Godzilla stomping back to theaters via Legendary



Well, well, well ... look who's getting back in fighting shape.

Everyone's favorite gigantic, havoc-wreaking lizard, Godzilla, is on his way back to the big screen via Legendary Pictures, which has acquired the rights to develop and produce a new feature based on the iconic Toho Co. character. Warner Bros. will co-produce, co-finance and distribute through its deal with Legendary, and Toho will roll out the film in Japan.

Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers are also producing; Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira and Doug Davison will be executive producers on the project.

The last major Godzilla outing, an American, New York-set version from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, grossed $376 million worldwide in 1998 despite fielding equally major criticism. Toho quickly produced "Godzilla 2000," in which the big beast took on an evil UFO, the following year.

But the Godzilla franchise juggernaut has survived decades of permutations (he first appeared in 1954), dozens of films, books, video games and merchandising tie-ins and seems perpetually ready to rear up again for new audiences.

The new film is shooting for a 2012 release.

"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able to create a modern epic based on this long-loved Toho franchise," said Thomas Tull, chairman and CEO of Legendary. "Our plans are to produce the Godzilla that we, as fans, would want to see. We intend to do justice to those essential elements that have allowed this character to remain as pop culturally relevant for as long as it has."

Added Jeff Robinov, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Group, "Godzilla is emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which Warner Bros. and our partners at Legendary are best known."

The two companies have partnered on such global properties as "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight," "Superman Returns" and "The Hangover," which have grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. Together, they have a remake of "Clash of the Titans" stomping into theaters Friday.

Man.. I love the 1998 movie! It was so much fun.

1998's Godzilla was fun!

1998 Godzilla is a good movie...

Is this How GODZILLA will Look in the US Reboot?



UPDATE 2:  Blood Disgusting has boldly confirmed that the Godzilla images are "not official."  Sorry Godzilla fans but atleast its been fun hearing some of the reaction across the interweb while stirring some interesting discussion on how you think the design should look in the reboot.  I personally think the guy who sculpted this bust did an awesome job

First look at art from Legendary's new Godzilla movie

I keep forgetting that a new GODZILLA is actually in the works, as I think they've pretty much done all they can with the same monster tearing up various locations around the globe, but sure enough, the film is coming, and now Legendary Pictures has released the first artwork from the film’s production which you can see below.

It’s certainly Godzilla, and doesn’t look too terribly different from previous incarnations we’ve seen of him over the years. He’s got spikes, he looks angry and has what appears to be a plasma bolt stuck in his throat.

I love the old Godzilla movies in all their camptastic glory, but he hasn’t exactly translated to modern audiences very well with past sequels meant to “update” the character. JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves made a great Godzilla-type movie with CLOVERFIELD, but you can’t exactly use that same format with Godzilla himself, as at this point, the monster is hardly a mystery.

Godzilla 3D Producer Talks Reboot, Rumors



Brian Rogers, one of the people behind Legendary Pictures’ upcoming reboot of “Godzilla”, recently attended the 3D Summit in Universal City, CA, where the boys at Zennie62  cornered him and got the lowdown on the reboot, Internet rumors, and just what exactly Godzilla will be facing in the upcoming movie.

Some of the highlights include:

- The Godzilla bust ? Nothing to do with Legendary’s Godzilla movie, says Rogers.

- The rebooted Godzilla will be faithful to the original radioactive monster, atomic breath included, one presumes.

- Godzilla will be fighting more than one monsters in the movie. So, no lame Godzilla vs. the U.S. army battles. Well, there may still be that, but it won’t be the only battles for our monster.

- The movie will be live-action, in 3D, with CGI, and not animation. This was apparently in response to some animated scenes showed at the Legendary Pictures booth at Comic Con 2010.

- Look for the atomic breath attack sometime in 2012.

Here’s the full interview (below) with Brian Rogers:

Godzilla Updates: Pacific Rim? Del Toro? Confused?



After taking some gratuitous pop shots at some news website, the boys at Latino Review  flexed their Latino Power muscle and revealed a very interesting bit of news about the upcoming “Godzilla” reboot from Legendary Pictures: namely that there are plans to merge oh Atomic breath with a sci-fi alien invasion treatment from “Clash of the Titans” writer Travis Beacham called “Pacific Rim”.

