Magnify has acquired global and U.S. sales rights to Neo Sora’s near-futuristic film “Happyend” ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The movie will play in the Horizons section and is being handled by Magnify outside of Japan and Singapore.
Set in a near-future Tokyo, “Happyend” revolves around two rabble-rousing best friends who are about to graduate high school while threats of a catastrophic earthquake looms. One night, they pull a prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in their school. Stuck between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, the two respond in contrasting ways.
The movie marks Neo Sora’s fictionh feature debut. His previous credits include “Ryuichi Sakamoto/Opus” which premiered at Venice and was picked by Janus for North America, and short films, such as “The Chicken” which premiered in Locarno, among others.
Set in a near-future Tokyo, “Happyend” revolves around two rabble-rousing best friends who are about to graduate high school while threats of a catastrophic earthquake looms. One night, they pull a prank on their principal, which leads to a surveillance system being installed in their school. Stuck between the oppressive security system and a darkening national political situation, the two respond in contrasting ways.
The movie marks Neo Sora’s fictionh feature debut. His previous credits include “Ryuichi Sakamoto/Opus” which premiered at Venice and was picked by Janus for North America, and short films, such as “The Chicken” which premiered in Locarno, among others.
- 7/23/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
It’s the first day of Amazon’s annual Prime Day, with hundreds of products discounted — including prices slashed on horror movies!
We’ve rounded up some of the scariest deals for you…
4K Ultra HD Collections:
The Mummy Trilogy – $26.99 The Shining / 2001: A Space Odyssey / Full Metal Jacket – $29.99 Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Vol. 1 – $32.99 Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Vol. 2 – $34.99 The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 1 – $33.99 The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 2 – $34.99 Batman: 4-Film Collection (1989-1997) – $39.99 Resident Evil Collection – $56.49 The Toxic Avenger Collection – $72.50 Rosemary’s Baby / Pet Sematary / Crawl / Smile / Sweeney Todd – $74.49 Universal Classic Monsters: Limited Edition 8-Film Collection – $99.99
Steelbook 4K UHDs:
Insidious – $15.37 Last Action Hero – $17.55 Fright Night – $20.99 King Kong (1976) – $26.49 Friday the 13th: 8-Movie Collection – $29.99 Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters II – $33.99
Individual 4K UHDs:
Brawl In Cell Block 99 – $8.99 Get Out – $9.99 The Thing – $10.99 Escape from L.A. – $10.99 Cloverfield – $10.99 Pacific Rim – $10.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $10.99 A Quiet Place...
We’ve rounded up some of the scariest deals for you…
4K Ultra HD Collections:
The Mummy Trilogy – $26.99 The Shining / 2001: A Space Odyssey / Full Metal Jacket – $29.99 Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Vol. 1 – $32.99 Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection Vol. 2 – $34.99 The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 1 – $33.99 The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection Vol. 2 – $34.99 Batman: 4-Film Collection (1989-1997) – $39.99 Resident Evil Collection – $56.49 The Toxic Avenger Collection – $72.50 Rosemary’s Baby / Pet Sematary / Crawl / Smile / Sweeney Todd – $74.49 Universal Classic Monsters: Limited Edition 8-Film Collection – $99.99
Steelbook 4K UHDs:
Insidious – $15.37 Last Action Hero – $17.55 Fright Night – $20.99 King Kong (1976) – $26.49 Friday the 13th: 8-Movie Collection – $29.99 Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters II – $33.99
Individual 4K UHDs:
Brawl In Cell Block 99 – $8.99 Get Out – $9.99 The Thing – $10.99 Escape from L.A. – $10.99 Cloverfield – $10.99 Pacific Rim – $10.99 Godzilla vs. Kong – $10.99 A Quiet Place...
- 7/16/2024
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
With Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ruling the world, thanks to a huge $194 million box office weekend, the MonsterVerse has never been so mighty. As speculation for a third Godzilla-versus-Kong movie is underway, it is time to talk about the best parts of the kaiju-centered universe: the monster battles.
While Kong had a share of bare-knuckle brawls, Godzilla faced numerous foes, with most of them nearly outmatching the fearsome lizard. It only begs the question: if they can beat Godzilla, can they also beat Kong? Here are five of Godzilla’s enemies that can defeat Kong in a battle:
1. King Ghidorah
King Ghidorah in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
King Ghidorah is the best Kaiju to start since he is popularly regarded as Godzilla’s nemesis. First appearing in his titular 1964 movie, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, the alien dragon made a strong impression as the Earth’s next greatest...
While Kong had a share of bare-knuckle brawls, Godzilla faced numerous foes, with most of them nearly outmatching the fearsome lizard. It only begs the question: if they can beat Godzilla, can they also beat Kong? Here are five of Godzilla’s enemies that can defeat Kong in a battle:
1. King Ghidorah
King Ghidorah in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
King Ghidorah is the best Kaiju to start since he is popularly regarded as Godzilla’s nemesis. First appearing in his titular 1964 movie, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, the alien dragon made a strong impression as the Earth’s next greatest...
- 4/12/2024
- by Ramon Paolo Zabala Alfar
- FandomWire
Roland Emmerich's 1998 film "Godzilla" remains of the most widely seen in the Godzilla film series, and also remains one of the most broadly reviled. "Godzilla" is an unapologetically stupid film that has more in common with chintzy Irwin Allen disaster movies from the 1970s than it does with anything Godzilla-related. The film's ubiquitous ad campaign famously touted that "Size Does Matter," a churlish claim, given that the monster in the movie was smaller than any of the Godzillas seen to date. Indeed, the giant iguana-resembling reptile was small enough that it could slip into the subways of New York City and remain hidden for an entire day.
Emmerich's "Godzilla" was initially planned as the first of three Godzilla movies to be made by TriStar pictures, and the studio was willing to spend a lot to make the first entry in their borrowed franchise (borrowed from Toho). The budget...
Emmerich's "Godzilla" was initially planned as the first of three Godzilla movies to be made by TriStar pictures, and the studio was willing to spend a lot to make the first entry in their borrowed franchise (borrowed from Toho). The budget...
- 2/6/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The taxonomy of Godzilla movies has been carefully considered and deliberately arranged for many years, cordoning off various "eras" of Godzilla movies — eras named after Japanese emperors — into their own, neatly distinguishable chronologies. 1954's "Gojira" through 1975's "Terror of Mechagodzilla" constitute the Showa era, encompassing 15 films. The series was rebooted in 1984 with "Return of Godzilla," and the second era, the Heisei era, ran through "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" in 1995. Roland Emmerich's 1998 English-language "Godzilla" is an oddity in that it exists outside of an era or a continuity. 1999 through 2004 — that is: "Godzilla 2000" through "Godzilla: Final Wars" — constitutes the Millennium era, although the continuity of one of the films in that era is questionable.
2016's "Shin Godzilla," like Emmerich's film, also exists in its own continuity. A trilogy of animated Godzilla films, also in its own universe, was released in 2017 and 2018. And, of course, the American Monsterverse series has been humming...
2016's "Shin Godzilla," like Emmerich's film, also exists in its own continuity. A trilogy of animated Godzilla films, also in its own universe, was released in 2017 and 2018. And, of course, the American Monsterverse series has been humming...
- 1/24/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
It takes a lot of skill, physical endurance, and a certain je-ne-sais-quoi to play Godzilla. The late great Haruo Nakajima — who played Godzilla in 12 of the Showa-era films from the original "Godzilla" through "Godzilla vs. Gigan" in 1974 — revealed in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter in 2017 that he modeled his movements on bears. He seemingly wanted Godzilla to look like he weighed a lot and lumbered appropriately. Nakajima was no doubt aided by the fact that the Godzilla suit weighed quite a lot and was difficult to move in. It was Nakajima who developed the signature "put up your dukes" movement for Godzilla, a gesture that gave the giant radioactive gorilla-whale a lot of personality.
When Nakajima retired from playing Godzilla, a few different actors took turns in the role until the making of 1984's "Return of Godzilla" (released as "Godzilla 1985" in the United States). In that film Kenpachiro Satsuma took over the role,...
When Nakajima retired from playing Godzilla, a few different actors took turns in the role until the making of 1984's "Return of Godzilla" (released as "Godzilla 1985" in the United States). In that film Kenpachiro Satsuma took over the role,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Godzilla Minus One, now at $14.36 million at the box office, has stomped into a record — it’s now the highest grossing live-action Japanese film in North America. This follows an opening weekend that marked the biggest Stateside debut of a foreign film this year.
