Ну, вкратце: Series history The Godzilla series is generally broken into three eras reflecting a characteristic style and corresponding to the same eras used to classify all 'daikaiju eiga' (monster movies) in Japan. The first two eras refer to the Japanese emperor during production: the Shōwa era, and the Heisei era. The third is called the Millennium era as the emperor (Heisei) is the same but these films are considered to have a different style and storyline than the prior era. Shōwa series (1954–1975) The initial series of movies is named for the Shōwa period in Japan (as all of these films were produced before Emperor Hirohito's death in 1989). This Shōwa timeline spanned from 1954, with Godzilla, to 1975, with Terror of Mechagodzilla. With the exceptions of Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, King Kong vs. Godzilla, and Mothra vs. Godzilla, much of the Shōwa series is relatively light-hearted. Starting with Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla began evolving into a more human and playful antihero (this transition was complete by Son of Godzilla, where he is shown as a good character), and as years went by, he evolved into an anthropomorphic superhero. Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster was also significant for introducing Godzilla's archenemy and the main antagonist of the series, King Ghidorah. The films Son of Godzilla and All Monsters Attack were aimed at youthful audiences, featuring the appearance of Godzilla's son, Minilla. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla was notable for introducing Godzilla's robotic arch foe and secondary villain of the movie series Mechagodzilla. The Shōwa period saw the addition of many monsters into the Godzilla continuity, two of which (Mothra and Rodan) had their own solo movies. Heisei series (1984–1995) The timeline was revamped in 1984 with The Return of Godzilla; this movie was created as a direct sequel to the 1954 film, and ignores the continuity of the Shōwa series. Because of this, the original Godzilla movie is considered part of the Heisei series as well as being a part of the Shōwa series. The continuity ended in 1995's Godzilla vs. Destoroyah after a run of seven films. The biological nature and science behind Godzilla became a much more discussed issue in the films, showing the increased focus on the moral aspects of genetics. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah gave the first concrete birth story for Godzilla, featuring a Godzillasaurus that was mutated by radiation into Godzilla. Millennium series (1999–2004) The Millennium Series is the official term for the series of Godzilla movies made after the Heisei series ended with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. The common theme to this era is that all movies use the original Godzilla (1954) as the jumping-off point. Since the films are different, the sizes are different in some cases. Godzilla's most prominent size in this series is 55 meters (180 feet). In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack he was 60 meters (about 196 feet), and in Godzilla: Final Wars he was 100 meters tall (about 328 feet). Godzilla was originally supposed to be 50 meters (about 164 feet) in Final Wars, but budgetary cutbacks in miniature sets forced this size change. American films Godzilla (1998) Main article: Godzilla (1998 film) The first talk of an American Godzilla film was when director Steve Miner pitched his own take to Toho in the 1980s. "The idea was to do a Godzilla film as if it was the first one ever done, a big-budget American special FX movie." Miner said. "Our Godzilla would have been a combination of everything - man-in-suit, stop-motion and other stuff." Fred Dekker had written the screenplay. "We had a big Godzilla trying to find its baby. It's a bit of a Gorgo storyline. The big ending has Godzilla destroying San Francisco. The final Godzilla death scene was to be on Alcatraz Island." Toho and Warner Bros. were said to be very interested in Miner's take but it eventually became too expensive.[1] In October 1992, Sony Pictures acquired the rights from Toho to produce a trilogy of American Godzilla films, the first set to be released in the summer of 1994. In May 1993 Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio were brought on to write the script and in July 1994 Jan de Bont, director of Speed and Twister, signed on to direct. DeBont quit due to budget disputes, and director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin signed on before the release of the highly successful Independence Day. They rejected the previous script and Patrick Tatopoulos radically redesigned the titular monster. The film was finally scheduled for release on May 19, 1998. Godzilla was met with a negative reception from critics and fans of the franchise who deemed the film disappointing and due to the lack of enthusiasm from fans, audiences, theater owners, and licensees, the planned sequels were aborted and a weekly animated series was produced instead.[2] The Godzilla license sat on Sony's shelf until they expired and reverted to Toho in 2003. Godzilla (2014) Main article: Godzilla (2014 film) After the release of 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars, marking the 50th anniversary of the Godzilla film franchise, Toho declared that it would not produce another Godzilla film for another 10 years. Toho also demolished the water stage on its lot used in numerous Godzilla, kaiju and tokusatsu films.[3] Yoshimitsu Banno, who had directed 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah, secured the rights from Toho to make an IMAX 3D short film production, based on a story similar to his Hedorah film. In 2005 Banno, through his producer Kenji Okuhira, added American Peter Anderson, ASC 3-D as the production's cinematographer, visual effects supervisor and as a co-producer on the project. In 2007 through Anderson, American producer Brian Rogers was introduced to Okuhira and Banno and he was added to the project. In 2007, also through Anderson, Kerner Optical then came on board to develop the technology and to produce the 3-D film. And with Kerner's backing, in the Fall of 2007 the team met with Toho [Tokyo, Japan] where they re-negotiated this production to be released as a feature length 3-D theatrical production. In 2008, with Kerner facing financial troubles, Rogers, Anderson and then proposed director Keith Melton met with Legendary Pictures, where this production was pitched as a 3-D theatrical. In 2009, it was green lit by Legendary. In March 2010, Legendary formally announced the project after it had acquired rights to make a Godzilla film from Toho. The film is a co-production with Warner Bros., which is also co-financing the film.[4][5] Legendary said their film would not be a sequel to the 1998 Godzilla.[4] Legendary originally proposed a release date in 2012, but the film remained in development into 2012, missing the release date. In 2010, David Callaham was hired to write the first draft of the story.[6][7] In January 2011, Gareth Edwards, director of the 2010 indie film Monsters, was attached to direct the new Godzilla film. In July 2011, David S. Goyer, co-writer of The Dark Knight trilogy, was attached to rewrite Callaham's draft and flesh out the story further.[8] Goyer however, was unable to complete his script due to scheduling conflicts, Max Borenstein was tapped to complete the script in November 2011. Edwards worked on pre-production at a Warner Brothers stage during 2012, developing art designs, models and pre-visualizations. A video using the pre-production material was shown at the 2012 San Diego Comic-con. Work on the script continued into 2013. In October 2012, Legendary announced that Iron Man 3 writer Drew Pearce would polish the Borenstein's script, making the principal characters older to suit the actors that Edwards intends to cast.[9] In January 2013, Legendary hired Frank Darabont to work on the film script.[10] Darabont in interviews later described his plans for Godzilla as returning it to a "terrifying force of nature". The film will add a "very compelling human drama" and that Godzilla would be tied to a "different contemporary issue" than the original H Bomb Test.[11] In September 2012, Legendary Pictures committed to principal photography and announced a theatrical release date of May 16, 2014 in 3D, nearly a decade after Toho's Godzilla: Final Wars.[7][12] IMAX announced that the film will also be released in IMAX 3D on May 16, 2014.[13] Legendary also announced that the film is to be distributed world-wide by Warner Brothers, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho.[7] During the final months of 2012 and into 2013, Legendary set about casting for the film, eventually signing Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston as the principal cast. Filming began on March 18, 2013 in and around Vancouver, Canada. Итальянскую Годзиллу можно вообще не считать.
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