Trailers highlight the two big stars of The Next BIG Thing

Written by Jack Allin — February 23, 2011 at 12:00

Pendulo Studio's The Next BIG Thing may be notable for its many monsters living in 1940s Hollywood, but it's the game's human stars Liz Allaire and Dan Murray who are featured prominently in a pair of recent trailers.

Set in a world where monsters are real and starring in show business, The Next BIG Thing maintains the distinctive hand-drawn art style and comedic sensibilities of developers previous Runaway series, but with a new pair of protagonists this time. The two journalists are reluctantly thrust together at a party for the rich and famous, where Liz spots someone breaking into the office of the blue-leathery-skinned movie mogul William A. FitzRandolph

The 23 year old Liz Allaire is an up-and-coming rookie at The Quill, assigned to cover the society section. Still learning the ropes of her craft, the eccentric Liz believes she's caught her big break when she sees the FitzRandolph break-in by "Big Albert, the world's most intelligent man and most famous monster movie star."

Dan Murray is a 27 year old former sports journalist who is now covering the society section as well due to discipline problems. Refusing to take his demotion with any grace at all, he lets Liz do all the work at the annual Horror Movie Awards Ceremony", but when Liz is reported missing the next day, Dan knows he "will never go back to the sports section if he doesn't find her and her report."

For more details about the bizarre cast of The Next BIG Thing, head on over to the official website.