Distributor Toho International said it’s been adding screens this week due to marketplace demand. It will be playing the film by Takashi Yamazaki in 2,540 locations.
Godzilla Minus One made over $11.4 million at its North America opening, beating Godzilla 2000: Millennium ($10 million) and current title-holder The Adventures of Milo & Otis (a comedy adventure with orange tabby cat Milo and pug Otis), which grossed $14.1 million in 1989 and a 1990 re-release.
It’s certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 97% with critics (read Deadline’s review here) and 98% with audiences.
The biggest foreign opening this year was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, which opened to $10.1 million in March.
Distributor Toho International said it’s been adding screens this week due to marketplace demand. It will be playing the film by Takashi Yamazaki in 2,540 locations.
Godzilla Minus One made over $11.4 million at its North America opening, beating Godzilla 2000: Millennium ($10 million) and current title-holder The Adventures of Milo & Otis (a comedy adventure with orange tabby cat Milo and pug Otis), which grossed $14.1 million in 1989 and a 1990 re-release.
It’s certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 97% with critics (read Deadline’s review here) and 98% with audiences.
The biggest foreign opening this year was Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba, which opened to $10.1 million in March.
- 12/7/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. audiences tend to accept Toho's earlier Godzilla movies as being high camp, usually thanks to Gen-x's half-remembered airings of late-'60s kaiju flicks broadcast on Uhf TV channels back in the 1980s. While there are some absurd and terrible Godzilla films from the Showa era (1954-1975), and many of them contained surreal, kitschy plot elements like invading aliens, one might also find several movies -- "Gojira," "Destroy All Monsters" -- that focus on Japanese national pride, the role of destructive weapons in the world, and a barely-simmering resentment lingering after a massive attack on the country. If modern superhero movies sprung from the U.S. subconscious as a fantastical revenge/preventative measure against 9/11, so too did Godzilla spring fully formed from the trauma left behind by the U.S.' atomic bomb attacks.
In the original "Gojira," that is literal. The titular creature, a stories-high amphibious animal,...
In the original "Gojira," that is literal. The titular creature, a stories-high amphibious animal,...
- 10/23/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The most famous kaiju in the world is set to make his triumphant rerelease to the big screen in more ways than one. The resurgence of Godzilla has blown up almost as big as the monster itself. The U.S. retried our hand at the gargantuan creature with 2014’s Godzilla, which aimed for redemption from the 1998 name-only version. That reintroduction spawned a monster-verse with King Kong getting his own reboot and culminating in a rumble for the film Godzilla vs. Kong. Not only is there to be a spin-off series with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters featuring the “Gorilla-whale,” but this December sees a new era with the Toho film Godzilla Minus One.
Fans of the series can now also celebrate the introduction of the Millennium series as Godzilla-movies.com reveals that special screenings of Godzilla 2000 will be shown at AMC theaters courtesy of Fathom Events. Fandango has listed the...
Fans of the series can now also celebrate the introduction of the Millennium series as Godzilla-movies.com reveals that special screenings of Godzilla 2000 will be shown at AMC theaters courtesy of Fathom Events. Fandango has listed the...
- 9/12/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Pluto TV is going kaiju crazy with the just-announced Godzilla Channel, a Free channel that will air Godzilla movies and nothing but Godzilla movies, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
ComicBook.com reports, “Pluto TV has announced a new Godzilla channel filled with not only classics such as the original 1954 film, Godzilla vs. Megalon, and more but even left-field additions such as the animated Godzilla: The Series from the late ’90s and early ’00s. But the biggest surprise is that this new Godzilla channel will also offer up seven Godzilla films that are exclusive to Pluto TV as fans won’t be able to find them streaming anywhere else.”
The full lineup for the new Pluto TV channel includes…
All Monsters Attack (Godzilla’s Revenge) Godzilla 1999 Godzilla 2000 Godzilla (1954) Godzilla Raids Again Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) Mothra Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster Mothra vs. Godzilla Invasion of the Astro-Monster Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs.
ComicBook.com reports, “Pluto TV has announced a new Godzilla channel filled with not only classics such as the original 1954 film, Godzilla vs. Megalon, and more but even left-field additions such as the animated Godzilla: The Series from the late ’90s and early ’00s. But the biggest surprise is that this new Godzilla channel will also offer up seven Godzilla films that are exclusive to Pluto TV as fans won’t be able to find them streaming anywhere else.”
The full lineup for the new Pluto TV channel includes…
All Monsters Attack (Godzilla’s Revenge) Godzilla 1999 Godzilla 2000 Godzilla (1954) Godzilla Raids Again Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) Mothra Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster Mothra vs. Godzilla Invasion of the Astro-Monster Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (Godzilla vs.
- 6/29/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Back in November, Fathom Events and Toho International teamed up to bring the 2002 Godzilla franchise entry Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla to U.S. theatres for the first time… and now they’re set to do the same thing for the 2003 Godzilla movie Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.! The film will be reaching 600 theatres across the United States on March 22nd.
Tickets are now available on FathomEvents.com, so check and see if Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. is going to be playing at a theatre near you. For this screening, the film will be presented with English subtitles. The one-day event will also include a special showing of Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex, a short that debuted at the 2022 Japan Godzilla Festival as a sequel to the short G vs. G (2019) – never before seen on the big screen!
Directed by Masaaki Tezuka, who wrote the screenplay with Masahiro Yokotani, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. has the following synopsis:...
Tickets are now available on FathomEvents.com, so check and see if Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. is going to be playing at a theatre near you. For this screening, the film will be presented with English subtitles. The one-day event will also include a special showing of Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex, a short that debuted at the 2022 Japan Godzilla Festival as a sequel to the short G vs. G (2019) – never before seen on the big screen!
Directed by Masaaki Tezuka, who wrote the screenplay with Masahiro Yokotani, Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. has the following synopsis:...
- 3/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Godzilla feature films can be separated into six separate, distinct continuities. From Toho's 1954 original "Gojira" until "Terror of Mechagodzilla" in 1975, there were 16 films in the "Showa" era. Beginning in 1984 with "The Return of Godzilla" and running until "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" in 1995, was the "Heisei" era. Roland Emmerich's 1998 American film was, after the fact, folded into a new rebooted continuity which began in 2000 with "Godzilla 2000." That was the "Millennium" era. That era ran until 2004 and closed out with "Godzilla: Final Wars," a film where Godzilla fights just about every monster imaginable. In 2014, America took a crack at kaiju films again with a new "Godzilla," now part of a multi-film "MonsterVerse" era. Perhaps in response, Japan made "Shin Godzilla" in 2016, the only film to date in the "Shin" era. Shortly after "Shin Godzilla," there was also a trilogy of animated films on Netflix. Call those films the "Netflix" era.
- 2/8/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
*The interview took place on December 2017
Norman England started his career in show business as a guitar and keyboard player for the New York based band Proper iD. In 1993 he moved permanently to Japan, where he began working as a journalist. In 1998 he spent a week on the set of George A. Romero’s TV commercial for the video game Resident Evil 2 and in 1999 became the Japan correspondent for Fangoria, a U.S magazine devoted to horror, splatter and exploitation movies. As a journalist he has worked for a number of magazines such as Hobby Japan, Japanzine, Flix, Japanese Giants, the Japan Times, Eiga Hiho, e.t.c.
Since 1999, he has visited over 35 film sets in Japan, including The Grudge, Gamera 3 and the entire Godzilla Millennium series, with an extended stay for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah, where he visited the set almost continuously from April to October of...
Norman England started his career in show business as a guitar and keyboard player for the New York based band Proper iD. In 1993 he moved permanently to Japan, where he began working as a journalist. In 1998 he spent a week on the set of George A. Romero’s TV commercial for the video game Resident Evil 2 and in 1999 became the Japan correspondent for Fangoria, a U.S magazine devoted to horror, splatter and exploitation movies. As a journalist he has worked for a number of magazines such as Hobby Japan, Japanzine, Flix, Japanese Giants, the Japan Times, Eiga Hiho, e.t.c.
Since 1999, he has visited over 35 film sets in Japan, including The Grudge, Gamera 3 and the entire Godzilla Millennium series, with an extended stay for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah, where he visited the set almost continuously from April to October of...
- 6/27/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
British actors David Oakes and John Hannah (pictured) join a starry cast of Asian performers in upcoming movie “The Garden of Evening Mists.” The film is jointly produced by HBO Asia and Malaysia’s Astro Shaw, part of pay-tv giant Astro.
