After the release of "Godzilla: Ultimate Battle" in 2004, Toho announced that he would no longer make Godzilla movies for the next ten years, and dismantled the ocean scenes made by many Godzilla movies. The director of "Godzilla vs. Hedora" (1971), Yoshimitsu Banno, obtained the production of a short film based on IMAX 3D from Toho, but he did not get a sponsor. Then in 2007, Yusaka Saano Go to the American producer Brian Rogers and start the production plan. In 2009, Rogers proposed to Legendary Film Company a plan to make a feature film instead.
In August 2009, Toho will cooperate with Legendary Film Company to shoot the new American version of "Godzilla" in 2012.
On March 29, 2010, the rights to the legendary film company to acquire Godzilla surfaced. Legendary Films and Warner Bros. co-produced and jointly funded the announcement of the relaunch of the series. The license of Samsung Films, the producer of "Kusra" (1998), expired in 2003. The legendary film company planned the new Godzilla to be a new one that is close to the original and not like the "iguana creature" in the Kusla movie. Thomas Tour, Chairman and CEO of Legendary Film Company, said: "Godzilla is the world's leading pop culture icon. As a fan, we want to make a movie for fans." As a producer, Dan · Lin, Roy Lee, the legendary Taldog Davidson, Jon Jashni, Rogers and Sakano also participated.
At the "3D Conference" held by Universal Pictures in September 2010, Brian Rogers expressed plans to make it public in 2012. The restart version will use the full CG realism of Godzilla's debut, Godzilla confronts other monsters, and the concept of GODZILLA fighting the army. At that time, it was posted on the Internet that the avatar of Godzilla given to Toho by the legendary film company was a counterfeit, which later proved to be a fan’s rumors. Resurrect Godzilla.
In October 2010, in "Latino Review", rumors about two Godzilla projects were reported. One is that the crew met with the director Gremore Day Toro, but Gremor Day Toro denied it. To make a report, the legendary film company prepared the script of Travis Beacham to plan the Pacific Rim. It uses the foundation of Godzilla's film, "The stage is for evil monsters threatening the future of the earth, and the people of the earth unite and make full use of advanced technology to fight. "Content report. But then, the "Latino Review" magazine withdrew the report.
On October 14, 2010, the entertainment news of "HitFix" reported on the script of the movie written by Dave Callagham based on other media.
On January 4, 2011, the "Hollywood Report" magazine reported that the crew met with the British director Garris Edwards. In addition, it was also reported that Dave Callaham had quit the screenwriting job. On January 12, 2011, Edwards and Timur Bekmambetov collaborated on the script. Announcing the cooperation agreement with Edwards, and also published the draft written by Dave Callaham will be rewritten.
In July 2011, David S. Goyer participated in the script rewriting, and in November of the same year he hired Max Borenstein to complete a more complete script.
In September 2012, Legendary Film Company announced the release of 3D and IMAX 3D movies on May 16, 2014. Japan is rationed by Toho, and other countries are rationed by Warner Bros. At the same time, Legendary Film Company added Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher to the executive producer (production director). In October 2012, Drew Pierce grinds the final draft of the script by Legendary Films and adjusted the age of the main characters.
On January 6, 2013, the producers Dan Lin and Roy Lee left the production team. The Hollywood Reporter claimed that the two had disagreements with the studio in terms of money and creativity. On January 9, Legendary Films sued Lin Dan, Roy Lee, and Doug Davidson. According to the indictment, Legendary Film Company intends to fire them and demand that the three pay liquidated damages in accordance with the contract. On the other hand, the three claimed that the contract was invalid and demanded compensation.
On January 7, 2013, it was reported that the additional script was written by Frank Darabont and Mary Parent was added to the producer lineup. In an interview, Darabent said, “We will see Godzilla’s atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an interview. At that time, we Americans were doing nuclear tests.” He described it as a “natural surprise”. This time Godzilla. On January 9th, Warner Bros. planned to make two monsters appear outside Godzilla, and the plot was reported centered on soldiers.
On January 7, 2013, Joseph Gordon-Levitt was invited to participate in the performance in the fall of 2012, but was rejected. Henry Cavill, Scoot McNairy, and Caleb Landry Jones were reported as alternate actors. On January 10, Aaron Johnson, the other actor alternate of the Legendary Film Company, was also reported with interest. It was also reported that Brian Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen participated in the show. Olson admitted to the performance at the 2013 British Academy Film Awards. Juliet Binoche and David Strison have further signed a contract. On March 18, 2013, Ken Watanabe's participation in the performance was announced. On the same day, it was also announced that Akira Takara will perform in a guest performance. The staff said that Baotian's performance "is a symbolic connection to the original "Godzilla"." On April 5, 2013, it was reported that Sally Hawkins participated in the performance.
