Godzilla Resurgence Official Trailer Breakdown [News]

Finally! Official full-length trailer for Godzilla Resurgence (2016) (original title: Shin Gojira) was released just yesterday:

When I watched it for the first time, I did not know what to think, but after re-watching it again and again and again, I'm full of hopes that Toho will deliver a decent quality Godzilla film. Below, you can read my thoughts on some of the selected screenshots from the trailer:

1. Tohoscope

Good old Tohoscope. A very nice nod to the Showa series by including the original logo.

2. The Roar

It's great to hear the original roar again, but... if the directors want to include this CGI shot in the actual movie, they should definitely improve it first.

3. That TAIL(!)

It is totally out of control! And... is it even taller than the King himself?! I hope that he will make a good use of it.

4. Sinister Smile

 

I approve the reinvented appearance of Big G (though I still love Legendary's one). It seems that the King spent his retirement years sunbathing in Mordor, but it's an interesting change that tries to stay true to Godzilla's original design.

5. People, People, People

 

The Japanese officials mobilising are always a pleasure to watch.

 And what would be your reaction if you had found out that Godzilla crushed your Toyota?

Love is in the air? If hope not. This is a Godzilla film, not a romantic drama.

 A familiar face? Unfortunately, I'm unable to name the actor. Kudos for anyone who can recognise him.

Having more than one actress in a Godzilla film is always great news.

This scene is a clear hint that we should expect a lot of talking in the movie.

Clean-up services are going to have a very busy day, hopefully with paid overtime.

6. Godzilla vs. JSDF

An expected standard, but for this single shot only, Toho should just shut up and take my money!

7. Premiere

This guy is really pissed about the release date and I'm not surprised.

All in all, I'm impatiently waiting to see Godzilla Resurgence! And what do you think about the trailer? Feel free to express your thoughts in the comments.

Godzilla Resurgence- What Do We Know So Far? [News]

It’s the 29th of March today, exactly four months until the premiere of Shin Gojira, the new Japanese Godzilla film (since the release of Godzilla: Final Wars). Therefore, as a Kaiju fan, I thought it would be a good idea to gather all the information about this production in one place and slightly comment on the news as well.

1. Who’s going to direct?

Godzilla Resurgence is, in fact, co-directed by Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan) and Hideaki Anno (Evagelion). What is more, the two filmmakers also took care of other aspects of film production with Higuchi supervising visual effects and Anno writing the script. To be honest, I haven’t seen (yet) anything from Attack on Titan franchise, but after watching the trailer for Live-Action movie and reading some reviews about it, I have mixed feelings about Higuchi. On the other hand, Anno is the father of Evangelion franchise and an extremely successful animator, but he rarely did something outside of anime genre (Love & Pop, Ritual). Thus, I can understand Toho’s decision to turn the making of new Godzilla into collaborative effort, with a director already familiarised with visual effects and another one able to provide decent storytelling.

Pictures of who to blame (Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi ) if the movie turns out to be a flop.

2. What’s the cast?

So far, only the three leading actors were named by Toho and they are:

 

From left to right: Yutaka Takenouchi, Hiroki Hasegawa and Satomi Ishihara

The names of the characters the actors are going to portray on screen are, respectively: Hideki Akagi, Ladou Yaguchi, and Kayoko Ann Peterson.

Information about these characters is very little. Allegedly, the character og Ladou Yaguchi is going to be the main protagonist, whereas Kayoko Ann Peterson will be some kind of an American agent (most probably sent by her superiors to evaluate the King’s rampage in Japan).

3. Who’s the composer?

The movie will be scored by Shiro Sagisu, a composer who already worked with Higuchi on Attack on Titan and Anno on Evangelion, so the choice of him by the directors is understandable, but having in mind really mixed quality of Godzilla soundtracks (through Heisei and Millennium series), I’m a bit worried. Did Toho even try to get in touch with Mischiru Oshima? However, if Alexander Desplat was able to brilliantly score Godzilla (2014), I just hope that Sagisu will also deliver some great themes. 

4. Teaser Trailer

Teaser Trailer was released in December 2015, coinciding with the announcement of the cast and the composer. The video from the youtube channel can be viewed here:

Personally, I think that Legendary Pictures made more effort with their own Teaser Trailer back in 2010, following the announcement of their Godzilla film. What do we get here? People running and screaming plus the King’s classic roar. I understand that they didn’t want to show anything important, but it’s already the end of March and there’s NO proper trailer!

Back in December 2013, Legendary electrified the fandom with their leaked trailer (nobody will convince me that this was not unintentional) and this happened six months before the film’s premiere! Come on Toho! Get a grip and give us some proper film footage already.

5. Godzilla’s appearance

With regard to the King’s appearance, of course, it’s obvious that it’ll be different from Gareth Edwards’s flick and Godzilla: Final Wars. As visible on the poster, the design is indeed quite rough, which is an interesting move, but the eyes are quite disturbing (in a negative way). I don’t want the King to have eye problems again as in the Showa series!

However, some rumours surfaced in January 2016 via bloody-disgusting.com that the King will have three separate looks in the film, with the final one being the most similar to the classic appearance.

The supposedly “leaked photos” below (as presented by Gomaru Island and August Ragone).

Yet, as August Ragone claims, the rumour about the three appearances cannot be taken seriously, since it may simply be a misinterpretation of his own story that the King’s suit is "operated by three people").

Yet, what is definitely officially known is the King new height: 108metres/ 355 feet tall. Oh please, height is not the most powerful feature of Godzilla. Stop making him taller and taller, because soon his head will protrude from Earth’s atmosphere.

6. The Official Site

Needless to say, Toho also launched the official site promoting the film: http://shin-godzilla.jp/

Nevertheless, it is extremely poor in content (poster, trailer, cast info and news rss) when compared to still active Legendary’s official site of Godzilla 2014: http://www.legendary.com/film/godzilla/

7. Thoughts

On the whole, even though there are only four months left, I'm impatently looking forward to this movie. It seems that Toho is not confident enough about their picture in view of such a moderate marketing, but hopefully this will improve from May. Most probably the movie won't get a cinematic release in Poland, so I'll have to wait a few more months for Blu-Ray/DVD release... Anyways, it's Toho's new Godzilla, so not watching it would be a sin.