Legendary Pictures' 2014 Godzilla Reboot - Directed by Gareth Edwards

[DCnightwing23]

So whats the latest status of this movie? Is it a go for sure? I really hope so considering it would probably be epic and add a lot to what is already gonna be a amazing 2012 year filled with amazing movies all year round

[Octoberist]

I know. We should be hearing SOMETHING about a director getting picked. Something, by now.

[Gabe99]

Splash Page @ NYCC 2010 EXCLUSIVE: Godzilla Returns To Comics... And He's Not Alone!

[louiebling$]

Wooooww Del Toro Offered Godzilla???

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exc...a-reboot-11382

[Octoberist]

He's probably not gonna do it.

[DarkSovereignty]

Originally Posted by louiebling$

Wooooww Del Toro Offered Godzilla???

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/exc...a-reboot-11382

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU

[louiebling$]

Originally Posted by Octoberist

He's probably not gonna do it.

Yea but that fact that they gave him an offer is still great... cuz well there's that Small small Possibility that he does take it

[GreenKToo]

That would be freaking unreal if he accepted it. It would be another whole ballgame with him onboard.

[CBGB]

^ Definitely. I'd be there opening night.

[Timstuff]

Del Toro is not gonna do it. He's already making his dream project-- Mountains of Madness. I love Godzilla a lot more than I love Cthulhu, but Del Toro has been trying for over a decade to get ATMOM made, and I don't think even Godzilla would pull him away from it.

[Lord Blackbolt]

Del toro is attached to do so many projects...I don't think he'll ever be able to finish them all in his life time.

[Gabe99]

Deadline Exclusive: Legendary Pictures Re-Teams With 'Clash Of The Titans' Scribe On 'Pacific Rim'

Originally Posted by MIKE FLEMING

In a last dash pre-holiday deal, Legendary Pictures has closed a high-six figure preemptive acquisition of Pacific Rim, a science fiction film that will be written by Travis Beacham. Beacham was the original writer of Clash of the Titans, the 3D remake which has grossed $475 million worldwide for Legendary and Warner Bros.

Set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace. The deal was made on the basis of a detailed 25-page treatment. Legendary acquired the project under its co-production and co-financing agreement with Warner Bros. The deal was made by the writer’s reps at WME and Anonymous Content.

Guillermo del Toro Offered ‘Pacific Rim,’ AKA the Godzilla Reboot?


Latino Review Exclusive:
Guillermo Del Toro Offered 'Pacific Rim' AKA 'Godzilla' Reboot

El Mayimbe here...

While FoxNewsLatino.com is busy pandering to Latinos with their lame news stories about Model Latina and Jessica Alba gracing the cover of the London issue of GQ, we’re going to give them a lesson in how to break an actual news story involving a Latin. You listening Fox News Exec Michael Clemente? Pay close attention chico. This is how it is done.

Back in May Mike Fleming over at Deadline broke that Legendary Pictures picked up the sci fi pitch "Pacific Rim" from Clash of the Titans writer Travis Beacham. The deal was made based on Beacham's 25 page treatment.

"Pacific Rim" is pictured as a tentpole event film, set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace.

Well guess what?

We know who those "malevolent creatures" are because the folks at Legendary want to make "Pacific Rim" the basis for the "GODZILLA" REBOOT!

Apparently, according to sources, the current "Godzilla" draft they did get was not good and they wanted a writer/director to do a lot of work on it. Merging “Pacific Rim” with the Godzilla reboot solves that problem. That’s one of the options on the table.

We have also exclusively learned that Legendary just offered “Pacific Rim” to Guillermo Del Toro!

Now at press time, it's just an offer, doesn't mean that Guillermo will take it. With Guillermo doing Mountains of Madness, I don't know if he will be able to fit Godzilla into the pipeline for Legendary's anticipated release date of 2012.

Does this mean we get to finally see Godsooky in the reboot as comic relief?

Stay tuned as more develops...

Hasta el proximo capitulo folks…

[Lighthouse]

"Pacific Rim" is pictured as a tentpole event film, set in a future in which malevolent creatures threaten the earth, the planet must band together and use highly advanced technology to eradicate the growing menace.

Voltron?

[dude love]

Originally Posted by Timstuff

Del Toro is not gonna do it. He's already making his dream project-- Mountains of Madness. I love Godzilla a lot more than I love Cthulhu, but Del Toro has been trying for over a decade to get ATMOM made, and I don't think even Godzilla would pull him away from it.

Didn't someone post a Cthulu vs. Godzilla pic some pages back? Maybe that's what Del Toro is working on!

I wish.

[Gabe99]

From Motion Captured:
Guillermo Del Toro on 'Godzilla'? Not so fast, says director

Originally Posted by Drew McWeeny

What rumor?"

That was the first reaction Guillermo Del Toro had when HitFix contacted the director to ask him directly if he's planning to step onboard as director of the new Legendary Pictures reboot of "Godzilla,' as rumored today by our friends over at Latino Review.

