Godzilla stomping back to theaters

[Tribal Warfare]

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.

[mr. tegu]

Mine is better.

[KC_Lee]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Mine is better.

Agreed.

[Sure-Oz]

78% at 96 reviews on RT

[Chiefs Pantalones]

Spoiler alert if you don't know what other things are going on in the movie, but this critic loved it... Here's the vid.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/356899024...#sp=show-clips

[Aspengc8]

Originally Posted by KC_Lee

Actually it has been. See attached.

lmao!! Godzilla vs Megalon was one of my favorites as a kid too. I remember Jet Jaguars sign language he used to communicate with Godzilla lol!

[Bob Dole]

This thread has convinced Bob Dole to set foot in a movie theater for the first time since 1998. Guess what POS movie that was?

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

This thread has convinced Bob Dole to set foot in a movie theater for the first time since 1998. Guess what POS movie that was?

Shakespeare in Love? Had to be that or Elizabeth.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

This thread has convinced Bob Dole to set foot in a movie theater for the first time since 1998. Guess what POS movie that was?

Armageddon?

[007]

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

This thread has convinced Bob Dole to set foot in a movie theater for the first time since 1998. Guess what POS movie that was?

Titanic

[ThaVirus]

The Matthew Broderick Godzilla?

[keg in kc]

[DanBecky]

You will not be dissapointed. Wow.

[mr. tegu]

Honest Trailers just did one for the 1998 Godzilla. I highly recommend it.

And apparently a later Japanese Godzilla destroys that Godzilla in a movie.

[007]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

Honest Trailers just did one for the 1998 Godzilla. I highly recommend it.

And apparently a later Japanese Godzilla destroys that Godzilla in a movie.

[mr. tegu]

Thanks! Embedding a YouTube video is basically impossible on a mobile device (to my knowledge anyways).