The big G takes on the pretender!
This could be the greatest Godzilla movie ever. From Creature Corner.com:
Shortly after Tri-Star unleashed the cinematic catastrophe that was Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin's Americanized Godzilla, angry fans of the Big G took to dubbing the movie and it's radically redesigned monster GINO (Godzilla In Name Only). The backlash against the movie was so severe that it even trickled over to the mainstream, especially after the film underperformed at the box office after nearly a year of being hyped to death. Despite managing to squeak out a small profit the movie has still taken its place alongside such other films as Batman & Robin, Battlefield Earth, and Howard The Duck as a prime example of Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking at its very worst. What was designed to launch a potential cashcow franchise for Sony died an agonizing death and nobody in their right mind ever thought they'd be seeing their version of the King of the Monsters on the big screen ever again. Well, guess what? This December, GINO returns and take one guess who's gonna finish him off once and for all?
The ultimate battle between the King of the Monsters and the pretender to the throne is going to take place in Godzilla: Final Wars, the 50th Anniversary Godzilla movie - the one Toho vows will be the "final" Godzilla movie at least for a decade. The film pits the iconic monster against alien invaders out to conquer Earth through the use of a horde of other well known past Godzilla foes plus one wild card – the Tri-Star Godzilla. Strangely enough, the battle between the two zillas will take place on neutral territory - Sydney, Australia.
What sounded like a loony rumor going around the Godzilla fandom community just 48 hours ago has proved true as Toho producer Shogo Tomiyama and GFW director Ryuhei (Versus, Azumi) Kitamura revealed details the other day on this surprise turn of events.
"The production staff makes sure the rights to use Godzilla are exclusive to Toho. In America there are imitation products on the market that have the name "Zilla." Producer Tomiyama has the ability to get rid of these products if he chooses to. Tomiyama thinks that the American Godzilla is a representation of these imitation products therefore he named the American Godzilla in FINAL WARS simply "Zilla". The significance of this perfectly suits this kaiju who has had the word "God" taken out from the name "Godzilla".
When Zilla appears in Sydney, humanity’s last hope is a revived Godzilla who is beneath the ice in Antarctica to do battle with it. The details of the battle are under wraps, but the Sydney streets will be decimated. Kitamura, who studied film direction in Australia, said it would be an honor to have Godzilla destroy his second home.
"I want to compete with America. I want to overwhelm the American Godzilla (which is a symbol of CG) with the Japanese technique of suitmation," says Kitamura. In the movie, Godzilla is made from a suit, and Zilla is made from CG. "I’m putting in the movie what people all over the world want...Zilla. I want to reach the height of the series and return Godzilla back to being strong and cool again. There are times also when Godzilla behaves affectionately and humorously which I think will make Roland Emmerich laugh if he sees this movie," Kitamura says with confidence.
So who will survive the supreme showdown between the rubber suit icon and the CGI imposter? We won't find out until December 4th when Godzilla: Final Wars opens but I think we already know deep down which one will walk away wearing the crown.
Man, Tri-Star better buy and release this theatrically without screwing it up. It's gonna be awesome.
Shortly after Tri-Star unleashed the cinematic catastrophe that was Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin's Americanized Godzilla, angry fans of the Big G took to dubbing the movie and it's radically redesigned monster GINO (Godzilla In Name Only). The backlash against the movie was so severe that it even trickled over to the mainstream, especially after the film underperformed at the box office after nearly a year of being hyped to death. Despite managing to squeak out a small profit the movie has still taken its place alongside such other films as Batman & Robin, Battlefield Earth, and Howard The Duck as a prime example of Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking at its very worst. What was designed to launch a potential cashcow franchise for Sony died an agonizing death and nobody in their right mind ever thought they'd be seeing their version of the King of the Monsters on the big screen ever again. Well, guess what? This December, GINO returns and take one guess who's gonna finish him off once and for all?
The ultimate battle between the King of the Monsters and the pretender to the throne is going to take place in Godzilla: Final Wars, the 50th Anniversary Godzilla movie - the one Toho vows will be the "final" Godzilla movie at least for a decade. The film pits the iconic monster against alien invaders out to conquer Earth through the use of a horde of other well known past Godzilla foes plus one wild card – the Tri-Star Godzilla. Strangely enough, the battle between the two zillas will take place on neutral territory - Sydney, Australia.
What sounded like a loony rumor going around the Godzilla fandom community just 48 hours ago has proved true as Toho producer Shogo Tomiyama and GFW director Ryuhei (Versus, Azumi) Kitamura revealed details the other day on this surprise turn of events.
"The production staff makes sure the rights to use Godzilla are exclusive to Toho. In America there are imitation products on the market that have the name "Zilla." Producer Tomiyama has the ability to get rid of these products if he chooses to. Tomiyama thinks that the American Godzilla is a representation of these imitation products therefore he named the American Godzilla in FINAL WARS simply "Zilla". The significance of this perfectly suits this kaiju who has had the word "God" taken out from the name "Godzilla".
When Zilla appears in Sydney, humanity’s last hope is a revived Godzilla who is beneath the ice in Antarctica to do battle with it. The details of the battle are under wraps, but the Sydney streets will be decimated. Kitamura, who studied film direction in Australia, said it would be an honor to have Godzilla destroy his second home.
"I want to compete with America. I want to overwhelm the American Godzilla (which is a symbol of CG) with the Japanese technique of suitmation," says Kitamura. In the movie, Godzilla is made from a suit, and Zilla is made from CG. "I’m putting in the movie what people all over the world want...Zilla. I want to reach the height of the series and return Godzilla back to being strong and cool again. There are times also when Godzilla behaves affectionately and humorously which I think will make Roland Emmerich laugh if he sees this movie," Kitamura says with confidence.
So who will survive the supreme showdown between the rubber suit icon and the CGI imposter? We won't find out until December 4th when Godzilla: Final Wars opens but I think we already know deep down which one will walk away wearing the crown.
Man, Tri-Star better buy and release this theatrically without screwing it up. It's gonna be awesome.
posted by Jon M. at
2:02 PM
7 Comments:
GINO sure looks a lot like T-Rex. :-) He is FAKEZILLA.
He is indeed.
This could be the best thing ever.
Holy shit, Godzilla AND Kitamura???
Fucking sign me up.
Yup.
He even passed up an opportunity to do his first U.S. film because Toho called him in.
Wow, stickin' it to the man, Ryuhei!
Any word what the US film would have been?
No clue. Probably one of the many US remakes of Asian product.
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