Gort concept art

Update: We recently received an email from Lorin Wood and he informed us that, though he did work as a previz artist (previz being computer generated dynamic storyboards) on the film, the below sketch was merely done for fun and has absolutely nothing to do with the film.

The folks over at AICN managed to find some early concept design for Gort, the robot who travels with Keanu Reeves’ Klaatu in the upcoming THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, and it seems they were initially thinking to make Gort a Cylon (from Battlestar Galactica) cousin or something. They ultimately decided to stick to the original film’s design but it’s cool to see what they wanted to do at first. Click through to check out more of Wood’s work. Gort comes to Earth and makes it stand still on December 12th.