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Godzilla stomping back to theaters
Godzilla stomping back to theaters via Legendary
By Ace Fernandez 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. |
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God I cannot wait....
So glad they're making this a serious and as realistic as you can be Godzilla flick...the scale and scope looks incredible too. |
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Heck, the first teaser had me more excited...
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I know they got the rights to Godzilla from Toho but did that include the other iconic monsters (Rodan, Mothera, etc) that had their own movies as well?...
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And for fans that want to dig around:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/c...-released.html Quote:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/who...ad-of-trailer/
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Love the trailor. If Godzilla was at Arrowhead I would want to skydive from a plane with red smoke so he could see me and land on his back-lol
Classic! Looking forward to seeing this one! |
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from the 90's Toho continuity
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Or will they go with the Roland Emmerich continuity?
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That movies does not exist in any continuity, nor should it. It's bad enough they included Zilla in the final Toho Godzilla movie, Godzilla: Final Wars.
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Just watched the original Godzilla-great movie!
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More viral marketing...looks like San Fran is toast.
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I really hope they have Godzilla breathe fire with a blue flame instead of the Emmerich red flame.
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This video seems to allude that there is another creature other than Godzilla in this film or a small young Godzilla, which would annoy me.
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