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Sounds very informative. Though if this book were written by Godzilla the title would be "The Art of Destroying a City".

At least we got a teaser for some 2014 Godzilla merchandise, and the name of one of the two monsters. I only wished we got a teaser image for the toy itself.

Hi GodzillaAttacks, and yes we got some information abut it in this post, [url=http://www.godzilla-movies.com/community/forums/topic/27097]GODZILLA: THE ART OF DESTRUCTION[/url], but it was a couple of months ago, and I'm interested if somebody already got news about this book. ''It's going to be a 156-page hardcover authored by Mark Cotta Vaz, published by Insight Editions. Besides the art, there will be interviews with the director Gareth Edwards and the crew. I'll review it when it's out.' [url=http://www.parkablogs.com/content/upcoming-godzilla-art-of-destruction]source.[/url]

Depending on how the American Godzilla does this time around, will in effect Godzilla\'s future. As I have told some Godzilla fans at work, I expect the movie to do as well here like Pacific Rim did if not slightly better due to the name, but really take off in countries like Japan. If things tank with this new movie, then we are liable to see another round of movies made by TOHO like they did when the Tri-Star Godzilla crashed and burned. If Toho starts making Godzilla movies again I personally would love to see a movie in which we have a worthy Godzilla vs Godzilla, Japanese vs American. I would not want them to use any of the following monsters because they have been over used: Mothra, King Ghidorah, Mecha-Godzilla, Rodan, Angilas (who is my second favorite), Gigan who is on the verge of being over used. I would like to see TOHO use some of the lesser used monsters like Ebirah, Hedorah, Varan, maybe see Space-Godzilla and Destoroyah return, and finally bring Bagan to life. I at least would like to see another long running series like the Showa where the lesser monsters are used, and if Mechas have to be used, have them in the very last movie. I mean there is what, including Mechani-Kong in King Kong Escapes, 8 movies in which Kaiju fight mecha and now there is Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim 2 in the works. I dont want to see another Mecha for a good while. As for the suit comments, I am praying that they use a suit for this movie, I will be slightly disappointed if they didnt, but I realize that the suit-actor era has pretty much ended with Godzilla Final Wars and Gamera the Brave. Like Gojira signified the end of Stop-motion, so did the Tri-Star Godzilla signify the beginning of the end of suit acting which, barely used a suit in the movie (like when Zilla comes through the pavement for the first fish-bait trap and a couple other scemes) and culminated with King Kong, Dragon Wars, and Cloverfield. Its just alot cheaper to use CG. Whether TOHO themselves use CG when they barely have IMO, will remain to be seen.

I wish I could be as optimistic as you guys about November but, we all know WB is marketing this movie. Not Legendary. And with the way the marketed Pacific Rim, I am going to think mid April we will see our first commercial . Maybe a trailer in March at the earliest.

I wait all the news with a grain of salt

I would like to see a few animes, spin offs, movies, and some crossover with Pacific Rim, Cloverfield and Cthulhu.

I also think that "Muto" is a reference to the type of kaiju

[quote]The thing in the first trailer was NOT a centipede. It is more like a multi-limbed lizard or dragon.[/quote] I was thinking the same thing when I saw the trailer; It's not very similar to a centipede, and as you said looks more like a reptile type creature. BTW thanks for the head up, I guarantee you that I will not repeat the threads that have already been discussed to the death XD

I agree, maybe it's just for a test

Im not really a big fan of his name, but we know that he has 6-8 legs and is NOT a spider... if you saw the first leaked trailer online you could have seen something that was a dark red colored, Baragon-like skin, but i dont think that is Muto

Regardless of what most of us thought about the movie itself in November of 1998 the first trailer for Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace was released and it looked great and that film was released in May of 1999. I have faith that a very polished trailer can and will be released this November. Although I doubt Nov. 3rd will be the date. Good things our coming guys it will not be long now.

THEGMAN123, I agree. I don't think that's the official name for this monster. I hope we get a trailer on November 3rd, highly doubtful, but maybe. As for the kaiju seen in the 2012 SDCC trailer. I think its a giant salamander

Please hope I'm not too late! PLEASE send to britt_chris@hotmail.com

I get the immense hype and not to be pretentious at all but are people buying figure sets without seeing what they are? I am definitely up for buying Godzilla 2014 merchandise but I would personally like to see what I'm buying! I will be buying figures for the film but after at least a picture of it! I know there wont be any at the moment as it will spoil aspects of the film etc, but why buy a figure set that you haven't even seen? Maybe I'm just being a prat but it doesn't make sense to me... Completely agree with you InstinctiveGigan on Legendary playing viral marketing games, seems to be working if it is the case.

The reason being is new people visiting the site will see the latest news, get excited, want to voice their opinions, and hey presto there's a repetitive feed. Its not like new users are going to come along and pour through the archives of existing threads to see if the thread has been discussed before. In all fairness repetition is going to be consistent as the information on the film is limited and only being slowly drip fed (we don't even have an official trailer online yet for starters).

With the technology we have now in film & post production. I'm pretty sure Toho would also bring back MechaGodzilla. Can you imagine that ? it would be awesome.

