One of the biggest highlights from this years San Diego Comic Con had to be the teaser footage for Legendary’s reboot of the most famous monster of all time, Godzilla. I gave a quick review of the teaser which you can check out here from SDCC and now we finally have a release date for the highly anticipated film.
Legendary took to their Facebook account to make the announcement that Godzilla will be crashing into theaters May 16, 2014. Yes, I know that seems like forever and to be honest, I was a bit surprised by that date as well. I would have imagined a 2013 date would be possible, especially with the footage we were shown. Granted it wasn’t much and just gave up brief glimpses of Godzilla but I didn’t expect a two year gap.
Regardless of the release date, I would much rather Legendary take their time with the film and really give us that quality Godzilla film we have been craving since that disaster of a film we got back in 1998. Below is the formal announcement from Legendary. It doesn’t give us a synopsis or who will be staring in the film, but what does it really matter, it’s Godzilla which means lots and lots of destruction!
THE ICONIC MOVIE MONSTER GODZILLA STOMPS INTO THEATERS ON MAY 16, 2014
BURBANK, CA, September 13, 2012 – Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have slated their take on the classic Godzilla franchise to kick off the Summer moviegoing season on May 16, 2014. The joint announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, and by Legendary Pictures.
Toho Co., Ltd.’s Godzilla franchise contains one of the most widely recognized movie monsters worldwide, including more than 25 films, multiple television programs, video games and book series. 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 project will fall under Legendary’s overall agreement with Warner Bros.
The film is directed by Gareth Edwards, who earned worldwide acclaim for his feature directorial debut, “Monsters.” Edwards directs from a screenplay by David Callaham (“The Expendables” films), David S. Goyer (the “Dark Knight” trilogy) and Max Borenstein (upcoming “The Seventh Son”). 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.
A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. The tent pole film is expected to be presented in 3D.
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