Pico" Espiritu, best known to TV audiences as medical intern Ludlow on NBC's ER, playing Sheenyana's late mother, Ichigo.