Theatrical releases are being planned, ahead of digital, linear and on-demand releases handled by HBO Asia across the 23 territories in its footprint. HBO sources told Variety that the company is negotiating to appoint an international sales agent.
Malaysian actress Lee Sin-je Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe and veteran actress-director-producer Sylvia Chang are set as the leads in the adaptation of Tan Twan Eng’s novel of the same title. The novel was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012.
It tells a tale of cultural complexity shortly after World War II in British-controlled Malaya. The story features a female law graduate who seeks a quiet life in the idyllic Cameron Highlands,...
Theatrical releases are being planned, ahead of digital, linear and on-demand releases handled by HBO Asia across the 23 territories in its footprint. HBO sources told Variety that the company is negotiating to appoint an international sales agent.
Malaysian actress Lee Sin-je Japanese actor Hiroshi Abe and veteran actress-director-producer Sylvia Chang are set as the leads in the adaptation of Tan Twan Eng’s novel of the same title. The novel was nominated for the Man Booker Prize in 2012.
It tells a tale of cultural complexity shortly after World War II in British-controlled Malaya. The story features a female law graduate who seeks a quiet life in the idyllic Cameron Highlands,...
- 5/10/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Norman England started his career in the show business as a guitar and keyboard player for the New York based band Proper iD. In 1993 he moved permanently to Japan, where he began working as a journalist. In 1998 he spent a week on the set of George A. Romero’s TV commercial for the video game Resident Evil 2 and in 1999 became the Japan correspondent for Fangoria, a U.S magazine dedicated to horror, splatter and exploitation movies. As a journalist he has worked for a variety of magazines such as Hobby Japan, Japanzine, Flix, Japanese Giants, theJapanese Times, Eiga Hiho, e.t.c.
Since 1999, he has visited over 35 film sets in Japan, including The Grudge, Gamera 3 and the entire Godzilla Millennium series, with an extended stay for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah, where he visited the set almost continuously from April to October of 2000.
With Asami and Rina Takeuchi
He has...
Since 1999, he has visited over 35 film sets in Japan, including The Grudge, Gamera 3 and the entire Godzilla Millennium series, with an extended stay for Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah, where he visited the set almost continuously from April to October of 2000.
With Asami and Rina Takeuchi
He has...
- 9/17/2015
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Godzilla has been awarded citizenship from Tokyo's Shinjuku ward in Japan.
The reptile has been named a citizen of the province, which is home to the world's busiest train station.
ゴジラの住民票もらってきたー!3000枚限定だって! pic.twitter.com/Q8gFC35rXg
— ほりゆーこ@酔っこら処 (@dybastar) May 29, 2015
For those who don't read Japanese, that's Godzilla's citizenship certificate, listing his vitals. "Drawing visitors from around the globe" is given as a special reason for giving him citizenship:
Here's the translation full (via the BBC):
Name:
Godzilla
Address:
Shinjuku-ku, Kabuki-cho, 1-19-1
Date of birth:
April 9, 1954
Reason for special residency:
Promoting the entertainment of and watching over the Kabuki-cho neighbourhood and drawing visitors from around the globe
Previous visits to Shinjuku Ward:
3 times; Godzilla (1984), Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991), Godzilla 2000 Millennium (1999)
To celebrate the event, the Shinjuku City Office handed out 3,000 copies of Godzilla's certificate to fans on Saturday.
After the success of the...
The reptile has been named a citizen of the province, which is home to the world's busiest train station.
ゴジラの住民票もらってきたー!3000枚限定だって! pic.twitter.com/Q8gFC35rXg
— ほりゆーこ@酔っこら処 (@dybastar) May 29, 2015
For those who don't read Japanese, that's Godzilla's citizenship certificate, listing his vitals. "Drawing visitors from around the globe" is given as a special reason for giving him citizenship:
Here's the translation full (via the BBC):
Name:
Godzilla
Address:
Shinjuku-ku, Kabuki-cho, 1-19-1
Date of birth:
April 9, 1954
Reason for special residency:
Promoting the entertainment of and watching over the Kabuki-cho neighbourhood and drawing visitors from around the globe
Previous visits to Shinjuku Ward:
3 times; Godzilla (1984), Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991), Godzilla 2000 Millennium (1999)
To celebrate the event, the Shinjuku City Office handed out 3,000 copies of Godzilla's certificate to fans on Saturday.
After the success of the...
- 6/3/2015
- Digital Spy
**Massive spoilers for every Godzilla movie, with the exception of the 2014 reboot, and Mothra follow**
August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new fear was born that dominated the thoughts of all men, women, and children for decades to come. The Cold War, atomic bomb testing, a cartoon turtle telling children to “duck and cover”, and this new technology that had the actual potential to literally end the world changed the perception of what was scary. Art reflects life, so cinema began to capitalize on these fears. Gone were the days of creepy castles, cobwebs, bats, vampires, werewolves, and the other iconic images that ruled genre cinema in film’s earliest decades. Science fiction was larger than ever and giant ants, giant octopi, terror from beyond the stars, and...
August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new fear was born that dominated the thoughts of all men, women, and children for decades to come. The Cold War, atomic bomb testing, a cartoon turtle telling children to “duck and cover”, and this new technology that had the actual potential to literally end the world changed the perception of what was scary. Art reflects life, so cinema began to capitalize on these fears. Gone were the days of creepy castles, cobwebs, bats, vampires, werewolves, and the other iconic images that ruled genre cinema in film’s earliest decades. Science fiction was larger than ever and giant ants, giant octopi, terror from beyond the stars, and...
- 11/4/2014
- by Max Molinaro
- SoundOnSight
Last year, James put together a comprehensive guide, of every piece of Halloween programming and horror movie that would air during the month of October. When I asked him if we were doing the same again this year, he acted like I was an idiot. Why wouldn’t we? With that knowledge in my head, I decided we would expand a little bit this year, and throw together a comprehensive DVD & Blu-ray buyer’s guide for the months of September and October. There are some really great horror releases between now and the end of October. Some studios wasted their opportunity to rope in the rabid genre fans. Fox, for example, except for a new Wrong Turn film, and a few catalog releases making their Blu-ray debuts(Exorcist sequels), has a calendar filled with nonsensical re-releases of titles that are already widely available, and at cheap prices.
We aim for...
We aim for...
- 9/2/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Award-winning F/X artists, monster-related artwork displayed and sold, killer celebrity guests. These things and more will all be found at the 2014 Son of Monsterpalooza at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Burbank, CA, running September 12-14.
Boasting guests like Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Gunnar Hansen, Ed Neal and Terri McMinn as well as seminars, vendors, a costume contest and walk-through monster museum, Son of Monsterpalooza 2014 promises to be just as impressive as its predecessors.
Tickets are available here. Be sure to check out the full current guest list below, and then visit the official Monsterpalooza website and "like" Monsterpalooza on Facebook for more information.
From the Press Release
Award-winning FX artists, monster-related artwork displayed and sold, special presentations, a walk-through monster museum, and so much more will be available at Son of Monsterpalooza 2014 in the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Burbank, September 12-14.
Special guests from horror...
Boasting guests like Angus Scrimm, Reggie Bannister, Gunnar Hansen, Ed Neal and Terri McMinn as well as seminars, vendors, a costume contest and walk-through monster museum, Son of Monsterpalooza 2014 promises to be just as impressive as its predecessors.
Tickets are available here. Be sure to check out the full current guest list below, and then visit the official Monsterpalooza website and "like" Monsterpalooza on Facebook for more information.
From the Press Release
Award-winning FX artists, monster-related artwork displayed and sold, special presentations, a walk-through monster museum, and so much more will be available at Son of Monsterpalooza 2014 in the Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Burbank, September 12-14.
Special guests from horror...
- 7/9/2014
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
Godzilla’s whipping tail, atomic breath, and rumbling roar have been experienced like never before this year at the big screen and at home. The latest in a steady stream of retro Godzilla Blu-ray releases, Sony has unveiled three more high definition upgrades featuring the raging reptile and his ferocious friends and foes, including the Mothra trilogy from the 1990′s.
Making their Us Blu-ray debut, these Toho Godzilla Blu-ray sets come with UltraViolet, include both English and Japanese language options, and will be released on September 9th. We have the official press release with full details below (courtesy of Flickering Myth!) Here’s a list of the individual movies getting the high definition remaster treatment:
Godzilla 2000 Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-out Attack (2001) Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) Rebirth Of Mothra (1996) Rebirth Of Mothra II (1997) Rebirth Of Mothra III (1998)
Press Release - “Scheduled for September 9, 2014, the lineup features the...
