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  • King of Monsters ‘Godzilla’ to rule on HBO

    King of Monsters ‘Godzilla’ to rule on HBO

    MUMBAI: HBO will soon be home to the biggest, baddest and most terrifying monster of all time. Godzilla, the 2014 movie will premiere on Indian television on 23 May 2015 at 9pm exclusively on HBO.

     

    In 1999, Janjira nuclear plant supervisor Joe Brody loses his wife when the plant was mysteriously destroyed. Fifteen years later, Joe and his son US navy officer Ford Brody discover the truth behind the Janjira accident and are swept up in an escalating crisis when a “Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism” (MUTO) escapes from the plant to unite and breed with another female MUTO in San Francisco. With the creatures leaving colossal destruction in their wake, the survival of humanity is at the mercy of the King of Monsters – Godzilla!

     

    HBO is pulling out all stops to promote the movie on a gargantuan scale. Spotting Godzilla is a rarity and hence, the Spot Godzilla contest on the HBO official website asks fans to locate sightings of the monster across the world to win prizes. On Instagram, #OhMyGodzilla contest awards the fan with the most terrified selfie of encountering Godzilla. Lastly, viewers can also win prizes like X-Box 360 by tuning in to the repeat telecast of the movie on 31st May at 1pm and 9pm on HBO. The movie is also being promoted via HBO’s Facebook page and Twitter handle, print advertisements, multiplex branding, mobile advertising and digital disruptions on YouTube and Google ad words.

     

    Directed by Gareth Edwards, Godzilla is a co-production between Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures, with the latter also distributing the film worldwide. Godzilla ranks amongst the top 20 highest grossing films of 2014.

  • Godzilla sets new records for creature films in Japan

    Godzilla sets new records for creature films in Japan

    NEW DELHI: Godzilla directed by Gareth Edwards made ?684 million (US$6.7 million) from 427 screens on its first three days in cinemas in Japan, including ?508 million (US$4.98 million) from 339,000 admissions on saturday and sunday.

     

    The film scored the second-biggest opening for a foreign live-action film this year after Maleficent. The Warner Bros international- Legendary Pictures LLC production is distributed locally by Toho, the studio behind the original Godzilla franchise.

     

    The new film’s performance in Japan was uncertain as several Hollywood films with Japanese elements have performed below expectations in the world’s third largest film market.

     

    Last year, Pacific Rim – also co-produced by Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures — opened sixth-placed with ?212 million (US$2.08 million) in its first three days for a final gross of ?1.55 billion (US$15.2 million). In December, 47 Ronin opened on ?142 million (US$1.39 million) from 753 screens, for a final gross of just ?292 million (US$2.86 million). 

     

    Tsutsumi Yukihiko’s Eight Rangers opened in fifth place. On 160 screens, the sequel to the superhero comedy starring Johnny and Associates’ group Kanjani Eight made ?125 million (US$1.22 million) from 93,600 admissions in its first two days.

     

    Two years ago, the first Eight Rangers (2012) made ?156 million (US$1.53 million) from 155 screens on its opening weekend. It made a total of ?1.2 billion (US$11.7 million) during its theatrical run.

     

    Time traveling comedy Time Trip App opened in ninth place, making only ?51 million (US$500,000) from 39,100 admissions on 254 screens. Lee Tishio’s film recently competed at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival.

     

    Opening on just 12 screens in 11 cities, Kawase Naomi’s Still the Water made ?4.58 million (US$44,800) in its first two days. The Cannes competition title will slowly expand to other cities over the next two months.

     

    In its second weekend, Studio Ghibli’s When Marnie was There dropped to fourth place in terms of admissions, but remained in third place in terms of revenue. With a week-on-week drop of 42 per cent, the Yonebayashi Hiramasa film made ?220 million (US$2.16 million) from 164,000 admissions on saturday and sunday. It has made ?1.06 billion (US$10.4 million) after nine days in cinemas.

     

    Maleficent dropped to second place. After four weekends, the Disney fantasy has made ?3.97 billion (US$38.9 million).

  • A single computer would have taken 450 years to create ‘Godzilla’, say filmmakers

    A single computer would have taken 450 years to create ‘Godzilla’, say filmmakers

    NEW DELHI: Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla, the newest iteration of the famed movie monster, is the tallest version to ever grace the screen coming in at 355 feet with a tail that spans 550 feet.

     

    It took 50,000 polygons to create the 3D model of thrashing purveyor of doom, which should explain the incredible amount of data that he is made of: it would take a single computer 445 years to render the monster.

     

    That means that one computer would have had to start work in 1569 to complete the film in time for its release.

     

    The film has several other impressive statistics that bode well for the upcoming film’s visual effects.

     

    According to The Creators Project, the $160-million blockbuster had 762 visual effects crewmembers working on its 960 shots. Four of those CGI artists were specifically tasked with creating Godzilla’s scales, and it took them six months to do so.

     

    The filmmakers were also keen on making Godzilla’s bark as big as his bite. His roar was recorded through a speaker array blasting 100,000 watts of sound in order to make it feel more real. The sound reverberates over three miles.

     

    The film stars Bryan Cranston in his first leading gig since Breaking Bad’s finale.

     

    The Movie Bit has made a video compiling all the statistics from both the production of the feature, as well as the nitty-gritty measurements of what this monster would look like if it were actually real.

     

    Godzilla may only have 60 teeth, but each canine is about 4-feet-long and 2-feet wide—about the size of a thin (and Hattori Hanzo-sharp) boogie board. It would take 90,000 tons of water to fill the monster to its brim.

     

    The Monster’s Stats: 

     

    Height: 355ft (108.2m) Godzilla’s towering height in the 2014 film—the tallest onscreen incarnation ever

    Tail: 550ft 4in (167.74m) Total length of Godzilla’s spiked tail

    Volume: 89,724 m3 Godzilla’s total volume in the 2014 film

    Volume: 90,000 tons Godzilla’s volume if filled with water

    Teeth: 1.73ft (53cm) Depth of Godzilla’s canine teeth at their widest point

    Teeth: 3.51ft (1.07m)  Length from the root to the tips of Godzilla’s canine teeth

    Teeth: 60 Teeth in Godzilla’s mouth

    Roar: 3 miles (4.83km) Approximate distance Godzilla’s roar reverberates. (100,000W Power of the 12-foot-high, 18-foot-wide speaker array from which the sound designers blasted Godzilla’s roar to record the sound in a “real world” context)

    Feet: 58ft (17.66m) Total width of Godzilla’s feet across the widest point

    Feet: 60ft (18.18m) Length of Godzilla’s footprint from toe to heel

    Fins: 89 Dorsal fins spiking down Godzilla’s back from his head to the tip of his tail

  • Edwards, Boreinstein attached for Godzilla remake

    Edwards, Boreinstein attached for Godzilla remake

    MUMBAI: Gareth Edwards, who had directed the indie sci-fi movie Monsters has been taken on board to direct the remake of creature feature Godzilla, centered on the giant city-destroying and monster-fighting lizard that is being developed at Legendary Pictures.


    While the film is being produced by Legendary‘s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni along with Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers, Warner Bros. will the film.


    On the other hand, Max Borenstein has been tapped to write the remake of the film. Borenstein, who just turned in his script for Art of the Steal for Warner Bros is well acquainted with Legendary. He worked on the company‘s in-development Jimi Hendrix biopic, Jimi, and rewrote the outfit‘s supernatural fantasy The Seventh Son.