‘Godzilla’ Movie To Challenge Monster Movie ‘Pacific Rim;’ Film Stars ‘Walter White’ And Scarlet Witch

The Revival trend is in full swing. Next up is 'Godzilla.' The movie comes hot on the heels of the monster movie revival that was sparked by 'Pacific Rim' but the project had already been signed on three years ago.It has a curious cast that includes 'Breaking Bad's Walter White and the new Scarlet Witch.

Bryan Cranston has already started filming. It also stars Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch in the Avengers sequel) Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver in the Avengers sequel) and Bryan Cranston (Walter White of Breaking Bad).

Director Gareth Edwards wants a contemporary story to challenge the success of "Pacific Rim." However, he wanted to be faithful to the old movies:

 "In a way we approached it was, imagine in 1954 (when the first Godzilla movie was made), that this creature really existed and someone saw him from Toho, the Japanese studio, and went running back to the studio and said, 'I've seen this creature and it kind of looked like this.' And they tried to draw it and they tried to make a suit and they did a very good job of it but then, when you saw the real creature, you go 'Okay, I totally understand how you got that suit from that creature but now I see the real thing. Oh my God, I totally believe that it's completely real.' And that's how we approached it. We went through hundreds of designs, and never stopped playing really until the last minute and got to the point where it was like, 'Is there anything else that we want to change about this design'? And I was like, personally no, I'm very happy with it. And Toho was very much a part of the approval process. So it's a Toho approved design as well."

He was also influenced by the movie "Destroy All Monsters."

"With the exception of the 1954 original, I would say my second favorite film is Destroy All Monsters. I just love the idea of a monster island. Having a world with these creatures in it. I find that fascinating and would like to treat that realistically. I wouldn't want to limit it to one other foe, I think it's more fun to - this question will come back to haunt me if we ever do a sequel - but I think multiple creatures make better movies in terms of the image of Gojira."

Godzilla is expected to hit theaters May 16th, 2014. 

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