Godzilla Resurgence

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Godzilla Resurgence
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Hideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi
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  • Minami Ichikawa
  • Taichi Ueda
  • Akihiro Yamauchi
Screenplay by Hideaki Anno
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Music by Shirō Sagisu[1][2]
Production
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  • Toho Pictures
  • Cine Bazar
Distributed by Toho
Release dates
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  • July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)
Country Japan
Language Japanese
English

Godzilla Resurgence[3] (シン・ゴジラ Shin Gojira?) is a 2016 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. It is the 31st film in the Godzilla franchise and the 29th Godzilla film produced by Toho. It is Toho's first Godzilla film in 12 years since Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) and is intended to be Toho's own reboot of the franchise. The film is co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi with the screenplay written by Anno and the visual effects directed by Higuchi. Godzilla Resurgence is scheduled to be released in Japan on July 29, 2016 in IMAX, 4DX, and MX4D formats.

Plot

When the Japan Coast Guard investigate an abandoned yacht in Tokyo Bay, their boat is destroyed and the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line is flooded. After seeing a viral video of the incident, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Rando Yaguchi theorizes that it was caused by a living creature. His theory is confirmed when news reports show a massive tail emerging from the ocean. The Prime Minister assures the public that the creature is unable to come onto land due to its weight, but it moves inland via rivers and makes landfall. It moves through a coastal city, leaving a path of destruction and numerous casualties. It evolves into a red-skinned form that can stand upright on its hind legs, however it begins to over heat and returns to the sea.

The government officials focus on military strategy and civilian safety, while Yaguchi is put in charge of a task force to research the creature. Due to high radiation readings, the group theorizes that it is energized by nuclear fission. The U.S. sends a special enjoy, Kayoko Anne Patterson, who reveals that a disgraced, vehemently anti-nuclear zoology professor, Goro Maki, had been studying mutations caused by radioactive contamination and theorized the appearance of the creature, but he is disbelieved by both American and Japanese scientific circles. The U.S. then prevented him from making his conclusions public. The abandoned yacht discovered in Tokyo Bay was Maki's and he left his research notes, jumbled into a code, in it before disappearing.

The creature, named Godzilla after Maki's resarch, now twice its original size, and makes landfall near Kamakura en route to Tokyo. The Japan Self-Defense Forces mobilize, but their attacks have no effect and they are forced to withdraw when Godzilla breaks through their defenses into the city. The U.S. intervenes with a massively-destructive air strike plan, prompting the evacuation of civilians and government personnel. U.S. B-2 bombers wound Godzilla with MOP bunker-buster bombs. Godzilla recovers quickly and responds with highly destructive atomic rays fired from its mouth and dorsal finds, which hit and destroy the helicopter carrying the top government officials, and two of the B-2s, as well as devastating and irradiating large swaths of Tokyo. Depleting its energy, Godzilla enters a dormant state and becomes immobile.

Yaguchi's team discovers that Godzilla's fins and blood work as a cooling system and theorize that they could use a coagulating agent to freeze it. After analyzing tissue samples, they find that Godzilla is an ever-evolving creature, able to reproduce asexually. The United Nations, aware of this, informs Japan that thermonuclear weapons will be used against Godzilla should the Japanese fail to subdue him on their own in a few days. Evacuations are ordered in multiple prefectures in preparation for the nuclear attack. Unwilling to see nuclear weapons detonated in Japan again, Patterson uses her political connections to buy time for Yaguchi's team, who the interim government has little faith in. Yaguchi's team has a breakthrough when Goro Maki's encoded research is deciphered, adjust their plan, and procure the means to conduct their deep freeze plan with international support.

