Godzilla Returns?
Thu, August 13, 2009 
Roland Emmerich must be rolling in his grave.
The good folks over at Bloody-Disgusting have learned exclusively that Legendary Pictures (the production company behind the recent wave of Batman and Superman films as well as the forthcoming Where the Wild Things Are and Ninja Assassins) are trying to get a new Godzilla reboot off the ground. Apparently, there's still a market for $200 million monster movies.
It was the first time I can remember being let down by an "event" film as a kid. Sony spent a year and a half playing the Hell outta the teasers for their Emmerich-directed Dean Devlin-produced Godzilla. Once the film finally hit during its Memorial Day 1998 opening weekend, the toxic word-of-mouth spread and it wound up being quiet the box-office under-performer for its day.
At the moment, no other details are known on the potential reboot. But let's hope that whomever ends up in calling the shots on this doesn't try to "Americanize" it (i.e. setting it in New York like the '98 turkey!)
Reader Comments (3)
I hope Toho learned from the first time it was made, and speaking of that I doubt Toho would let them fuck up Godzilla again by giving them the rights. There would be some positive coming from that, if it sucks then Toho may russurect the original Godzilla sooner than 2013, and if its good then we will get a good godzilla movie from the US. I hope they use the REAL Godzilla if they are doing this.
I think when you say "Americanize" don't you mean "Bastardize".
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