Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Max Borenstein Brought In To Write GODZILLA 3D

Written By: Ken Hulsey
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Legendary Pictures continues to bring in new blood to work on their highly anticipated "Godzilla 3D". Today the studio announced that they have hired Max Borenstein to write the script for the film which many speculate will be a remake of the original "Gojira" which stomped it's way into Japanese movie theaters way back in 1954. Borenstein like the film's director Gareth Edwards boasts a rather short resume. To date the young scribe has only penned two other screenplays including the upcoming supernatural thriller "The Seventh Son" (2013 release) for Warner Bros/Legendary and "Swordswallowers and Thin Men" way back in 2003 which he also directed.

Recently it had been reported that David Goyer who helped reinvent the Batman movie franchise with his screenplay for "The Dark Knight" was on board to do the same for Godzilla.

According to other sources associated with the production Toho is heavily monitoring many aspects of this new American Godzilla movie, presumably to ensure that the film won't turn out like the heavily bombasted "Godzilla 98". It has even been suggested that the studio insisted that Godzilla be played a man in a suit rather than a CG creation.

"Godzilla 3D" has been in the early development stages since March of 2010 and many aspects of the production have been kept close to the cuff by the studio.

8 comments:

  1. what i see so far in this pic of G.. COOL. new suit?

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  2. I really think Toho should give Legendary freedom. I don't know to what extent Toho will say no, but I trust Legendary. And a rubber suit? In a rubber suit, you can have fluid life like movements, and with today's quality of cameras, it won't look real. I htink Godzilla needs to take that step into complete CGI. MOthra was CGI in Final Wars, and she looked great.

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  3. Sorry but Godzilla should NOT be a man in a suit for the American Reboot.

    That is ridiculous an all the fan's know it.. Hopefully Toho isn't being that strict because Legendary Pictures is the only ones giving a crap about the Godzilla franchise an trying to resurrect it from the piss poor shape it's in now.

    Godzilla needs a big budget American film to further continue this franchise, The suits are great for Toho's low budget films but for a 100$+ million heck no.. Any fan that disgree's needs there head examined.

    They may want to appeal to Godzilla fan's but they also want to appeal to the general public an that's where the cash flows.

    Let us hope Toho isn't being so tight on Legendary that they scrap it, it would be the worst news to happen to Godzilla in ages.

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  4. A "man in a suit" COULD potentially mean motion-capture, like Peter Jackson's King Kong...

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  5. Awesome Godzilla design in the picture! That should totally be his design!

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  6. I'm trying to find a source for Toho standing up for it's cash cow, but all I'm seeing is the same sentence, mostly, regurgitated over and over.

    Also, I would like to say to those two clowns up there that, the phrase "Godzilla fan" would denote someone who was a fan of the Godzilla films, not someone who thinks they are "cheap" or "silly." Meaning: not you.

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  7. Part of the charm of Godzilla as an icon in Japanese culture was the fact that it was always done by a man in a suit. A completely CGI Godzilla is not a bad idea when it's in the hands of a major player like Legendary.

    However, to the anonymous user above who stated: "Sorry but Godzilla should NOT be a man in a suit for the American Reboot.

    That is ridiculous an all the fan's know it.. Hopefully Toho isn't being that strict because Legendary Pictures is the only ones giving a crap about the Godzilla franchise an trying to resurrect it from the piss poor shape it's in now.

    Godzilla needs a big budget American film to further continue this franchise, The suits are great for Toho's low budget films but for a 100$+ million heck no.. Any fan that disgree's needs there head examined."

    If you didn't like the Godzilla that was a man in suit for his 28 films then you never liked Godzilla at all, and you therefore have no right to even remotely consider yourself a Godzilla fan.

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  8. Too: Anonymous

    Quote: If you didn't like the Godzilla that was a man in suit for his 28 films then you never liked Godzilla at all, and you therefore have no right to even remotely consider yourself a Godzilla fan.

    Who in the hell are you to say i have right to consider myself a G-fan or not? Why because i want Godzilla to become a world-wide success?

    Godzilla maybe well know world-wide there buddy, but if you think ANY AND I MEAN ANY audience members is going to fork out millions to see a Guy in a suit then you need to get out more.

    I own all 28 Godzilla movies, love them all besides maybe a handful, an i even own G-98 (which is a piece of crap)

    So yea i;m a huge Godzilla fan but it's time Godzilla got updated, Toho can keep the suit's there a Classic's but I expect nothing less then top-notch quality CGI for the American Godzilla an whatever monster he fights.

    An if Legendary Pictures expects this to be a start of a franchise, then this is the route they better go.

    If you think a man in a suit will bring in 100$+ at the box office, your insane an go look at (Godzilla 2000) made by Toho which was released in the U.S. it barely made 10$ million.

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"LEGENDARY PICTURES TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE BASED ON TOHO COMPANY’S ICONIC MONSTER, GODZILLA

Burbank, CA – March 29, 2010 – Legendary Pictures announced today that they will develop and produce a new film based on Toho Company’s famed GODZILLA character. Through the terms of the agreement, Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a movie inspired by Toho’s Godzilla, a franchise the Japanese company created and has nurtured for over fifty years.

Toho’s GODZILLA franchise boasts one of the most widely recognized film creatures worldwide, resulting in a series of books, television programs, video games and more than 25 films worldwide. Legendary intends to approach the film and its characters in the most authentic manner possible. The company will, in the near future, announce a filmmaker to helm the film for an intended 2012 release. The film will fall under the company’s co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Toho will distribute the film in Japan."

"Godzilla" is coming back -- this time, with Legendary Pictures taking the lead, co-producing and co-financing with Warner Bros. for release in 2012.

Legendary announced Monday it had obtained rights to the iconic monster character from Japan's Toho Co., which has overseen more than 25 "Godzilla" films. Toho will release the pic in Japan.

Legendary said it's planning to announce a director shortly.

In addition to Legendary, producers on the new film will be Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers. Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira and Doug Davison will exec produce.

"Godzilla is one of the world's most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able to create a modern epic based on this long-loved Toho franchise," said Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO of Legendary. "Our plans are to produce the Godzilla that we, as fans, would want to see. We intend to do justice to those essential elements that have allowed this character to remain as pop-culturally relevant for as long as it has."

Legendary noted the film will fall under its co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Legendary's productions with Warners have included "The Dark Knight," "300" and "The Hangover."

Speculation about a new "Godzilla" has been active since last summer. The Bloody Disgusting web site reported in August that the project was in development.