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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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They also have 'kickass' to woop some godzilla ass
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02-25-2014, 05:34 PM | #197 |
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If this is as enjoyable as Pacific Rim i'll like it
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02-25-2014, 05:40 PM | #198 |
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Betting that is a wing hook.
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In the internets if it isn't a ****in masterpiece it's shit.
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02-25-2014, 06:17 PM | #200 |
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Where did Godzilla come from? What is he?
The trailer says they awakened it and that the nuke tests in the 50's were actually attempts to kill it. So was it created by the radiation from Hiroshima and Nagasaki nearly a decade prior? What's he been doing in all the time between the bombings in the 50's and now? Are the other monsters' origins the same as Godzilla's? Are all of the monsters trying to destroy mankind? Is Godzilla an anti-hero of sorts? I am ready to know. |
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I don't know why you think that. Everything so far indicates this isn't just going to be a Roland Emmerich disaster movie.
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Or if you go by the Heisei Series timeline Godzilla is a radioactively mutated Godzillasaurus and King Gidorah is the result of three Dorats being placed in the same location as the original Godzillasaurus.
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That's what I thought. A pterodactyl or bat type wing...
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And his first monster movie was in no way like that...
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They are also putting out the Original Godzilla as well-great movie for its time.
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Best shot of Godzilla yet...
Spoiler!
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I'm actually interested, and before that trailer, I wasn't.
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02-26-2014, 01:51 PM | #210 |
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He looks kind of like a bear.
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