Director
Gareth Edwards screened brand-new footage from his forthcoming Godzilla movie in London today, and it’s safe to say the audience was blown away by what they saw.
Edwards screened a total of five scenes from the film, the first involving an incident at a power plant, the next an interrogation, the third an epic sequence set in Hawaii, the fourth an action scene that takes place in and around a train, and the fifth the ‘Halo Jump’ from the film’s teaser.
Join us as we discuss the scenes in detail in the below video…
Gareth also participated in a Q&A, wherein we learned…
-Edwards liked the fact that the 1954 was a serious take on the monster movie, and that’s what he wants to replicate.
-The central story is about man vs nature – if you mess with nature, you’re going to lose.
-It’s also about a family that’s torn apart by an apparent natural disaster that took place in Japan 15 years ago.
-Gareth hadn’t seen Breaking Bad, but wanted to work with Bryan Cranston because of his work in Malcolm in the Middle and an episode of Airwolf.
-Godzilla himself is 350 feat high, making him the biggest Godzilla yet seen onscreen.
-That size was chosen so that the monster would be tall enough to be seen from wherever you are in a city, and small enough that he can still be obscured.
We also learned a plot point that makes the film 400% more awesome, but Gareth swore us all to secrecy so we’re not going to spoil it here. But trust us, when this information comes out, you’re going to be impressed.