I wouldnt count new japanese Godzilla movies out done in suits. TOHO has "killed" of the character and to everyones suprise returned him. No one had expected Godzilla 2000, right? He could easily return.

I was told yesterday through email that they had some back in stock & i purchased mines right away as soon as i got the email.

[i]"Post-production in filming is the easiest part of the whole process. Pre-production is the most important since the whole process of everything after depends on it, and production is the hardest part because it's all planning and doing. But editing, special effects, and so on isn't that hard to get done in comparison. Especially since they can edit and add special effects WHILE they're still filming."[/i] Eh... Calling any part of filmmaking "the easiest part" is a very, very bold statement, but if we have to label it as such I disagree completely that it's the "easiest part". If anything pre-production is easier simply because all the planning, story boarding, designs, location scouting, casting...etc... is done. It's all about making sure production and post-production go smoothly. It's the most important part in order to make sure the production runs well, agreed, but it's fairly stress free in comparison to the editors, sound design team, foly, CG, practical, visual, composite and other effects driven teams that have to complete their jobs in order for the cut to be finished. Just because parts of a film can be cut and worked on in post while the movie is being shot doesn't make their job any easier. [i]"For example, the new trailer they showed this year at Comic Con with the airport and "Muto" was all footage from the actual film. It was edited, cut, and had special effects in it like the film was already done even though Gareth said they'd barely finished filming the day before. Meaning that they did special effects and editing during and after filming; and that was around 3 months ago. Trust me, they can and WILL have a perfect trailer ready by Nov. 3rd. It all depends on what Legendary and Warner Bros. believe would be the best time to advertise the film."[/i] I agree having a trailer out by Novermber 3rd is possible, but to expect a huge chunk of the film to be polished and used in a trailer is pretty unrealistic. For example, even with the Comic-Con footage, the shots were unfinished. The halo jump did feature the red smoke and the airport attack used incomplete CGI. No doubt that footage was some of the most complete, but that's not saying a whole lot. There's an entire cut of a film that needs to refine the visual effects, color correction and various aspects of sound. This process will go on probably until March at the latest. That's not to say there isn't usable footage, but I wouldn't be surprised if the first official teaser doesn't reveal much effects-wise. [i]Thor 2 and the Hobbit are the perfect films to do this since Thor 2 and the Hobbit 2 are already predicted to be a huge budget success with both normal movie-goers and total nerds going to see both. We're talking millions of people going to see these movies. No film before May 16th 2014 (Godzilla 2014's release date) will be this successful financially; not the 300 prequel, not the Seventh Son, nothing. Legendary WILL release the trailer on one of these two movies. It's commone knowledge and a no-brainer for a film company. Trust me. I'll give everyone 5 bucks if the trailer doesn't come on the Hobbit or Thor.[/i] I agree [i]The Hobbit[/i] is most likely, but I'm not going to assume what the marketing team analysts have reviewed and rest easy that it's when we'll see something. A Godzilla trailer appearing appearing in front of [i]The Hobbit[/i], or not, wouldn't surprise me either way. But I'm fairly positive we won't be getting one on November 3rd. On another topic, I do think [i]The Amazing Spider-Man 2[/i] (which also doesn't have a trailer yet) coming out the week before [i]Godzilla[/i] will be as successful financially. And [i]Seventh Son[/i] was pushed to November 2014, so no worries waiting on that one.

Post-production in filming is the easiest part of the whole process. Pre-production is the most important since the whole process of everything after depends on it, and production is the hardest part because it's all planning and doing. But editing, special effects, and so on isn't that hard to get done in comparison. Especially since they can edit and add special effects WHILE they're still filming. For example, the new trailer they showed this year at Comic Con with the airport and "Muto" was all footage from the actual film. It was edited, cut, and had special effects in it like the film was already done even though Gareth said they'd barely finished filming the day before. Meaning that they did special effects and editing during and after filming; and that was around 3 months ago. Trust me, they can and WILL have a perfect trailer ready by Nov. 3rd. It all depends on what Legendary and Warner Bros. believe would be the best time to advertise the film. Thor 2 and the Hobbit are the perfect films to do this since Thor 2 and the Hobbit 2 are already predicted to be a huge budget success with both normal movie-goers and total nerds going to see both. We're talking millions of people going to see these movies. No film before May 16th 2014 (Godzilla 2014's release date) will be this successful financially; not the 300 prequel, not the Seventh Son, nothing. Legendary WILL release the trailer on one of these two movies. It's commone knowledge and a no-brainer for a film company. Trust me. I'll give everyone 5 bucks if the trailer doesn't come on the Hobbit or Thor.

@Durp004 Profits aren't counted until after orders are delivered and no one could pre-order the toys at present anyway because the company had none in stock. You got an "item sold out" logo if you tried to order. No one's losing money over anything by pulling the page down. The same people that tried to pre-order will still be buying the products. Including me.

I'm really starting to think Legendary is playing us like a master puppeteer. I mean hyping up the Godzilla Encuonter, a perfectly legit and HD Teaser trailer "accidentally" getting leaked online, only for a 2nd one to follow, and now this? Something's up, all I know is I can't wait till the movie starts getting public advertisement (hopefully November 3rd) so all this stupid mumbo jumbo can stop.