Making their Us Blu-ray debut, these Toho Godzilla Blu-ray sets come with UltraViolet, include both English and Japanese language options, and will be released on September 9th. We have the official press release with full details below (courtesy of Flickering Myth!) Here’s a list of the individual movies getting the high definition remaster treatment:
Godzilla 2000 Godzilla, Mothra, And King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-out Attack (2001) Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) Rebirth Of Mothra (1996) Rebirth Of Mothra II (1997) Rebirth Of Mothra III (1998)
Press Release - “Scheduled for September 9, 2014, the lineup features the...
- 7/9/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
When Sony released a slew of Heisei and Millennium series Godzilla movies as double feature Blu-rays this May, there were several noticeably absent titles. Those three films and a trio of modern Mothra flicks are finally due on Blu.
SciFi Japan reports that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing two more entries in its Toho Godzilla Collection this September and, as an added bonus (for the dozen or so people that enjoy them, kaiju completists, or mere gluttons for punishment), all three installments of the late 90s Rebirth of Mothra trilogy.
The one and only true King of the Monsters roared not only back to life following Roland Emmerich’s 1998 Hollywood reboot debacle but also back to multiplexes in the Us in Toho’s loopy relaunch Godzilla 2000. The Big G battles both the Japanese military, a UFO that looks suspiciously like a metallic bed pan, and a rubbersuit...
SciFi Japan reports that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing two more entries in its Toho Godzilla Collection this September and, as an added bonus (for the dozen or so people that enjoy them, kaiju completists, or mere gluttons for punishment), all three installments of the late 90s Rebirth of Mothra trilogy.
The one and only true King of the Monsters roared not only back to life following Roland Emmerich’s 1998 Hollywood reboot debacle but also back to multiplexes in the Us in Toho’s loopy relaunch Godzilla 2000. The Big G battles both the Japanese military, a UFO that looks suspiciously like a metallic bed pan, and a rubbersuit...
- 7/8/2014
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
It's been 60 years since Godzilla first tore up the big screen, and though countless sequels and spin-offs have come in the original film's wake, there are also a handful of planned projects that just never ended up getting off the ground.
Many of those films have been well documented, but one we had never before heard about has just come to our attention, and now we're pretty damned bummed out about it not happening. Read on!
As reported by SciFi Japan, Gremlins director Joe Dante was at one point in time hired to helm a movie called Godzilla Reborn, which was set to be a sequel to the 1999 Japanese film Godzilla 2000. Details about the failed project came courtesy of Michael Schlesinger, who penned the unfilmed screenplay.
Schlesinger says that though the idea for the film started off as a joke, he eventually realized it had legs and decided to...
Many of those films have been well documented, but one we had never before heard about has just come to our attention, and now we're pretty damned bummed out about it not happening. Read on!
As reported by SciFi Japan, Gremlins director Joe Dante was at one point in time hired to helm a movie called Godzilla Reborn, which was set to be a sequel to the 1999 Japanese film Godzilla 2000. Details about the failed project came courtesy of Michael Schlesinger, who penned the unfilmed screenplay.
Schlesinger says that though the idea for the film started off as a joke, he eventually realized it had legs and decided to...
- 6/10/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
The new Godzilla remake has finally arrived in theaters. The rebooted king of monsters stars in his 30th film in 60 years but he continues to vacillate between good guy monster and bad guy monster. Which way does Godzilla work better? Should he be the sheriff or the outlaw?
(Spoilers ahead)
60 years ago, Gojira/Godzilla: King of the Monsters debuted on screen; with a towering reptilian protagonist who was basically a rampaging beast. He was really a metaphor for the destructive power of the A-bomb. In the following three sequels, Gojira’s Counter Attack (Aka Gigantus the Fire Monster/ Godzilla Raids Again); Gojira vs. King Kong (Aka King Kong vs. Godzilla), and Mothra vs. Gojira (Aka Godzilla vs. the Thing); the radioactive monster continued his destructive, city-flattening ways, earning the enmity of the citizens of Japan. He was the ultimate threat.
By his fifth and sixth films, however, The Three...
(Spoilers ahead)
60 years ago, Gojira/Godzilla: King of the Monsters debuted on screen; with a towering reptilian protagonist who was basically a rampaging beast. He was really a metaphor for the destructive power of the A-bomb. In the following three sequels, Gojira’s Counter Attack (Aka Gigantus the Fire Monster/ Godzilla Raids Again); Gojira vs. King Kong (Aka King Kong vs. Godzilla), and Mothra vs. Gojira (Aka Godzilla vs. the Thing); the radioactive monster continued his destructive, city-flattening ways, earning the enmity of the citizens of Japan. He was the ultimate threat.
By his fifth and sixth films, however, The Three...
- 5/19/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
The new Godzilla remake has finally arrived in theaters. The rebooted king of monsters stars in his 30th film in 60 years but he continues to vacillate between good guy monster and bad guy monster. Which way does Godzilla work better? Should he be the sheriff or the outlaw?
(Spoilers ahead)
60 years ago, Gojira/Godzilla: King of the Monsters debuted on screen; with a towering reptilian protagonist who was basically a rampaging beast. He was really a metaphor for the destructive power of the A-bomb. In the following three sequels, Gojira’s Counter Attack (Aka Gigantus the Fire Monster/ Godzilla Raids Again); Gojira vs. King Kong (Aka King Kong vs. Godzilla), and Mothra vs. Gojira (Aka Godzilla vs. the Thing); the radioactive monster continued his destructive, city-flattening ways, earning the enmity of the citizens of Japan. He was the ultimate threat.
By his fifth and sixth films, however, The Three...
(Spoilers ahead)
60 years ago, Gojira/Godzilla: King of the Monsters debuted on screen; with a towering reptilian protagonist who was basically a rampaging beast. He was really a metaphor for the destructive power of the A-bomb. In the following three sequels, Gojira’s Counter Attack (Aka Gigantus the Fire Monster/ Godzilla Raids Again); Gojira vs. King Kong (Aka King Kong vs. Godzilla), and Mothra vs. Gojira (Aka Godzilla vs. the Thing); the radioactive monster continued his destructive, city-flattening ways, earning the enmity of the citizens of Japan. He was the ultimate threat.
By his fifth and sixth films, however, The Three...
- 5/19/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Los Angeles (AP) — "Godzilla" has smashed its way to the top of the box office. The 3-D monster movie from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures had the second-largest debut of the year this weekend with $93.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. "Godzilla" trails Disney-Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," which opened with $95 million in April, and sits just above "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," which debuted with $91.6 million this month. Paying homage to the 60-year-old franchise in tone and spectacle, the latest iteration continues the legend of 1954 Japanese original — Ishiro Honda's "Gojira." Reviews of the film were positive — it earned a "fresh" rating from review aggregator RottenTomatoes.com, with 72 percent of film critics responding positively. Legendary Pictures President Jon Jashni said the film did better than expected partly because it was "starting to get sampled even by those who didn't think it would necessarily be for them. They didn't have nostalgic feelings for it.
- 5/18/2014
- by Jessica Herndon (AP)
- Hitfix
Godzilla is one destructive creature. Over the course of 28 Japanese films and four American films, the monster (and the other kaiju that have appeared in the franchise) has nearly destroyed 19 cities in addition to fighting in space and underwater. Whether it’s intentional or not—sometimes Godzilla is nearly protecting us from alien creatures bent on destroying Earth—cities fall under the brute strength, physical size and eternal frustration of the mutated amphibian.
In the new film, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Ken Watanabe, the creature expands his destruction count by rampaging Honolulu, Las Vegas and San Francisco. All three cities are a far cry from Tokyo, a city that has been destroyed more times than an other location in the long-running franchise. In a handy little guide to destruction, VH1 has compiled a complete list of cities destroyed by the monsters.
Tokyo
The capital of Japan has served...
In the new film, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Ken Watanabe, the creature expands his destruction count by rampaging Honolulu, Las Vegas and San Francisco. All three cities are a far cry from Tokyo, a city that has been destroyed more times than an other location in the long-running franchise. In a handy little guide to destruction, VH1 has compiled a complete list of cities destroyed by the monsters.
Tokyo
The capital of Japan has served...
- 5/13/2014
- by Stacy Lambe
- TheFabLife - Movies
Jim Knipfel May 31, 2019
Roland Emmerich's 1998 Godzilla was many things (most of them bad), but it wasn't really a Godzilla movie.
