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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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Needed more monster.
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Not at all! Pacific Rim was constant action scenes and fighting. Godzilla never tried to be that for a a second. This was supposed to be similar in style and tone to the original Godzilla. This movie had an amazing slow build to it. If it was just filled with monsters smashing shit the entire time the audience would get bored about halfway through. The new Superman was boring despite having constant destruction and action.
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This...almost changed my mind at the ticket booth...wish I had
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You guys must get bored easily? My 9 year old loved it and never thought it was dull. great movie!
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And the Red Letter Media review of both 98 and current Godzilla:
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Just got home fr seeing it with the wife (who is the one who said "I wanna see Godzilla".... God I love her) great movie! Never really got into the ol Godzilla movies because they always looked cheesy. This was better than I expected!!
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or a Toho Godzilla movie in general
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I really want to see X-Men but I NEED to see Godzilla on a big screen, so it comes first.
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Oh man. That was by Godzilla fans, FOR Godzilla fans. Absolutely awesome. Whoever made that GETS Godzilla.
I couldn't be more thrilled that the director is going to do Star Wars next.
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Yep.
That was like watching a classic Japanese Godzilla film, except no guys in suits, and really great acting and production values. I also liked that they didn't try any corny stupid comeback for
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