Shin Godzilla (2016)

[OrlandoEastwood]

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Yay!!! I cannot wait!

[SethRex]

Well this is an exciting time then for Godzilla fans. The new Edwards Godzilla, and now this new Japanese Godzilla. I hope it works out for them.

[The Debts]

Saw this just a few minutes ago. Coolio. I wonder if they'll go back to the suit route for this one to distinct itself from the new film.

[MechaGodzilla]

Wow, I didn't expect this.

August Ragone writes a bit about it on his blog:

SCOOP: It's big and it's terrible, and this incredible news broke just two hours ago in Japan and is spreading like wildfire in Japan. And while I didn’t see this one coming, and some may think it could be a hoax, the announcement was published in the Japanese equivalent of the Wall Street Journal, Nikkei, the respected movie news website, Eiga.com, and Toho's official Godzilla website (can't get more official than that) — I've combined elements from several stories and the translations are my own:

Toho Company Ltd. will be producing an all-new Godzilla film to be released in 2016. This will be the first “Domestic Godzilla” in 12 years since GODZILLA FINAL WARS (2004). In a press conference today, Toho announced they’ve launched the “Godzilla Conference” as an organization to discuss and decide a wide range of strategies for promoting the Big G, including, but not limited to motion pictures. The group has also been officially nicknamed, “Godzi-con” (or “Gojikon” in Japanese parlance).

Toho vice president and general manager, Satoshi Senda, announced the launch of Godzi-con. Senda was hired by Toho in 1974, working in the film sales and marketing department, and most recently, was in charge of the foreign sales department. With his fellow board of directors, two younger members of the company, having both worked with visual effects-heavy films, Minami Ichikawa (producer of 13 Assassins) will serve as Production Manager, and Taiji Ueda (producer of Trick: The Movie ~ Last Stage), who will oversee the group as Project Leader, the Big G’s future may be bright, indeed.

"With the success of the Hollywood version of GODZILLA, we decided on a new [domestic] production," said Mr. Ueda at today’s press conference. The new production will be handled by Toho, in-house. "The screenplay is currently in development and we plan to start shooting next summer. We cannot announce cast or staff selections at this time. And we’re still deliberating whether to bring Godzilla to life via CGI or man-in-suit,” said Mr. Ueda. "This resurrection will be the centerpiece for ’16, and this is the force of our words."

"The passionate voices of the fans clamored for a resurrection (of the Japanese Godzilla). We will bring the monster back to Japan, with the same high-quality, by bringing together our collective know-how, which we’ve been striving for, so we can’t lose to Hollywood," he said with confidence.

The Godzicon also announced that Godzilla will also be looming in the Kabukicho district at the former site of the Shinjuku Koma Theater (demolished in 2009), a 12-meter high "Godzilla Head," made of fiberglass and concrete in his likeness from Takao Okawara’s GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (1992), will be installed on the 8th floor terrance of the Shinjuku Toho Building, a 31-floor business and theater complex currently under construction, and will be unveiled on April 15th.

The head will weigh 80 tonnes and 8th-floor terrance will be 52 meters off the ground, which is around the height of the first Godzilla from 1954, and will be a new landmark in the Shinjuku Ward, visible from Shinjuku-Yasukuni Street. Adjacent to the Shinjuku Toho Building, will be the brand-new Hotel Gracery Shinjuku, opening on April 25th, which will be offering a pair of specially-designed "Godzilla Rooms," for its' guests.

Mr. Ueda noted that these are just the "first steps" in their new promotion of the Big G, so I guess we can revel in the fact that Godzilla's 60th Anniversary isn't over, it's just beginning!

Stay tuned for more news as it breaks… Titanic thanks to master kaiju illustrator par excellence, Yuji Kaida, for tipping me off to the news!

Well, I'm excited, somewhat reluctantly. More Godzilla is always a good thing, but I hope they don't rush it, and the "we’re still deliberating whether to bring Godzilla to life via CGI or man-in-suit" also worries me a bit. I hope they go for suits and models, I simply don't trust a CGI-heavy movie to turn out well on a Japanese budget.

[Midnight Rambler]

How many more Godzilla's do we need ?

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

How many more Godzilla's do we need ?

Lots more.

With a possible Gamera movie plus Jurassic World (if you want to count that as a giant monster movie) next year, this Japanese Godzilla movie and Skull Island in 2016, Pacific Rim 2 in 2017 and Godzilla 2 in 2018, it's safe to say the giant monster genre is experiencing a revival.

[jetjaguar4]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

How many more Godzilla's do we need ?

A bit silly to ask this when there's nearly 30 films under the Big G's belt.

[jpthomas27]

Originally Posted by jetjaguar4

A bit silly to ask this when there's nearly 30 films under the Big G's belt.

The question was rhetorical, not meant to solicit an actual answer, but rather to make a point... and your post made his point exactly.

[bowlingbilly10]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

How many more Godzilla's do we need ?

It's better than that frozen crap we keep on seeing.

[Jimmy Smith]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

Well, I'm excited, somewhat reluctantly. More Godzilla is always a good thing, but I hope they don't rush it, and the "we’re still deliberating whether to bring Godzilla to life via CGI or man-in-suit" also worries me a bit. I hope they go for suits and models, I simply don't trust a CGI-heavy movie to turn out well on a Japanese budget.

Likely Toho will go the route of using CGI in addition to practical suit effects. Some practical work can help but for todays audience Godzilla should not be limited to only what an actor in a heavy bulky suit can perform. Those suits are heavy, very hot, and hard to see out of and a monster limited by them can only do so much. CGI has no limits outside of what you can think of and I hope Toho makes good use of it

Also there last Godzilla movie Final Wars had a budget of $19 million and this new one will probably be even higher than that with the success of the Legendary movie that Toho distributed in Japan. So while the budget will certainly be a lot smaller than Legendary's movies it won't exactly be Asylum level in its budgeting either and still may give us a fun monster flick. District 9 was made on a 30 million dollar budget at its effects work is often quite impressive. I see no reason CGI in this movie can't reach that level

[Randall Flagg]

Excellent news! Wonder what it will be about?

[L.J.]

Good news, didn't think they would make another.

[The Fallen Deity]

Sounds awesome.

If Big G ends up being CGI, I hope he looks better than Toho's last CGI attempts at the character.

[jetjaguar4]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

The question was rhetorical, not meant to solicit an actual answer, but rather to make a point... and your post made his point exactly.

Hahaha no.

[madlost1]

Read this last night. Can't wait. Hopefully TOHO realizes they can really get the franchise back and running at the rate it was years ago. It doesn't necessarily have to be a movie a year but one every 2 or three years would be awesome.

[AudioWarrior]

If they go CGI, I hope it blows away Godzilla 2014

[Blu-21]

Toho were using CGI for a lot of their Godzilla films in the Millennium series. Never from the ground up, but they did use it here and there.

[jbloggs]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

How many more Godzilla's do we need ?

We need at least one modern day Godzilla movie where we can actually see Godzilla on screen.

[Booker Dewitt]

Yep, I'm pumped.

[SirMontyPython]

I can't wait to check out this version of Godzilla...will they keep the same design? Or will they try to revamp it a little from the American version?