After Godzilla was decisively snuffed for only the second time in his then-40-year career at the end of Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Toho’s Tomoyuki Tanaka announced the studio would be giving their cash cow a breather. This has happened several times in Godzilla's career. They’d done it before, back in 1975 and 1995, so there was no widespread panic at the news. Let the Big Guy take a little vacation or something. But he never mentioned Godzilla would be taking that vacation in Manhattan.
After announcing the hiatus, Tanaka turned around and sold the licensing rights to Sony on a limited basis for what was supposed to be a three-picture deal. Sony immediately got to work, bringing in the sure-fire team of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who...
Roland Emmerich's 1998 Godzilla was many things (most of them bad), but it wasn't really a Godzilla movie.
After Godzilla was decisively snuffed for only the second time in his then-40-year career at the end of Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Toho’s Tomoyuki Tanaka announced the studio would be giving their cash cow a breather. This has happened several times in Godzilla's career. They’d done it before, back in 1975 and 1995, so there was no widespread panic at the news. Let the Big Guy take a little vacation or something. But he never mentioned Godzilla would be taking that vacation in Manhattan.
After announcing the hiatus, Tanaka turned around and sold the licensing rights to Sony on a limited basis for what was supposed to be a three-picture deal. Sony immediately got to work, bringing in the sure-fire team of Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who...
- 2/23/2014
- Den of Geek
While science-fiction has, for a long time, been something of a secondary genre, the current age of effects-heavy summer blockbusters has turned sci-fi cinema into big business, with movies about aliens, robots, and men in spaceships having exciting space adventures among the most hyped and publicized films of the year, with trailers, billboards, Comic-Con panels, TV spots, and every form of advertising imaginable, creating anticipation months or more in advance. Indeed, most lists of highly anticipated films one can find on the Internet seem to be made up largely of sci-fi blockbusters.
But what are we really anticipating? What movies are we eagerly awaiting with baited breath? Before we answer that, it pays to think for a moment about why we anticipate films at all. For many people, anticipation means to look forward to something, but that’s only half of it. One can anticipate a grade, or a Christmas gift,...
But what are we really anticipating? What movies are we eagerly awaiting with baited breath? Before we answer that, it pays to think for a moment about why we anticipate films at all. For many people, anticipation means to look forward to something, but that’s only half of it. One can anticipate a grade, or a Christmas gift,...
- 1/20/2014
- by Thomas O'Connor
- SoundOnSight
We here at Cinelinx can't wait to see the brand new Godzilla movie from Gareth Edwards, and have been anxiously anticipating it's release since it's Sdcc announcement back in 2010! Now with the director already making comments about sequel ideas, we thought it was the perfect time to take a look at the greatest Godzilla 'villains' who we wouldn't mind seeing pop up in the rebooted films.
5) Orga - First Appearance: Godzilla 2000 (2000)
Few here in the USA remember exactly who Orga was since his only film outing came in the form of Godzilla 2000, where he took on the King in one of his most brutal fights. Able to absorb DNA and mutate himself, Orga began life as a UFO, mutated into a giant-squid like creature, then into his final form: an immensely powerful but physically unstable clone of Godzilla himself. While Orga put up a hell of a fight,...
5) Orga - First Appearance: Godzilla 2000 (2000)
Few here in the USA remember exactly who Orga was since his only film outing came in the form of Godzilla 2000, where he took on the King in one of his most brutal fights. Able to absorb DNA and mutate himself, Orga began life as a UFO, mutated into a giant-squid like creature, then into his final form: an immensely powerful but physically unstable clone of Godzilla himself. While Orga put up a hell of a fight,...
- 8/14/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jarod Warren)
- Cinelinx
Gareth Edwards, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olson were in attendance to present the first footage from Godzilla.
Before watching the footage, we got to see the teaser from last year.
Edwards said that he felt a lot pressure making this film but that he put more pressure on himself because all his life he had wanted to make it. Edwards said that he worked very closely with Toho when making the film.
What We Saw
-We saw Cranston running against a fleeing crowd of scientists in a lab-like facility.
-Ken Watanabe appeared briefly in what appeared to be an emotional scene, though he did not appear in person at Comic-Con.
-We saw a monster that wasn’t Godzilla. It resembled Godzilla’s adversary in Godzilla 2000 when it’s in it’s second form, with tentacles. Photo below is from a video game.
As jets fire at the monster,...
Before watching the footage, we got to see the teaser from last year.
Edwards said that he felt a lot pressure making this film but that he put more pressure on himself because all his life he had wanted to make it. Edwards said that he worked very closely with Toho when making the film.
What We Saw
-We saw Cranston running against a fleeing crowd of scientists in a lab-like facility.
-Ken Watanabe appeared briefly in what appeared to be an emotional scene, though he did not appear in person at Comic-Con.
-We saw a monster that wasn’t Godzilla. It resembled Godzilla’s adversary in Godzilla 2000 when it’s in it’s second form, with tentacles. Photo below is from a video game.
As jets fire at the monster,...
- 7/21/2013
- by Alex Corey
- LRMonline.com
Legendary Pictures has brought Godzilla to San Diego Comic-Con! The studio is putting on a awesome fan event at throughout the convention called the "Godzilla Experience." I had the opportunity to check it out yesterday, and it was a blast!
They ended up creating a little corner of Tokyo Japan in a big warehouse packed full of all kinds of Godzilla memorabilia. It includes on of the Godzilla suits that some poor guy wore when making one of the Godzilla movies. I believe it was from Godzilla 2000. The area also included a sushi bar with Japanese customers just minding their own business doing their thing. I've included a video tour and photos from this location of the experience below. But thing took a turn for the worse, and we weren't allowed to take any more photos.
As I'm walking around taking picture the light dim and start to flicker.
They ended up creating a little corner of Tokyo Japan in a big warehouse packed full of all kinds of Godzilla memorabilia. It includes on of the Godzilla suits that some poor guy wore when making one of the Godzilla movies. I believe it was from Godzilla 2000. The area also included a sushi bar with Japanese customers just minding their own business doing their thing. I've included a video tour and photos from this location of the experience below. But thing took a turn for the worse, and we weren't allowed to take any more photos.
As I'm walking around taking picture the light dim and start to flicker.
- 7/18/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
We were first in line to check out the Godzilla Encounter at San Diego yesterday, where fans are treated to a early look at the newly designed Godzilla. While we’re not going to ruin the surprise, we do have photos from the first segment of the event, along with a brand new poster.
The beginning of the Godzilla Encounter plays out like a museum tour. As you can see below, there is the full suit seen in Godzilla 2000, a prop from the very first Godzilla movie, and a number of collectibles. The tour is cut short when the new Godzilla decides to make an appearance and you’re treated to a fun, interactive show that brings you and Godzilla face-to-face.
If you’re at Comic-Con this week, we strongly suggest making the trip to check it out. Online ticket reservations are no longer available, but you can pick...
The beginning of the Godzilla Encounter plays out like a museum tour. As you can see below, there is the full suit seen in Godzilla 2000, a prop from the very first Godzilla movie, and a number of collectibles. The tour is cut short when the new Godzilla decides to make an appearance and you’re treated to a fun, interactive show that brings you and Godzilla face-to-face.
If you’re at Comic-Con this week, we strongly suggest making the trip to check it out. Online ticket reservations are no longer available, but you can pick...
- 7/18/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
"Okay, just to be clear here, our options are: die here, die in the tunnels, or die in the streets. That pretty much it?" — Hud, Cloverfield
The heyday of giant monster movies has long since passed into Hollywood history, but if the enthusiasm of the crowd in attendance at Legendary/Warner's (L/W) presentation for Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim at this past weekend's WonderCon convention in Anaheim is any indication, the sci-fi sub-genre could be poised for a comeback. L/W is so confident that audiences are ready to embrace giant monsters that they've already ordered up a sequel, and Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Walking Dead) is working on a Godzilla update that he promises will take the "camp" out of the Japanese icon and deliver a Godzilla that is a "terrifying force of nature."
Will the new monsters capture the imagination as they did in days...
The heyday of giant monster movies has long since passed into Hollywood history, but if the enthusiasm of the crowd in attendance at Legendary/Warner's (L/W) presentation for Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim at this past weekend's WonderCon convention in Anaheim is any indication, the sci-fi sub-genre could be poised for a comeback. L/W is so confident that audiences are ready to embrace giant monsters that they've already ordered up a sequel, and Frank Darabont (The Mist, The Walking Dead) is working on a Godzilla update that he promises will take the "camp" out of the Japanese icon and deliver a Godzilla that is a "terrifying force of nature."
Will the new monsters capture the imagination as they did in days...
