Gareth Edwards' Upcoming GODZILLA Sequel Gets A New Writer

First rule: More fights.

This film is going to kick so much ass.

Calling it now, it will be the best non-CBM of 2018.

King Kong vs Godzilla in 2020. Calling it now!

@DrunkenNukem

I'll accept that too!

Second rule: Lose weight.

...love the first one!

DrunkenNukem - Now I can see Gipsy Danger taking on King Kong, but Godzilla? That's just a massive stomp in Godzilla's favour!

First was was such a let down that I have zero interest in this...

I liked the first one but I see why a lot of people had a problem with it. And if you look at the numbers you can see that opening weekend a lot of folks were all about that movie. But for a movie to make 95 million it's opening weekend and then go on to do barely double that number for it's entire duration in theaters shows that people got turned off. And we all know the reasons - the Cranston bait and switch, Godzilla fight teases in lieu of actual fights, boring and/or bizarre character moments (seriously, who would tell their loved ones to wait while giant monsters are heading for your home?).

So when you couple that with a four year delay in between movies, they've got some hurdles to overcome. Hopefully they listen to the [rational] complaints and make the appropriate changes. If they're including four monsters in the next one you HAVE to see Godzilla for more than 10 minutes. And for God's sake, slim the beast down a little. He's cg. He doesn't HAVE to look like a guy in a rubber suit.

@SauronsBANE

Yeah, I understand your points clearly. I gues his character didn't have that "weight" that Cranston's had.


(Spoilers) I could see why everyone was mad when he died (End Spoilers)

But yeah, other than that the Muto's were pretty lame. Can't wait to see a real challenge for the beast in the next installment.

Interesting strategy. Bring back the writer of the terrible first installment to write the next one. Quality is obviously not one of their priorities. Tom Hiddleston will "star"? Should we take that to mean he'll die in the first act a la Bryan Cranston?

Give me King Ghidorah!

@TheRationalNerd Yep I hear you. Cranston definitely is a better actor and his character was much more relatable, plus all the marketing made it seem like he was the main character.

And I thought the MUTO designs were pretty cool, and the backstory of them needing to feed on radioactive materials was interesting...but yeah, they were a bit lacking. All of their fights with Godzilla basically amounted to large-scale wrestling. It'll be nice to see a more legitimate threat in the sequel.

It's coming out in 2018 all for the love of Star Wars. Can't wait for it.