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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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The problem is it's sammitched' in between other nerd movies like Spiderman 2 and the new X-Men flick. X-Men will surely pull from the Godzilla numbers...
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Super spoiler warning...
Why did Edwards chose Hamburg for presenting 20 minutes from the hotly anticipated new movie Godzilla? Apparently not for marketing reasons. Gareth Edwards personally decided on Hamburg for nostalgic reasons, since his directorial debut Monsters premiered in Hamburg for the Fantasy Film Festival in 2010.
http://nerdbastards.com/2014/02/28/g...minute-review/
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http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/n...gareth-edwards Scroll down to the bottom and there's a trailer breakdown with Director Edwards. Some cool stuff and a few rumors shot down...
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I gotta admit, the hype is completely getting to me. I went from not even realizing this movie was coming out this year, to "meh, Godzilla", to "this could really be awesome". With two young boys, I'll add it to my list of movies to see if the reviews (Rotten Tomatoes and you guys, not "movie critics") don't crush it. There are quite a few movies to see this year, htough, and X-Men comes out in the same timeframe I believe, so...
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