The Verge recently had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Godzilla (2014) director Gareth Edwards about creating the design for the new Godzilla as well as the process with which they used to create the new Monsters which Godzilla will fight in the new film! Edwards goes into a little detail about the creation process which he and the team at Weta Workshop in New Zealand worked on to come up with the final designs for both Godzilla and the MUTO, mentioning inspiration from a variety of classic movie monsters ranging from King Kong to H.R Giger's Alien. Gareth also talks briefly about the possibility of a Godzilla sequel. Watch the entire interview below:
Thanks to Rodjer Makalister in the Godzilla 2014 forums for the news!
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