- 4/2/2013
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
Update: The primary cast of Godzilla looks complete (and it didn't work out with Henry Cavill). Aaron Johnson (Kick-a**) , Elizabeth Olson (Kill Your Darlings) and Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") starring and David Straithairn (Lincoln), Ken Watanabe (Inception), Juliette Binoche (Dan in Real Life) and "Hawaii Five-0" actor Richard T. Jones (Super 8) in supporting roles. Production has already begun on the Legendary Films reboot of one of the most popular monster movies of all time.
Jan. 7, 2013 - Henry Cavill, the new Superman in Man of Steel, may be taking on another monster reboot. He's on the short list of actors being considered to star in Godzilla, Legendary's high profile remake. How cool would it be to see Superman take on Godzilla?? Also reportedly under consideration for the role is Scoot McNairy (Argo), and Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee in X-Men: First Class).
A bit of a dustup, though, because Legendary dismissed...
Jan. 7, 2013 - Henry Cavill, the new Superman in Man of Steel, may be taking on another monster reboot. He's on the short list of actors being considered to star in Godzilla, Legendary's high profile remake. How cool would it be to see Superman take on Godzilla?? Also reportedly under consideration for the role is Scoot McNairy (Argo), and Caleb Landry Jones (Banshee in X-Men: First Class).
A bit of a dustup, though, because Legendary dismissed...
- 3/22/2013
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Update: Encouraged by a positive response at Comic-Con, the Godzilla reboot is very very close to happening. Iron Man 3 and Sherlock Holmes 3 scribe Drew Pearce will polish the script written first by David Callaham (who also writes The Expendables movies) and then rewritten by David Goyer (The Dark Knight movies) and Max Borenstein (The Seventh Son)(rewrites by author screenwriters is standard practice). The purpose of the rewrite is to make the characters older, the same age as the actors Legendary plans to pursue for the lead roles.
Soruce: Variety
Jan. 4, 2011 - With every leap in special effects technology, some studio head gets the idea to remake Godzilla. I can think of nothing more painful to watch than the 1997 Godzilla except for maybe Godzilla 2000. But This Time, apparently, Warner Brothers is determined to get it right. It's hired newbie director Gareth Edwards to helm; his low-budget film...
Soruce: Variety
Jan. 4, 2011 - With every leap in special effects technology, some studio head gets the idea to remake Godzilla. I can think of nothing more painful to watch than the 1997 Godzilla except for maybe Godzilla 2000. But This Time, apparently, Warner Brothers is determined to get it right. It's hired newbie director Gareth Edwards to helm; his low-budget film...
- 10/4/2012
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Further to Sneak Peek's report March 2010, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures will debut their new 3D "Godzilla" feature, May 16, 2014.
"...Legendary, which has been developing the project, and its partner Warner Bros. will return the character to its epic roots with a gritty, realistic actioner..."
The film will be directed by Gareth Edwards ("Monsters"), from a screenplay by David Callaham ("The Expendables"). David S. Goyer, Max Borenstein, Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce, along with Roy Lee, Dan Lin and Brian Rogers. Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher will serve as executive producers alongside Doug Davison, Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.
Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of feature films, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived in North America, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original 1954 film, directed by Ishirō Honda featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya,...
"...Legendary, which has been developing the project, and its partner Warner Bros. will return the character to its epic roots with a gritty, realistic actioner..."
The film will be directed by Gareth Edwards ("Monsters"), from a screenplay by David Callaham ("The Expendables"). David S. Goyer, Max Borenstein, Legendary's Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce, along with Roy Lee, Dan Lin and Brian Rogers. Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher will serve as executive producers alongside Doug Davison, Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.
Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of feature films, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived in North America, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original 1954 film, directed by Ishirō Honda featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya,...
- 9/16/2012
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
Legendary Pictures upcoming new take on Godzilla has been shrouded in secrecy to this point, and while it still is very much an unknown, Gareth Edwards (Monsters) offers an update, courtesy of Dread Central. Here are the ecstatic words from the director:
“It’s going great, and I’m genuinely excited about it. We’re just working really hard with Legendary, who have been fantastic. Thomas Tull has just been an absolute pleasure and nothing like the experience they warn you about when you go to Hollywood. I can’t say much other than I hope that we’ll have some proper news soon. So you won’t have to wait too long at all.”
So, that’s basically all spin and gives no concrete details, but obviously it’s better than hearing bad news and this project is clearly happening. David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) has worked with the script,...
“It’s going great, and I’m genuinely excited about it. We’re just working really hard with Legendary, who have been fantastic. Thomas Tull has just been an absolute pleasure and nothing like the experience they warn you about when you go to Hollywood. I can’t say much other than I hope that we’ll have some proper news soon. So you won’t have to wait too long at all.”
So, that’s basically all spin and gives no concrete details, but obviously it’s better than hearing bad news and this project is clearly happening. David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight) has worked with the script,...
- 5/21/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
On May 20th, 1998, TriStar Pictures released Godzilla into American theaters. It was also the same year American audiences were alienated to Godzilla movies. So one year later, Toho released a brand new Godzilla film: Godzilla 2000 Millennium. Think about this for a second. Toho retired the Godzilla franchise four years earlier in 1995, when the big G was killed off after battling Destoroyah. So after Sony blew it with their film, Toho must have been pretty angry with how America treated the license. So they quickly rushed into production a new film to show us how to make a new, modern Godzilla film. Then the following year Godzilla: Millennium stomped into Japanese theaters. (It came to American theaters the following year, hence the title change to Godzilla 2000.) This film holds a special place in a lot of fans' hearts. This was the first Godzilla film a lot of fans...
- 2/21/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
As you may know, unless you don't care much for monster movies the news of a new Godzilla film has been spread out, and it seems like they are on the right path to make a decent movie, but the public opinion, me included, is skeptic about it, and we owe it to a really grim 1998 adaptation that left a scar that will be hard to heal....
Back in the day, Godzilla, was about the biggest meanest son of a gun in the world, and he faced a lot of great adversaries, but it wasn't all glory for our over grown lizard friend, some of the worst films made in cinema history had his name on it, and as a reminder to Legendary pictures and Gareth Edwards on what could go wrong, here I present my Top 5 Worst films of the Godzilla franchise.
#5 Godzilla and Mothra the Battle for Earth:
First off,...
Back in the day, Godzilla, was about the biggest meanest son of a gun in the world, and he faced a lot of great adversaries, but it wasn't all glory for our over grown lizard friend, some of the worst films made in cinema history had his name on it, and as a reminder to Legendary pictures and Gareth Edwards on what could go wrong, here I present my Top 5 Worst films of the Godzilla franchise.
#5 Godzilla and Mothra the Battle for Earth:
First off,...
- 2/18/2011
- by Keepers of the Bid
- Horrorbid
TheMoviePool takes on the baddest of the bad with the King of the Monsters! See us count down the best monsters to ever square off against Godzilla over his many decades of rampaging.
In 2010, when the news released at San Diego ComicCon of a Godzilla reboot in the works, kaiju fans around the world rejoiced. The news was made even sweeter when the new film was to be produced by Legendary Pictures, the minds behind some of the greatest films to come out of Warner Brothers such as 300, Watchmen, and The Dark Knight. And most recently in January, we received news that director Gareth Edwards, the mind behind the fantastic and surreal Monsters, was attached to direct. Things couldn't look brighter for the franchise built on the ruins of Monster-Stomped Japan.
So in honor of the Atomic Lizard, we at Themoviepool.Com went on a rampage through our personal collections and decided who,...
In 2010, when the news released at San Diego ComicCon of a Godzilla reboot in the works, kaiju fans around the world rejoiced. The news was made even sweeter when the new film was to be produced by Legendary Pictures, the minds behind some of the greatest films to come out of Warner Brothers such as 300, Watchmen, and The Dark Knight. And most recently in January, we received news that director Gareth Edwards, the mind behind the fantastic and surreal Monsters, was attached to direct. Things couldn't look brighter for the franchise built on the ruins of Monster-Stomped Japan.
So in honor of the Atomic Lizard, we at Themoviepool.Com went on a rampage through our personal collections and decided who,...
- 2/13/2011
- Cinelinx
TheMoviePool takes on the baddest of the bad with the King of the Monsters!
In 2010, when the news released at San Diego ComicCon of a Godzilla reboot in the works, kaiju fans around the world rejoiced. The news was made even sweeter when the new film was to be produced by Legendary Pictures, the minds behind some of the greatest films to come out of Warner Brothers such as 300, Watchmen, and The Dark Knight. And most recently in January, we received news that director Gareth Edwards, the mind behind the fantastic and surreal Monsters, was attached to direct. Things couldn't look brighter for the franchise built on the ruins of Monster-Stomped Japan.
