Tom Creo

Alright! Let's try this again!

islandclaws

Mods, please change "?" to "!!!!!!!!!!!". Thank you.

Best. News. Ever.

I've been on a Big G kick lately, so I'm mega-pumped right now. I REALLY hope they know what they're doing, but with Yoshimitsu Banno on board as Exec Prod, I have high hopes.

raven56706

hire JJ Abrams and this movie will be money

rexinnih

Cool-always ready for a little more Big G!

Ash Ketchum

Roy Lee?! Uh-oh. I suspect this will go the way of last fall's ASTRO BOY.

Giantrobo

Can't wait

Solid Snake

I think WB can do it justice. Now what they need to do is use that awesome Winston design aka:

Mr. Cinema

I'm glad this is happening. It'll hopefully help us all forget Emmerich's awful version. If Clash of the Titans ends up being a big hit for WB, I could see them offering Leterrier a chance to direct. The guy has a good eye for action sequences, so I think he'd make a good fit. I don't see too many non-hack directors interested in this project.

Jason

I would replace Gigan with Destroy All Monsters. Gigan has a lot of stock footage. Otherwise, you're spot on.

The only ones I would avoid (if you haven't seen any G movies) are Godzilla's Revenge, G v. Megalon, and maybe the "island" movies (Son of G and G. vs. the Sea Monster) just because they're a little slow and light on destruction.

Idioteque...

Wow Winston was actually hired to do the Godzilla design for the Zilla movie? Another reason why Roland is an idiot but you know what? I'm glad they didn't use it. Winston is one of the best artists of all time, his work in film still looks real today. It leaves room for them to use it and I hope they use it in the new Godzilla movie.

The original movies are cheesy and outdated, I still love Godzilla but it's hard to get through some of those movies.

Make the humans interesting, make Godzilla interesting, give Godzilla a battle sequence and we're good. Sort of like what they did with King Kong. King Kong is essentially the antagonist but he has his fight moments. They should do the same with Godzilla. And I'm glad to hear Toho is involved.

I don't think Toho was involved with the 1998 Godzilla, hell they even dubbed that monster Zilla, a weaker version of Godzilla who gets owned in one of the films.

AND PLEASE, DON'T AMERICANIZE IT. I'm all for the use of English in the movie but it has to be set in Japan. Use whatever language you want, just don't make it Americanized with cliches and blah blah.

Solid Snake

I can't get enough of this scene...it just..make me smile.
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Sonic

Love that trailer (seen it over 10x) probably the best I ever seen Godzilla look. Love how realistic the destruction is. If only the can make an entire movie with the crew that created that sequence!

Solid Snake

Yeah, I just...am blown by that whole thing. You see the classic Toho logo, the theme goes, destruction, etc etc..and then the ultimate payoff. Seeing big G (LOVE that shaking of the head...just...is cool to me)

Dr. DVD

So that clip was just an homage moment in another movie I take it? If so, they should let those guys do a whole movie.

Solid Snake

Very much so. A dream sequence from what I read but....fuck yeah that's an awesome homage.

maingon

I love that they are making a new godzilla movie, i hope they do it right this time, because a godzilla movie with amazing visuals could be freaking amazing. I grew up loving godzilla movies and is a reason I why I am going into the Visual Effects industry.

Artman

I'd be up for a lean, mean Godzilla movie.

mndtrp

I've never seen a Godzilla movie in the theater, so this would be fantastic. Get rid of that Emmerich film forever.

JordanGLC

Given that, what approach do you want them to take special effects wise? If you grew up loving Godzilla movies I assume you have an affection for the traditional suitmation and miniatures?

Solid Snake

in response to your asking maingon:

I'd be up for a full CG Godzilla if done right. Or if the production values are massive enough...they better have some fucking great production design on those miniatures. Not to put down Toho but..it's either the miniatures they build or how they film them lately that just doesn't give off that power you want from Godzilla. I'd be fucking go crazy if they let Weta do a G suit and miniature production.

Ash Ketchum

It ain't Godzilla if it ain't a man in a rubber suit stomping on miniature city streets and knocking over matchbox skyscrapers with toy tanks shooting at him.

Solid Snake

give it to Weta or or the Stan Winston guys w/ some help from Toho. And hopefully you'll get that. i just love the miniatures Weta did....so much fucking detail....now apply that to a city that G can destroy...and it'd be awesome.

islandclaws

Solid Snake,

Please get out of my brain.

Thanks.

I'd be so incredibly stoked if Weta handled a new Big G flick.

I know it would be WAY too dark, but I'd love to see a "Reign of Fire"-esque story where it opens with a desolate, post-apocalyptic planet where Godzilla has destroyed most major cities and rules the Earth. People live in fear, yadda yadda... but I know they'd never do something like that. I just hope that whoever handles the scripting realizes what made Emmerich's version so shitty, and that he's also a big fan of the classic series.

devilshalo

As long as they keep Big G's scale consistent!

Posted: Mon., Mar. 29, 2010, 10:17am PT
'Godzilla' stomps back to screen
Legendary Pictures gets rights to iconic monster
By DAVE MCNARY

Durable special effects juggernaut "Godzilla" will return to the bigscreen in 2012, with Legendary Pictures producing.

Legendary will co-produce with Warner Bros., which is co-financing.

The "Godzilla" project's been something of an open secret in recent months after Legendary execs began talking with potential directors. Legendary held off on making a public announcement until it closed its rights deal with Japan's Toho Co., which has overseen more than 25 "Godzilla" films.

Legendary said it's planning to announce a director shortly, and indicated that its "Godzilla" will pay respects to the original pic rather than follow up on Sony's 1998 "Godzilla." In the 1954 original "Godzilla," the fire-breathing monster, mutated due to atomic radiation exposure, wreaked devastation on Japan but then defended the nation in later films from attacks by other monsters.

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."

Though Legendary won't say so publicly, its execs are described as being particularly keen to avoid duplicating the look and feel of Sony's 1998 "Godzilla," a contempo update with state-of-the-art special effects centered on the chaos and destruction accompanying the monster's arrival in New York City.

That incarnation, starring Matthew Broderick and co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich, carried a then-astronomical price tag of $130 million and fell short of expectations. The domestic cume hit only $136 million, though the pic's foreign performance was more solid with a $242 million international cume.

Toho will release the new pic in Japan. In addition to Legendary, producers on the new film will be Dan Lin ("Sherlock Holmes"), Roy Lee and Brian Rogers. Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira and Doug Davison will exec produce.

Legendary noted Monday that "Godzilla" will fall under its co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Legendary's productions with Warners have included "The Dark Knight," "300" and "The Hangover." Lynn Harris is overseeing for Warners.

Speculation about a new "Godzilla" has been active since last summer, with the Bloody Disgusting web site reporting in August that the project was in development. No Warners films are yet dated for 2012.

UAIOE

The only one I ever got to see in the theater was "Godzilla 2000".

Was it dubbed? Yes. Did the dub make it campy? Yes. Was it awesome to see Big G on the big screen? Yes.