An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

CATEGORY
Creatures | Remakes

RELEASE DATE May 16, 2014 September 16, 2014 (DVD) CURRENT STATUS Now On DVD LANGUAGE English PRODUCED BY Legendary Pictures Warner Bros. MPAA RATING PG-13 "intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence." OFFICIAL SITES Tumblr Twitter Facebook Official Site

DIRECTED BY Gareth Edwards WRITTEN BY Frank Darabont (final rewrite) Drew Pearce Max Borenstein David Goyer STARRING Bryan Cranston Elizabeth Olsen Aaron Johnson Juliette Binoche David Strathairn Ken Watanabe Richard T. Jones Sally Hawkins Akira Takarada Ken Yamamura Raj K. Bose Christian Tessier

PROJECT DETAILS

• Filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
• Japanese actor Akira Takarada is said to have some sort of cameo role in the film.
• Darabont was quoted detailing how they're approaching a new Godzilla movie, saying:  "We're kind of taking a cool new look at it. But with a lot of tradition in the first film. We want this to be a terrifying force of nature. And what was really cool, for me, is there was a very compelling human drama that I got to weave into it. It's not that cliched, thinly disguised romance or bromance, or whatever. It's different, it's a different set of circumstances than you're used to seeing."
• Frank Darabont has been hired to do a final rewrite of the script before it goes into production. (1/7/13)
• Producer Dan Lin was quoted saying: "So we’re in deep pre-production and Gareth’s vision of the movie is really exciting it’s a true re-boot of Godzilla. And you saw from the Comic-Con footage it is a grounded, realistic version of Godzilla. What would happen if Godzilla came into our world today?” (1/7/13)
• It's said that production is aimed to begin sometime March 2013. (11/14/12)
• In a recent interview director Gareth Edwards reveals his approach towards another take on Godzilla, saying: "My main idea was to imagine 'If this really happened, what would it be like?' I want to take a grounded, realistic approach to a Godzilla film." (10/8/12)
• Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3, Sherlock Holmes 3) is doing last minute rewrites before casting begins. (10/4/12)
• It's rumored that there will be two different monsters in the film.
• It's said that this will "return the character to its epic roots with a gritty, realistic actioner."
• David Goyer (Dark City, Blade, The Dark Knight) wrote an early draft.
• Director Gareth Edwards also helmed the low-budgeted sci-fi/romance alien invasion flick Monsters.
• David Callaham (Doom, The Expendables) wrote an early draft of the script.
• The first attempt at Godzilla was in 1998 by director Roland Emmerich. 
• Described as a "reboot", this is the second attempt at a US Godzilla. 

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