GODZILLA (2014)
 

Per deadline.com GODZILLA will be released May 16, 2014.

A load of sequels and re-makes of pre-existing properties. What a summer of creativity.

I'm just gonna wait for Mr. Nowhere Man's post about this...

WB needs to follow in the footsteps of G.M. Reinfeldt

Aaaaaaand here I am.

They actually announced this back at Comic Con, with a surprise teaser trailer at the end of the Pacific Rim panel, and had a brief Q&A with the director Gareth Edwards. Unfortunately I can't find the teaser anywhere, but here's the Q&A:

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As well as a little concept art to show us what the new re-designed Godzilla looks like:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...dzilla2012.jpg

And, as far as I can tell, the only decent leaked screenshot from the teaser:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...n716/newgs.jpg



So anyway, about the movie itself. Gareth Edwards did a 'serious' monster movie in 2010 called Monsters. It's a pretty good flick, focusing more on the human drama and the social-political climate that would rise from something as insane as a giant monster invasion (not to mention it was a pretty heavy-handed metaphor for America's fearful or willingly ignorant attitude towards the drug war in Mexico). It's not something that'll blow you away, but it's good for what it is.

Now that he's taking the reins over the King of the Monsters himself, though......I'm cautiously optimistic. I mean, we've got a guy who clearly wants to make really good monster movies, and now he's being backed by a studio with a much bigger budget than he had for Monsters, which should allow him to do a lot more.

From what I've gathered, they're playing it closer to the original 1954 movie, where Godzilla is clearly the villain, an engine of nihilistic destruction and hate rather than the goofy children's hero he later became. I'm down with that, especially because it will put a much more definite distinction between this movie and Pacific Rim, which sounds like it's going to be much more about the campy monster-robot fights. If they're ever going to be able to make the monster movie function as a legitimate form of horror movie again, then hopefully this is the movie to do it.

They made Godzilla sexy :)

If that post came from anybody else I'd treat it as a joke.

How often is there a Comic-Con? Feels like there's one every week.

The only one that matter is the one in San Diego. Annually.

Yeah, there's only one actual Comic-Con, and it's once a year in San Diego. There are a lot of other big cons out there (Wonder Con, Dragon*Con, NYCC, Wizard World, Gen-Con, et cetera), but the one true Comic-Con is the only one that movie studios really go for broke on.

The folks at this year's Comic-Con who went to the "Godzilla Encounter" attraction apparently were the first people to get a look at the new Godzilla. And it got leaked, so here's some footage from it:

http://movies.cosmicbooknews.com/con...t-look-monster

Gotta say, I'm loving it. Even if the movie sucks, at the very least, Godzilla looks and sounds like Godzilla this time.

Where's the footage? Edit: Taken down by studio.

Looks like it got taken down from that site. Nothing much to see, anyways. Just a Big Lizard.

I am really excited about this as I am a massive fan of the original. Hopefully they can get Matthew Roderick and Jeff Goldblum back on board.

It's a remake, so the original people won't be in it. Ryan Reynolds will be, though.

As the Green Lantern? It is a WB movie afterall.

Nah. As Godzilla.

Ryan Reynolds is the Nolan North of live-action film.

Aww I want to see Godzilla fight the Green Lantern.

Teaser Trailer before it gets taken down:

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Godzilla Trailer by itsartmag

I'd probably be more excited by this if Pacific Rim hadn't come out earlier this year.

Which fanbase would be angrier?

Here's another link to the teaser, while it lasts.

Also, I just came.

Saw it elsewhere. :y:

Nice. Epic even in a post Pacific Rim world.

Fuuuck. Unavailable error again.

http://vimeo.com/76176358 Found it.

God I hope they got it right this time.....

With what that teaser just revealed....

I full expect Godzilla to tear up another city while fighting another monster.

Looks right to me.

Chills. Well, that teaser clearly shows another big all monster on the ground, and 'Zilla still standing.

Think I just soiled myself.

Godzilla versus Obama.

So, I was just thinking....that dead caterpillar thing in the teaser.....possibly a Mothra larva? I know they've said there will be other monsters in this, but they haven't said if Godzilla's going to fight some more of Toho's franchise monsters or if they'll be original ones.

Kinda thinking it'll be original. Just cause we haven't had any new monsters in ages.

Pretty damn excited for this. Finally got round to buying Godzilla Vs Biolante (to add to the collection), so my excitement for the movie has been re-ignited.

SPLOOOOOOOOOGE
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Seriously Fuck me running that looks gooooooooood

That trailer makes the last American version looks like modern sin. And it certainly looks different enough from Pacific Rim (go see it if you didn't, btw) to avoid too much overlap or repeated themes.

That HALO drop was intense and terrifying.

Gareth Edwards is 100% the right guy for this.