American Gamera? American Ultraman? American Yonggary?

[lhb412]

[Jinzo Ningen]

[Mac]

[Specium Ray]

[tbeasley]

[Henry88]

with enough money of course legendary or some other studio could get the rights for Ultraman and gamera .

[jellydonut25]

Unless the monsterverse kaiju films suddenly become BILLION DOLLAR MOVIES, there's no way American Gamera or American Ultraman or anything like that is happening. Kong is gonna be just profitable enough for Legendary to move forward and not cancel their plans outright, but this stuff needs to become HUGE if we want to see anything, even Godzilla, continue past the 2020 Godzilla vs. Kong film.

[daikaijusaurus]

I don't know, I don't see why Gamera couldn't be added to the MonsterVerse in a future Godzilla or Kong movie. I don't expect him to have his own movie obviously, but if a future Destroy All Monsters type of movie is made with all the monsters teaming up to fight a greater threat, I don't see why Gamera couldn't be added to the team of monsters.

I can't predict the future obviously, but I'm expecting Godzilla 2 to be a much bigger hit than the first, and Godzilla Vs Kong will be a massive hit. Maybe not a billion worldwide, but possibly 800 million. At that rate I imagine Legendary would be looking to expand the MonsterVerse with more recognizable monsters, and Gamera would be a good choice. He doesn't have the recognition as Godzilla or Kong of course, but he is a giant monster and looks very cool. I imagine people will eat him up if he appears in a possible Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters

[lhb412]

Never say never. Stranger things often happen.

Now I'm perfectly happy with the amount of US derived kaiju content we're getting: a PacRim sequel, two Godzilla films (one of which is a Kong crossover and the other - if not both - will feature more Toho monsters), and even an indie dramedy take on the genre with Colossal. That's not to mention potential properties that are in development and may of may not get made. Who knows if Rampage will skew more kaiju or more '50s monster-on-the-loose?

In Japan we had an outrageous mega-success of a Godzilla movie with all evidence they'll make more and in addition an animated Godzilla movie which could also become a series. That's three potential Godzilla series running concurrently! The only other properties doing stuff like that are Batman or Star Wars! In Japan Ultraman is doing well for the first time in years and Taguchi is steering the ship and he's great and he's the torch-barer of classic Tokusatsu effects. Things are good there. Gamera is our lost boy in this situation. I'd love for a new Gamera whether it's Japanese or American. If Kadokawa just isn't in a position to produce films with large budgets maybe that could partner up with another Japanese studio, share the budget and the risk to take a bite out of the resurgence of the genre?

[Benjamin Haines]

The only way we'll end up with American-produced films featuring Gamera, Yongary, etc. is if some low-budget studio like The Asylum manages to license the rights for dirt-cheap. Then they can crank out a DTV feature that appears on the shelves at Walmart the same week that one of Legendary's Godzilla movies opens in theaters.

Sure, Warner Bros. and/or Legendary could spend their time, money, and effort negotiating the rights to Gamera just to stick him in one of their Godzilla sequels, but what would be the point? How would that expand the movie's appeal to people who aren't already excited to see Godzilla, Kong, Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah on the big screen? Gamera is great, no doubt, but pretty much everyone who likes Gamera is already a kaiju fan who will be paying to see Legendary's Godzilla movies. Gamera would not broaden the appeal of those movies to general audiences. Hell, the biggest takeaway from G'2014 was that moviegoers who turn out to see Godzilla are left unsatisfied when the film focuses on other monsters they've never heard of, and most Americans haven't heard of Gamera. Those who have heard of Gamera but aren't kaiju fans most likely associate the name with Mystery Science Theater 3000.

If WB/Legendary really wants to fill out the roster for their Godzilla sequels with appearances from obscure monsters that 1% of the paying audience will recognize, they'd be better off using the Rhedosaurus from The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, the giant ants from Them!, or the titular beasts from The Valley of Gwangi, The Black Scorpion, or The Giant Behemoth. Warner Bros. owns those movies so they wouldn't have to pay to use those monsters. I doubt that will happen either but it's more likely than securing the licenses for Gamera or Daimajin or Gappa or whoever.

[O.Supreme]

I'm actually surprised Asylum didn't do a Kong rip-off to capitalize on the film, but it seems lately they've been doing fewer rip-offs because partly 1) tired of getting sued & 2) investing everything they have in the Sharknado franchise, which is honestly fine. They can enjoy their little slice of success, ride that wave as long as they can. It's better (ethically at least) than what they were doing before.

[Gwangi]