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Pamela McClintock wrote:Gareth Edwards' Godzilla debuted to a monstrous $93.2 million from 3,952 theaters at the domestic box office, giving the iconic giant lizard a new lease on life and delivering the second-best opening of the year.
Godzilla, finally launching a Hollywood studio franchise headlined by the giant lizard, is a defining moment for Legendary Pictures, which spearheaded the reboot. Thomas Tull's Legendary financed 75 percent of Godzilla, with Warner Bros. putting up the rest of the money.
"Thomas Tull and his team did an incredible job and have delivered a new franchise," said Warners president of domestic distribution Dan Fellman.
Legendary no longer has a first-look deal with Warners -- it is now Universal's partner -- but the two companies will team on any further Godzilla movies, insiders say, adding that a sequel is already in the works.
"The tone of the movie was effectively communicated through the marketing," said Jon Jashni, Legendary's president and chief creative officer (Legendary and Warners worked on the campaign in tandem). Regarding a sequel, Jashni said Legendary will have to wait and see how this movie holds up.
I guess my short list of potential return candidates in sequel would be something like (and in no particular order) Anguirus, Rodan, Varan, Baragon, and Titanosaurus. Perhaps follow the classic team-up formula of having Godzilla and the returning kaiju battle each other mid-way through the movie and then join forces against the new kaiju for the climactic battle.
Legion wrote:I'm reeeaaaallly not ready to play the speculation game again so soon...
william newell wrote:I would like to see one good, uninterrupted, battle in broad DAYLIGHT! C'mon guys, if a little Korean movie like "Dragon Wars" could do it, I see no reason why a big budget Hollywood picture couldn't.
Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!! wrote:Gigan
lhb412 wrote:Have Ghidorah show up from space in the third film - the other monsters being corralled into fighting him by Mothra (making Mothra the Nick Fury of the Godzilla universe).
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