I found the news surprising and, frankly, a little bit confusing when I read it earlier this evening. I just got out of an afternoon screening of an upcoming film, and all of a sudden I'm reading all these retweets of a headline about Guillermo being offered the job as director, and Travis Beacham's "Pacific Rim" script being folded into "Godzilla," both of them the same project now.

"I am not involved in 'Godzilla' at all," Guillermo replied once I'd explained the rumor to him. "I haven't read it or plan to read it. Nor have I been approached to direct it."

That sounds pretty definitive to me. I've known Guilermo a long time, and he's not the sort of guy to shy away from geeking out about this or that potential project. He's a big monster fan, and I'm sure if he was thinking about taking on the King of the Monsters, he'd be happy to share some of that enthusiasm.

Instead, he tells me that he's hard at work on "At The Mountains Of Madness" right now, and that "things are going incredibly well." That's so unbelievably exciting to hear. An R-rated 3D giant budget Lovecraft film with Cameron producing and Guillermo directing is pretty much one of those "I can't believe that's real" sort of movies, and it's amazing that we live at a moment where that may indeed become a reality.

Would I love to see him direct "Godzilla"? I'm sure it would be beautiful. He's spoken at length about his love for the game "Shadow Of The Colossus," which is one of the great contributions to giant monster lore of recent memory, and I'll bet he'd bring some ideas to the table that we'd never seen in any of these movies. But do I want that instead of "Mountains"? No. I'd rather he fulfill this lifelong dream of his, and it sounds like that's what is happening.

As far as the stuff about Travis Beacham's script "Pacific Rim" getting merged into the most recent "Godzilla" drafts, that doesn't sound right to me, either. I can't get too specific, but I can say that I've heard a great deal of confidence from inside Legendary about their "Godzilla" drafts. It's possible that this is indeed happening right now, and maybe Beacham, a talented writer, really put together something irresistible with "Pacific Rim."

Whatever the case, it's worth clarifying Guillermo's position, and I hope that when they do land a filmmaker for the movie, it's someone who will bring an equal enthusiasm to the material, someone up to the challenge of bringing to new life one of the great iconic monsters in movie history.

We'll be sure to keep you posted with any news on "Godzilla" right here on HitFix.

[Boom]

Let me get this straight. They got the hack who wrote the Clash of the Titans remake to write Godzilla?


That's just depressing .

[Hulk1968]

Godzilla 98 sucked.
There.
I said it.
I've been a fan of Gojira since I was 5....that was 1973.
Maybe even before that. Maybe 1972. Yeah, I'm old.
What's your point?

I pray that they take their time, and not rush this project.
I can wait 2 years.
Plus it will have a monster for the Big G to fight.
( Maybe more than 1 )
And it will most likely be in 3-D ( if done right )

So yeah as a LONG time Gojira fan, I can wait.
Don't f**k up Gojira, Legendary!

[chaseter]

They will buy a script set in the future in which malevolent alien monsters are attacking humanity and humans must band together using futuristic weapons to fight the monsters but nobody will make a Halo movie?

[Octoberist]

It turns out to be false (obviously) and that even Kellvin (the owner of Latino Review) had to chime in and updated the article. Also, I have to point out that El May looked like a fool. Honestly, because he put his foot into his mouth thanks to his ego:

UPDATE: Per Gulliermo del Toro personally told us that Godzilla is not Pacific Rim. Apologizes to Travis Beacham, Gulliermo del Toro and Legendary for any inconvenience this story might have caused.

Kellvin

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/upd...godzilla-11382

[Octoberist]

If you guys ever follow twitter, El May does get scoops, but he's so self righteous about it. If you doubt him, he will fight tooth and nail. I appreciate his work, but he's way too prideful. Also, sometimes he gets into drama (he hasn't done it in a while) with the other film sites that it just makes the industry look bad. Only on twitter.

I don't know what he does for a living since he seems to likes clubs and gyms. He doesn't write for Latino Review full time, so what does he do for a living unless he's like the publicity guy for the site.

[Boom]

Thank God. I don't want anyone involved in Clash of the Titans anywhere near this project.

[Hulk1968]

Originally Posted by Boom

Thank God. I don't want anyone involved in Clash of the Titans anywhere near this project.

Amen.
I hear it sucked.
Hard.
And the 3D was even worse

Just let them do it right.
And no GINO (Godzilla In Name Only)
I want a 300 feet tall, city smashing, monster ass kicking, atomic fire breathing GODZILLA!

No freaking mutant iguana that gets killed by a few missiles.
I mean WTF

[terry78]

This is what happens when you use the internet to jump the gun.

[Doctor Jones]

I'd love for Del Toro to direct, but I his true calling is Mountains. I'd take that over a Godzilla reboot any day.

[CBGB]

Originally Posted by Hulk1968

No king mutant iguana that gets killed by a few missiles.
I mean WTF

I hated that. It is a known fact that human weaponry (no matter how much of it) does not affect Godzilla.

I hope they make a joke about that in the new movie. They always try to kill it with missiles, but it never works.