Gareth Edwards‘ Monsters was an unsuspected hit in 2010, and because of its success, Legendary Pictures hired him to helm the reboot of Godzilla. The low budget film features some awesome set pieces and spectacular visuals that looked so real, you thought the it’d ran a huge tab. Of course since the film was a hit, talks of a sequel swirled.

But even after the success of the film died down, those talks of a developing a sequel went with it. Until now. According to Screendaily (via The Playlist) Tom Green has been hired to direct the sequel to Monsters; Monsters: The Dark Continent.

To kick off their Halloween-themed “Weekends to Die For” that will run throughout October, the Travel Channel will premiere a new original miniseries called Making Monsters, and see the return of Ghost Adventures and the debut of the new original detective vs. psychic series The Dead Files.

The 4-part one-hour miniseries Making Monsters will follow Ed and Marsha Edmunds, the co-owners of Distortions Unlimited, a Mom and Pop store that specializes in the creation of animatronic beasties and haunted house designs for the amusement industry. Their creations include 8-foot Godzilla-like moving monsters, green-gook spitting aliens, and guffawing Santa Clauses. Assisting them in their work is renowned movie monster creator Jordu Schell, best known for his work as a sculptor and conceptual artist on films like Avatar, Predators, The Mist, 300, and Galaxy Quest to name but a few.

Director Gareth Edwards made quite the climb into the public eye in 2010, and he’s beginning 2011 off in epic fashion.

Edwards is know for making the indie alien invasion film, Monsters, which was produced with only a few people on the cast and crew, and with a tiny budget (though bigger than what was once said to be only around $15,000). The movie made the festival rounds and caught a lot of attention for its look and special effects on such a minuscule budget, and now Edwards is getting major attention from bigger studios.

It’s being reported that Edwards is set to lock up a deal with Legendary Pictures, the banner behind The Dark Knight, 300, and Inception, to direct their brand new re-imagining of classic movie beast, Godzilla. Legendary acquired the rights to the famed Japanese creature in 2010 and has since been putting things together with hopes of releasing their movie at some point in 2012. The hiring of Edwards is the first major ingredient, sure to be followed quickly with a writer and various castings.

If you’re in the market for some geeky t-shirts for a very low price, look no further than Threadless.

Starting today, December 6, 2010, all shirts on the site is on sale for only $9 each. Also, there’s a select few that are only $5 each. The sale ends tomorrow, December 7 at 10AM CST.

Threadless offers up all kinds of t-shirt designs, so many in fact that it can be daunting to navigate the site, so you might want to start with the following pages: Zombies, Monsters, Robots, and Halloween. There’s a variety of shirt types in Guys, Girlies, Kids, and Babies sizes.

A new United States poster for Gareth Edwards‘ upcoming independent creature movie, Monsters, has been released online.

The movie tells the story of a journalist who needs to find his boss’s daughter and bring her home, which requires navigation through a quarantined zone in Central America where alien creatures crash-landed within a NASA probe six years prior and have evolved into incredible and dangerous beings that both the American and Mexican military forces struggle to find a way to contain.

We recently shared with you a trailer and clip from the movie (Read: Watch Now: “˜Monsters’ Trailer & Clip Offer “˜District 9″² Vibes ), which is said to have only had a budget of around $15,000, give or take. The movie is set to premiere in limited release on October 29, 2010.

Continue on over to the other side to check out the new poster for Monsters now. You can also follow the movie at its Facebook page and the film’s official website.