So in honor of the Atomic Lizard, we at Themoviepool.Com went on a rampage through our personal collections and decided who, of the cavalcade of creatures who collectively found their asses kicked by The King of the Monsters,...
In 2010, when the news released at San Diego ComicCon of a Godzilla reboot in the works, kaiju fans around the world rejoiced. The news was made even sweeter when the new film was to be produced by Legendary Pictures, the minds behind some of the greatest films to come out of Warner Brothers such as 300, Watchmen, and The Dark Knight. And most recently in January, we received news that director Gareth Edwards, the mind behind the fantastic and surreal Monsters, was attached to direct. Things couldn't look brighter for the franchise built on the ruins of Monster-Stomped Japan.
So in honor of the Atomic Lizard, we at Themoviepool.Com went on a rampage through our personal collections and decided who, of the cavalcade of creatures who collectively found their asses kicked by The King of the Monsters,...
- 2/13/2011
- Cinelinx
I am so excited to report that Gareth Edwards, the guy behind the brilliant indie sci-fi flick "Monsters," is going to direct another monster, and that, of course, is "Godzilla." (I picked "Monsters" as one of the best films of 2010, check out my list right here)
As we told you last March, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, the studios behind "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" are teaming up to reboot the monster of all monster flicks "Godzilla." (See "Godzilla" Reboot in the Works From "The Dark Knight" Studios)
Legendary 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.
The last time "Godzilla" stomped onto the big-screen was the horrible 1998 film from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. In order to erase that film from our memories, Toho produced "Godzilla 2000...
As we told you last March, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, the studios behind "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" are teaming up to reboot the monster of all monster flicks "Godzilla." (See "Godzilla" Reboot in the Works From "The Dark Knight" Studios)
Legendary 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.
The last time "Godzilla" stomped onto the big-screen was the horrible 1998 film from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. In order to erase that film from our memories, Toho produced "Godzilla 2000...
- 1/6/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Legendary Pictures reports that Gareth Edwards ("Monsters") will direct an update of "Godzilla", based on Toho Studios flame-breathing dinosaur character, that debuted in 1954.
Legendary is producing the new film for Warner Bros. prepping for a 2012 wide release.
Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of movies, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived in North America, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original movie.
Before that, Toho released one of the Japanese films in the United States as "Godzilla 2000" and in 1998, director Roland Emmerich, with partner Dean Devlin tackled a reinvention of "Godzilla" for Sony, grossing $379 million worldwide.
"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, CEO of Legendary.
"Our plans are...
Legendary is producing the new film for Warner Bros. prepping for a 2012 wide release.
Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of movies, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived in North America, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original movie.
Before that, Toho released one of the Japanese films in the United States as "Godzilla 2000" and in 1998, director Roland Emmerich, with partner Dean Devlin tackled a reinvention of "Godzilla" for Sony, grossing $379 million worldwide.
"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, CEO of Legendary.
"Our plans are...
- 1/5/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Legendary Pictures announced today they are ready to start developing a new movie based on the legendary Toho Studios monster Godzilla, having acquired the rights to the character Toho created over fifty years ago in the 1954 film, which has since become a genre classic. Legendary is producing the movie through their deal with Warner Bros. with hopes to announce a director soon to helm the movie with the intention of having it ready for a 2012 release. Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of movies, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived on these shores, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original movie. Before that, Toho released one of the Japanese films in the United States as "Godzilla 2000", and in 1998, director...
- 3/31/2010
- www.ohmygore.com/
Legendary Pictures reports they are developing a new feature based on Toho Studios flame-breathing dinosaur character "Godzilla", acquiring rights to the character Toho created in 1954, touting "Civilization Crumbles as its death rays blast a city of six million from the face of the earth..."
Legendary is producing the new film for Warner Bros. prepping for a 2012 wide release.
Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of movies, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived in North America, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original movie.
Before that, Toho released one of the Japanese films in the United States as "Godzilla 2000" and in 1998, director Roland Emmerich, with partner Dean Devlin tackled a reinvention of "Godzilla" for Sony, grossing $379 million worldwide.
"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able...
Legendary is producing the new film for Warner Bros. prepping for a 2012 wide release.
Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of movies, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived in North America, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original movie.
Before that, Toho released one of the Japanese films in the United States as "Godzilla 2000" and in 1998, director Roland Emmerich, with partner Dean Devlin tackled a reinvention of "Godzilla" for Sony, grossing $379 million worldwide.
"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able...
- 3/30/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Legendary Pictures, in conjunction with Warner Bros., plans to release a Godzilla reboot in 2012, according to a press release issued earlier today by the company. This will be the first English language Godzilla movie since 1998, when director Roland Emmerich unleashed the monster upon Manhattan, grossing $379 million worldwide.
Since first hitting the big screen in 1954, Godzilla has appeared in over 25 movies, all of which were produced by Toho Company. Toho will play a role in the reboot's development, even though official producing credit goes to Legendary. The most recent Godzilla movie, Godzilla: Final Wars, disappointed in its native Japan, grossing $9.1 million there, and never made it to domestic theaters.
"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...
Since first hitting the big screen in 1954, Godzilla has appeared in over 25 movies, all of which were produced by Toho Company. Toho will play a role in the reboot's development, even though official producing credit goes to Legendary. The most recent Godzilla movie, Godzilla: Final Wars, disappointed in its native Japan, grossing $9.1 million there, and never made it to domestic theaters.
"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...
- 3/29/2010
- by Ray Subers
- Box Office Mojo
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, the partnership that gave us "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight," "Superman Returns," "The Hangover," and the remake of "Clash of the Titans" opening Friday want to add our favorite fire-breathing giant lizard "Godzilla" to their growing number of franchises.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Legendary 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.
The last time "Godzilla" stomped onto the big-screen was the horrible 1998 film from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. In order to erase that film from our memories, Toho produced "Godzilla 2000" the following year to no avail.
So why did Legendary purchased the rights to "Godzilla?" Here's the company's chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull:
"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary...
The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Legendary 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.
The last time "Godzilla" stomped onto the big-screen was the horrible 1998 film from Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. In order to erase that film from our memories, Toho produced "Godzilla 2000" the following year to no avail.
So why did Legendary purchased the rights to "Godzilla?" Here's the company's chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull:
"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary...
- 3/29/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Legendary Pictures announced today they are ready to start developing a new movie based on the legendary Toho Studios monster Godzilla, having acquired the rights to the character Toho created over fifty years ago in the 1954 film, which has since become a genre classic. Legendary is producing the movie through their deal with Warner Bros. with hopes to announce a director soon to helm the movie with the intention of having it ready for a 2012 release. Toho has kept Godzilla alive through two generations of movies, many of which were only released in Japan. The last time Godzilla arrived on these shores, it was for a 50th Anniversary re-release of the original movie. Before that, Toho released one of the Japanese films in the United States as Godzilla 2000 , and in 1998, director...
- 3/29/2010
- Comingsoon.net
We've got a soft spot for the big rubber-suited monster that the Japanese call Godzilla. For more than a half century he's been stomping his way across movie screens (and Tokyo), shattering matchstick houses and incinerating the countryside in search of…well, we're quite not sure if anyone ever really knew what he was in search of—but that's Ok, cause in his case, it was all about the journey, not the destination.
That journey is about to start all over again, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog. Legendary Pictures have announced that they are about to begin developing a new movie based on the legendary Toho Studios monster, having acquired the rights to the character Toho created over fifty years ago in the 1954 genre classic.
Legendary is producing the movie through a deal with Warner Bros., and hope to announce a director soon to helm the movie.
That journey is about to start all over again, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog. Legendary Pictures have announced that they are about to begin developing a new movie based on the legendary Toho Studios monster, having acquired the rights to the character Toho created over fifty years ago in the 1954 genre classic.
Legendary is producing the movie through a deal with Warner Bros., and hope to announce a director soon to helm the movie.
- 3/29/2010
- CinemaSpy
Film review: 'Godzilla 2000'
Trying to get rid of Godzilla is like trying to throw away an old boomerang. Missiles, bombs and exploding mines merely annoy the huge beast.
Toho Studios, the big fellow's home since 1954, killed him off in 1995's "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah", only to revive him due to popular demand. Roland Emmerich's inflated, Westernized 1998 version, which created a behemoth reptile with visual effects and digital technology, not only failed to finish off the Big G but also renewed interest in him in his native Japan.
