Godzilla Resurgence (2016)

[mr.negativity]

[Specium Ray]

53 of his films? Are they counting individual episodes as films?

[ebirahsmeg1]

[walshiam]

I expect a Godzilla that will mirror his depression based on a pessimistic view of mankind. In other words "Man will be the cause of his own demise" with Godzilla as the instrument, as always.

[GFan]

[Henry88]

[jellydonut25]

[william newell]

[kiryugoji04]

They're more or less co-directing.

[Benjamin Haines]

Hideaki Anno is writer and "chief director" (some outlets have translated this as "supervising director").

Shinji Higuchi is the director proper as well as the director of special effects.

[kiryugoji04]

[ebirahsmeg1]

[Specium Ray]

Wasn't that similar to how Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsubaraya worked? Honda directed the actors, Tsubaraya directed the effects.

[Gman2887]

[Benjamin Haines]

My guess is that Higuchi will do the bulk of the actual directing of the actors when they shoot the movie while Anno will be present to oversee everything and make sure it fits his vision for what he writes. It sounds similar to George Lucas hiring Irvin Kershner to direct The Empire Strikes Back from a script by Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett all to bring Lucas' Star Wars mythos to life onscreen.

[Shokara]

I think everyone is overthinking something that's been the norm for every Toho produced sci-fi fantasy special effects since the original Godzilla (1954) and many other Japanese monster/fantasy/effects movie. You have a main director that directs all the dramatic scenes involving the human characters/actors (example, Ishiro Honda), and you have a director that directs all of the monster/special effects scenes (example, Eiji Tsuburaya) under the suggestions/guidance/cooperation of the main director. This movie will be no different. Hideaki Anno will be the "main director" like Honda was, and Shinji Higuchi will be the special effects director like Tsuburaya was.

[Benjamin Haines]

[kiryugoji04]

Well I'm glad someone was listening to me. XD

[jellydonut25]

Hey guys, did someone just feel a breeze?

[Hybrid Gojira]

I'm sure many of you are familiar with Attack on Titan. I think this trailer looks great (I enjoyed the anime series so far), but I'm sort of expecting a very dark and grim Godzilla movie based on Higuchi's work here and in Gamera. I wonder how fans will take that. :shrugs:

[mr.negativity]

[Benjamin Haines]

[mbozzo]

The first part of the Godzilla reboot could take place in 1954, while the second part take place in the present.

[Hybrid Gojira]

I guess filming should commence soon, righ? I really hope we get a glimpse of the new Godzilla design soon. I really hope we get a fresh take on the Goji design and that it drops the triangular mouth from the 1999/02/03/04 Godzilla suits.

[Gargantuan Gargantua]

I believe they said filming will begin in the fall.