I was more or less agreeing with you-- sort of. You said it was "nowhere near complete" in terms of editing, which probably isn't true, but the post refinement comments probably are. And you made no mention of [i]Thor 2[/i] or [i]The Hobbit[/i]. I do however believe we'll see it before the super bowl.

I think it was just to test the waters. They know that there's some hardcore Godzilla fans, they probably just wanted to see if people were willing to purchase merchandise. But, then again. maybe they're just being assholes.

So to hide spoilers which weren't a big deal to the movie's storyline they possibly cut their profits depending how long the keep those away. Hmm makes sense.....

Ah, so there going the Willy Wonka route, eh? [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ggwthpVG1ruft91o1_250.gif[/img]

Since Legendary appears to be under the impression if you can't make it to Comic Con then you get nothing I wouldn't be too surprised if the wait wasn't longer.

I expect toho to get the rights back after Legendary's done and use that as a catapult to be able to show some of their next Godzilla movies in theaters overseas. If these do successful then Godzilla would be more mainstream allowing toho to be able to send their movies to theaters rather than strait to dvd as they have been for the last few entries, similar to how Godzilla 2000 came to theaters after the 98 American version came out.

Since these spider-looking things are looking to be a bunch of,well,spiders in comparison to Godzilla having the proportionate scale of a crocodile to the Mutos as spiders,there would need to be dozens,maybe even close to hundreds of them,and they'd also probably be the only mutants that could be defeated by the military,leaving the inevitable big mutant to Godzilla.

xD I think that's what I said. xD I might have worded it wrong. I said that the movie is far from completion in terms of editing and shit as such not everything would look as good as the final product and may even look a bit buggy. Hell, I even said that I wouldn't really bet on anything before Superbowl weekend. lol Were you just basically just recapping everything I said in a nice, little two paragraph post? lmao

It doesn't even have to include Toho monsters. It could be one of those "in the distant future" movies, and have a bunch of unknown creatures and monsters all over the place. I'm just not one of the people that could appreciate Destroy All Monsters in a modern retelling.

THANK YOU! I know I'm guilty of repeating a few threads, albeit unintentionally, I'm still guilty. This makes it more easier to avoid common mistakes made due to lack of knowledge of previous discussions. I know this post won't eliminate any and all chances of it still occurring, it does help lower the chance of repeat discussions. Again, thank you. (no sarcasm, right hand on the original movie)

I don't think there's any suit acting at all. Toho really only had a say in the design of Godzilla, and that's only because Gareth Edwards wanted to make a very reminiscent "classic" Godzilla design, which they did NOT have to do at all. Using CGI creates a permanent model that can be used, and modified a lot, a suit rots away after a while and can only be modified to an extent. It's more "practical" to use CGI than to suit act. Now, I'm not saying that I hate suit acting. Hell to the no. I just don't think it's very wise to do that when you have today's CGI technology and 3D animation tools (Blender being a personal favorite of mine, even if I'm not adequate in 3D design). You lose a "real" copy, the suit, in favor of a more permanent digital copy that survives all of eternity.. Well, until the sun goes supernova and destroys Earth in its entirety in a several billion years.

There are two mutos. I'm just speculating that "Muto" is just the word for "mutant" monsters created by man. I think they just don't want the military to use the word "monster" as it doesn't sound very official, but neither does mutos, which could very well just be codename for monsters.

He also did [i]The Ides of March[/i] (one of my favorite soundtracks of his), [i]The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[/i], [i]The King's Speech[/i] and [i]Argo[/i]. Those last two movies were nominated for best score. I think it's interesting Edwards went with him instead a typical blockbuster composer like Brian Tyler, Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djwadi...etc...etc... Desplat isn't quite as grandiose as those names, but he has a real, genuine sense of detail in his work. I'm looking forward to hearing what kind of theme he comes up with for [i]Godzilla[/i].

^This. Although I'm sure much of the movie is edited, post-production refinements and visual effects take a long time to complete. There's definitely footage to show off, but does it look good enough to pile in a trailer? Who knows... Regardless I wouldn't expect a new trailer on November 3rd. Or November 6th when [i]Thor 2[/i] comes out. Hell, I'd bank more money that it would be with the next [i]Hobbit[/i] film, but I wouldn't be shocked if it's not there either. I hope though.

There definitely should be more than one.

I am hoping that they keep making Godzilla movies. I don't know about the CGI thing though because I do remember a rumor that TOHO wanted legendary to use at least some suit acting in the new movie.

Yeah, totally beat me to the punch Chris. I don't believe Muto is the NAME of the monster, so much as the name of the type of monster. Possibly an abbreviation of mutant or mutation. Like Pacific Rim had a Kaiju called Knifehead. Godzilla 2014 will have a Muto called.....TBD. There being multiple Mutos, I really hope they are different kinds, and not something silly, like a large swarm of the same kind like we saw in Godzilla vs Megagarius. Anyways, just my 2 cents.