{"id":25769,"date":"2013-01-07T17:53:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T22:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=25769"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:59:41","slug":"godzilla-news-roundup-casting-new-writer-producers-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/07\/godzilla-news-roundup-casting-new-writer-producers-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"GODZILLA News Roundup: Casting, New Writer, Producers And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Godzilla.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25770\" alt=\"Godzilla\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Godzilla.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Godzilla.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Godzilla-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Godzilla-550x261.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Man did the news this morning of the new American <strong>Godzilla<\/strong> remake getting a start date really shake loose more news about the film. Let&#8217;s break it down into bullet points &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First off, before cameras start rolling in March 14th in Vancouver and Hawaii (as clarified by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aintitcool.com\/node\/60244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aint It Cool<\/a>), the project&#8217;s script will be getting one last going over from Frank Darabont. This is, of course, very good news. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2013\/01\/godzilla-getting-a-frank-darabont-rewrite-as-legendary-battles-roy-lee-and-dan-lin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.) Previously, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/05\/american-godzilla-gets-new-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drew Pearce<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/10\/american-godzilla-film-gets-new-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Borenstein<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/13\/david-goyer-scripting-american-godzilla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Goyer<\/a> had all worked on the screenplay.<\/li>\n<li>With the screenplay still being worked on, there are no formal offers out to actors to appear in the film. However, last fall the studio did talk with Joseph Gordon-Levitt but he passed back in late November\/early December. (Via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130112002832\/http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com:80\/heat-vision\/godzilla-movie-producers-studio-battle-409046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>.)That isn&#8217;t to say that the studio and producers aren&#8217;t thinking about certain actors who they might approach. Variety&#8217;s Justin Kroll has heard a few of the names reportedly in contention &#8211;<br \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve heard that other names being considered include Henry Cavill, Scott McNairy and Caleb Landry Jones<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krolljvar\/status\/288367505100124160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JGL and Cavill are studio choices, Scoot and Caleb are creative choices<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krolljvar\/status\/288367771115474944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the brass at the studio following the production of Zack Snyder&#8217;s <strong>Man Of Steel<\/strong> which stars Cavill as Superman, their endorsement of him for <strong>Godzilla<\/strong> must be good news for <strong>Man Of Steel<\/strong>, right?<\/p>\n<p>McNairy is an interesting choice and he has worked with Edwards before, on the director&#8217;s debut film <strong>Monsters<\/strong>. Jones is also a good choice but is scheduled to start work on <strong>X-Men: Days Of Future Past<\/strong> a month after <strong>Godzilla<\/strong> is set to start so I don&#8217;t see him being able to take the job.<\/li>\n<li>The departure of of producers Dan Lin and Roy Lee is a bit more acrimonious sounding that was initially reported. The <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130112002832\/http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com:80\/heat-vision\/godzilla-movie-producers-studio-battle-409046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a> is stating that although the two were the ones who brought the project to Warner Brothers and financiers Legendary back in early 2010, Legendary was looking to reduce their producer&#8217;s fees. When Lin and Lee refused, Legendary began exercising a &#8220;pay-or-play&#8221; clause in their contracts to remove them from the project. It is possible that the dispute may end up in court, though I don&#8217;t think that it will impact the film getting made or released.<\/li>\n<li>Signing on to the film as a producer is Mary Parent, who brings some giant monster experience with her having worked on Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s upcoming <strong>Pacific Rim<\/strong>. (Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2013\/01\/godzilla-getting-a-frank-darabont-rewrite-as-legendary-battles-roy-lee-and-dan-lin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">A busy day for news on the Big G.<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/07\/godzilla-news-roundup-casting-new-writer-producers-and-more\/\" title=\"GODZILLA News Roundup: Casting, New Writer, Producers And More\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[456,3361,231,3442,1645],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-frank-darabont","9":"tag-gareth-edwards","10":"tag-godzilla","11":"tag-henry-cavill","12":"tag-joseph-gordon-levitt"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25769"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=25769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}