So one of the movies' most enduring -- and endearing -- stars is back with all of his bad attitudes in "Godzilla 2000", his 23rd feature. Released domestically by Sony's TriStar Pictures with a dubbed English soundtrack, the movie reinstates all of the series' old tricks: the cheesy special effects, the wildly inappropriate English dialogue and, most importantly, the monster played by a man wearing an elaborate latex suit.
Because Godzilla is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food and, presumably, American appetites were awakened by Emmerich's film, this new incarnation should attract not only fans of the beast and high camp but also the curious who want to see the grumpy monster on his home turf -- trashing Tokyo for the umpteenth time.
Godzilla gets a makeover every few years. The new Godzilla has shrunk to about 170 feet -- closer to the 1954 model -- and has much scarier teeth, a crouch-like gait, a pinkish tone in his redesigned dorsal fins and fiery, don't-mess-with-me eyes. Tsutomu Kitagawa is the stuntman-gymnast inside the Godzilla suit, and special effects director Kenji Suzuki created the new look.
Godzilla disappears for too long during the middle of the movie as director Takao Okawara and his writers prepare the way for another monster to battle Godzilla. This foe is named Orga, according to media notes, though he is never called that in the film.
Orga starts out as a mysterious rock found in a coastal seabed and turns out to be a 60 million-year-old UFO. When scientists bring it to the surface, the thing gets fueled by the sun, zips around the sky and finally squats on a skyscraper, where it soaks up data from Tokyo's computer systems.
Searching for a way to adapt to Earth's hostile environment, the alien spots a rampaging Godzilla making life miserable for humans and apparently decides to transform itself into a Godzilla-like monster. Well, Tokyo isn't big enough for two Godzillas, so the two duke it out in a grand finale that, of course, levels the poor city once more.
The humans watching all this include Takehiro Murata as the head of the Godzilla Prediction Network, who seeks to protect the monster as a suitable subject for scientific inquiry; 12-year-old Mayu Suzuki as his beguiling daughter; Naomi Nishida as a photojournalist who tags along in hopes of getting good Godzilla shots; Hiroshi Abe as the intelligence agency chief obsessed with destroying the beast; and Shiro Sano as his befuddled
assistant.
What turns "Godzilla 2000" into a riotous comedy are the deliberately awkward English dialogue and archaic expressions like "Great Caesar's ghost!" A few favorite lines: "Ah, the damn teriyaki is cold here," "Quit your bitchin'" and "Oh, bite me".
While the film takes advantage of current technology to employ nearly 500 CG shots, the effects are deliberately not state of the art. The filmmakers, quite rightly, believe that a technically perfect movie would betray the spirit of Godzilla.
The Japanese have enormous affection for this goofy series and its ugly, angry hero. Some claim that Godzilla, supposedly awakened or mutated by nuclear testing, is a manifestation of that country's understandable terror of the nuclear age. But dragons and monsters roam the mythology of all cultures, and cinema is replete with such beasts, ranging from Dr. Frankenstein's monster to King Kong and the shark in "Jaws".
Monsters embody our fears. Our ambivalence toward them reflects our fascination with that which terrorizes us. Thus, the corniness of Godzilla, with its hokey effects and man in a monster suit, allows us to take childlike pleasure in a "villain" in much the same way Margaret Hamilton won our hearts as the wicked witch in "The Wizard of Oz".
GODZILLA 2000
TriStar Pictures
A Toho Company Ltd. presentation
of a Toho Pictures production
Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Director: Takao Okawara
Screenwriters: Hiroshi Kashiwabara,
Wataru Minura
Director of special effects: Kenji Suzuki
Director of photography: Katsuhiro Kato
Production designer: Takeshi Shimizu
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Costume designer: Masato Arai
Editor: Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Color/stereo
Cast:
GPN Director Shinoda: Takehiro Murata
CCI Scientist Miyasaka: Shiro Sano
CCI Chief Katagiri: Hiroshi Abe
Yuki: Naomi Nishida
Io: Mayu Suzuki
Godzilla: Tsutomu Kitagawa
Running time - 97 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
Toho Studios, the big fellow's home since 1954, killed him off in 1995's "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah", only to revive him due to popular demand. Roland Emmerich's inflated, Westernized 1998 version, which created a behemoth reptile with visual effects and digital technology, not only failed to finish off the Big G but also renewed interest in him in his native Japan.
So one of the movies' most enduring -- and endearing -- stars is back with all of his bad attitudes in "Godzilla 2000", his 23rd feature. Released domestically by Sony's TriStar Pictures with a dubbed English soundtrack, the movie reinstates all of the series' old tricks: the cheesy special effects, the wildly inappropriate English dialogue and, most importantly, the monster played by a man wearing an elaborate latex suit.
Because Godzilla is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food and, presumably, American appetites were awakened by Emmerich's film, this new incarnation should attract not only fans of the beast and high camp but also the curious who want to see the grumpy monster on his home turf -- trashing Tokyo for the umpteenth time.
Godzilla gets a makeover every few years. The new Godzilla has shrunk to about 170 feet -- closer to the 1954 model -- and has much scarier teeth, a crouch-like gait, a pinkish tone in his redesigned dorsal fins and fiery, don't-mess-with-me eyes. Tsutomu Kitagawa is the stuntman-gymnast inside the Godzilla suit, and special effects director Kenji Suzuki created the new look.
Godzilla disappears for too long during the middle of the movie as director Takao Okawara and his writers prepare the way for another monster to battle Godzilla. This foe is named Orga, according to media notes, though he is never called that in the film.
Orga starts out as a mysterious rock found in a coastal seabed and turns out to be a 60 million-year-old UFO. When scientists bring it to the surface, the thing gets fueled by the sun, zips around the sky and finally squats on a skyscraper, where it soaks up data from Tokyo's computer systems.
Searching for a way to adapt to Earth's hostile environment, the alien spots a rampaging Godzilla making life miserable for humans and apparently decides to transform itself into a Godzilla-like monster. Well, Tokyo isn't big enough for two Godzillas, so the two duke it out in a grand finale that, of course, levels the poor city once more.
The humans watching all this include Takehiro Murata as the head of the Godzilla Prediction Network, who seeks to protect the monster as a suitable subject for scientific inquiry; 12-year-old Mayu Suzuki as his beguiling daughter; Naomi Nishida as a photojournalist who tags along in hopes of getting good Godzilla shots; Hiroshi Abe as the intelligence agency chief obsessed with destroying the beast; and Shiro Sano as his befuddled
assistant.
What turns "Godzilla 2000" into a riotous comedy are the deliberately awkward English dialogue and archaic expressions like "Great Caesar's ghost!" A few favorite lines: "Ah, the damn teriyaki is cold here," "Quit your bitchin'" and "Oh, bite me".
While the film takes advantage of current technology to employ nearly 500 CG shots, the effects are deliberately not state of the art. The filmmakers, quite rightly, believe that a technically perfect movie would betray the spirit of Godzilla.
The Japanese have enormous affection for this goofy series and its ugly, angry hero. Some claim that Godzilla, supposedly awakened or mutated by nuclear testing, is a manifestation of that country's understandable terror of the nuclear age. But dragons and monsters roam the mythology of all cultures, and cinema is replete with such beasts, ranging from Dr. Frankenstein's monster to King Kong and the shark in "Jaws".
Monsters embody our fears. Our ambivalence toward them reflects our fascination with that which terrorizes us. Thus, the corniness of Godzilla, with its hokey effects and man in a monster suit, allows us to take childlike pleasure in a "villain" in much the same way Margaret Hamilton won our hearts as the wicked witch in "The Wizard of Oz".
GODZILLA 2000
TriStar Pictures
A Toho Company Ltd. presentation
of a Toho Pictures production
Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Director: Takao Okawara
Screenwriters: Hiroshi Kashiwabara,
Wataru Minura
Director of special effects: Kenji Suzuki
Director of photography: Katsuhiro Kato
Production designer: Takeshi Shimizu
Music: Takayuki Hattori
Costume designer: Masato Arai
Editor: Yoshiyuki Okuhara
Color/stereo
Cast:
GPN Director Shinoda: Takehiro Murata
CCI Scientist Miyasaka: Shiro Sano
CCI Chief Katagiri: Hiroshi Abe
Yuki: Naomi Nishida
Io: Mayu Suzuki
Godzilla: Tsutomu Kitagawa
Running time - 97 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 8/18/2000
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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