According to LR’s sources, the whole thing went down like this: apparently the script that was turned in for the “Godzilla” reboot failed to set Legendary Pictures’ skirts on fire. The suits decided they liked the Beacham idea more, and now plans use Beacham’s “Pacific Rim” as the basis for their “Godzilla” reboot.

In the original “Pacific Rim” 25-page treatment (no script yet), “malevolent creatures” (aka monsters from outer space, we assume) threaten the Earth, forcing mankind to unite to fight back using highly advanced weaponry. Now just swap “highly advanced weapaonry” with “Godzilla”, and you have your “Godzilla” movie.

And oh yeah, Legendary Pictures has apparently also offered the directing gig to Guillermo Del Toro, which makes “Godzilla” the 206th movie Del Toro is now currently attached to in some form or another. I kid, I kid, but the man sure has stayed busy since extricating himself from the growing mess that is the “Hobbit” movies. Whew! Got out just in time, huh, Guillermo?

Monsters’ Gareth Edwards Lands Godzilla Directing Gig



If you think about it, it was a no-brainer: Legendary Pictures has signed up “Monsters” director Gareth Edwards to direct their reboot of the famous Japanese atomic lizard. He will now work with a writer on the big-budget project for Legendary and Warner Bros.

Edwards burst onto the scene with last year’s “Monster”, a low-budget sci-fi movie about giant alien creatures stomping around Mexico after a NASA satellite unwittingly brings them to Earth. The film was made on a low six figures budget, and kept most of the monster action off-screen aside from the occasional tentacle attack. The creatures, though, did show up at the end at a gas station, where the film’s two main characters were also shacking up.

Besides the upcoming “Godzilla” for Legendary, Edwards is also writing and plans to direct another sci-fi “epic” for “Wanted” director Timur Bekmambetov, who has gotten into the producing business in a big way.

98' godzilla was a fun movie. i enjoyed that movie. i know it wasn't fun for any godzilla fanatic. it was fun for me, i took it as an anonymous monster movie

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Loving the Japanese characters in the background! Most ppl still believe Godzilla was created by Americans!

Im so excited that gojira will be fighting with another eight-legs monster in the movie! Wuhoo!

wait the plot is about that?

I dont see any eight legged thing also in trailer

what's with the red flares during halo jump???
to make the halo jump looks nice on screen???

so is godzilla the bad guy or good guy in this movie? also this timeline is not related to the 98's godzilla's right?

Yup, it looks way much cooler but aint it obvious to Godzilla?

maybe it's for
Hey Godzie!! look here!! come chase me!!

Brilliant. With Bryan Cranston in it, expect some awesome acting chops.

Is it me or the CGI seem a little unpolished...    still got time though.

Really like the direction they're taking, paying homage to the 'origin roots' of Godzilla.

A well done trailer for sure, but I'm disappointed with the lack of Godzilla in this

I hope the whole movie is not 2 hrs but only 10 minutes of Godzilla

so godzilla saving the humanity by beating that alien?

errrrrrrrr if u have seen ANY of the old godzilla movies from Japan, yes it is......

it's the anti-hero that we love as kids, because it's such a bad-ass that consumes radiation for breakfast

in the trailer...is the godzilla in the sky or is there another one of em? place cant juz fall out of sky..unless godzilla got some pretty odd skill...

there are other monsters apart from godzilla

in the trailer...is the godzilla in the sky or is there another one of em? place cant juz fall out of sky..unless godzilla got some pretty odd skill...

They'll be two new monsters created for this new movie called MUTO (Massive Unidentified Target Organism), one male and larger and stronger female which could fly. They both hunt in pairs and were predators of Godzilla since ancient times.

These Mutos must be some pretty bad ass monsters to have Godzilla as its prey.

I kinda hope this will happen but don't think it is plausible

errrrrrrrr if u have seen ANY of the old godzilla movies from Japan, yes it is......

it's the anti-hero that we love as kids, because it's such a bad-ass that consumes radiation for breakfast

A human so small so fragile........transform into a monster the size of a building

Hard to believe

if that's gonna happen,

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oh i thought '98 godzilla was good
but this time it will be epic.
my watchlist MUST WATCH lol

did you say the '98 godzilla was good??? 

whats wrong with it? lol
maybe because robert de niro
but from this incoming movie will gonna better a thousand times from previous version

You mean Jean Reno? De niro wasn't in it...

whats wrong with it? lol
maybe because robert de niro
but from this incoming movie will gonna better a thousand times from previous version