GODZILLA
An epic rebirth
to Toho's iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros.
Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world's most famous monster against
malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity's scientific arrogance,
threaten our very existence.
Gareth Edwards
directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson
(“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,”
“Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar®
winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally
Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn
(“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,”
TV’s “Breaking Bad”).
Edwards directs from a screenplay by Max Borenstein and
Oscar® nominee Frank Darabont (“The Green Mile,” “The Shawshank
Redemption”), story by David Callaham and Max Borenstein, based on the
character “Godzilla” owned and created by TOHO CO., LTD. Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are
producing with Mary Parent and Brian Rogers.
Patricia Whitcher and Alex Garcia are serving as executive producers,
alongside Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.
The
behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar®-nominated director
of photography Seamus McGarvey (“Anna Karenina,” “Atonement”); production
designer Owen Paterson (“The Matrix” trilogy); editor Bob Ducsay (“Looper”);
Oscar®-nominated costume designer Sharen Davis (“Dreamgirls,” “Ray,”
“Django Unchained”); and Oscar®-winning visual effects supervisor
Jim Rygiel (the “Lord of the Rings” films).
The score is being created by Oscar®-nominated composer
Alexandre Desplat (“Argo,” “The King’s Speech”).
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary
Pictures present a Legendary Pictures production, a Gareth Edwards film,
“Godzilla.” Slated to open beginning May 16, 2014, the film is
expected to be presented in 3D, 2D and IMAX®
in select theatres and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures,
a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed
by Toho Co., Ltd.
Legendary
Pictures is a division of Legendary Entertainment.