Mere hours before the planned nuclear attack, Japan enacts the deep freeze plan. Godzilla is provoked into expending its atomic breath and energy against American drones. The team then detonates explosives in nearby buildings and in trains sent towards Godzilla's feet, knocking the monster down and giving tankers full of coagulant an opportunity to inject it into Godzilla's mouth. Though many are killed in the process, Godzilla is frozen solid. In the aftermath, it is discovered that the Godzilla fallout has a very short half-life and that Tokyo can soon be reconstructed. The international community agrees to cancel the nuclear attack but has the new Japanese government agree that, in the event of Godzilla's reawakening, an immediate thermonuclear strike will be executed. Godzilla's tail shows humanoid Godzilla-like creatures frozen in the process of emerging.

Cast

Hasegawa will play the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.[4] After Toho offered him the role, Hasegawa immediately accepted, stating, "Who wouldn't want to be involved in a Godzilla production?"[5]
Ishihara will play the Special Envoy for the President of the United States.[4] She became excited after accepting the role but stressed that her character features "English-heavy dialogue", stating, "Sometimes it's so frustrating, I just want to cry."[5]
Takenouchi will play the Aide to the Prime Minister.[4] Takenouchi stated that the film will contain a "deeper message".[5]

The film features 328 cameos and supporting appearances, including, Kengo Kora, Ren Osugi, Akira Emoto, Kimiko Yo, Jun Kunimura, Mikako Ichikawa, Pierre Taki, Takumi Saito, Keisuke Koide, Arata Furuta, Sei Hiraizumi, Kenichi Yajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Ken Mitsuishi, Kyūsaku Shimada, Kanji Tsuda, Issei Takahashi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kazuo Hara, Isshin Inudo, Akira Ogata, Shingo Tsurumi, Suzuki Matsuo, Mayumi Ogawa, Kreva, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu, and Atsuko Maeda.[4]

Production

In December 2014, Toho announced plans for a new Godzilla film targeted for a 2016 release, stating, "This is very good timing after the success of the American version this year: if not now, then when? The licensing contract we have with Legendary places no restrictions on us making domestic versions."[6] The new film will have no ties to Legendary's Godzilla-Kong cinematic universe and instead will serve as a reboot to the Toho series. Minami Ichikawa will serve as the film's production manager and Taiji Ueda as the film's project leader. Ueda confirmed that the screenplay is in development and filming has been planned for a summer 2015 shoot. Toho will additionally put together a project team, known as "Godzilla Conference" or "Godzi-con", to formulate future projects.[7]

In March 2015, Toho announced that the film will be co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi (who both collaborated on the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion), in addition to Anno writing the screenplay and Higuchi directing the film's special effects.[8][9][10] In addition, Toho announced that the film will begin filming in the fall of 2015 set for a summer 2016 release.[11] Promotional artwork of the new Godzilla's footprint was also released, with Toho confirming that their new Godzilla will surpass Legendary Pictures' Godzilla as the tallest incarnation to date. Toho had approached Anno in early 2013 to direct the reboot but Anno initially declined so that he could continue working on the Rebuild of Evangelion films. However, Higuchi eventually convinced him to accept the offer.[12]

Mahiro Maeda provided the new design for Godzilla while Takayuki Takeya provided the maquette.[13] Director Higuchi has stated that he intends to provide the "most terrifying Godzilla that Japan's cutting-edge special-effects movie-making can muster."[14] A variety of techniques such as puppets, animatronics, and digital effects will be used for Godzilla, with the suit to be operated by three people.[13]

Principal photography began on September 1, 2015 with a large on-location film shoot at Kamata station in Tokyo under the working title "Shin Gojira."[15][16] On September 23, 2015, Toho revealed the film's official title as Shin Gojira and that the film will star Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara.[17][18] Producer Akihiro Yamauchi stated that the title Shin Gojira was chosen for the film due to the variety of meanings it conveys, such as either "new", "true", or "God".[19] Yamauchi also confirmed that the film has been planned for quite some time, stating, "It’s been in the works a long time. It’s not like it was produced just because of the Hollywood Godzilla".[20]

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Toho's new Godzilla design on display at the Nico Nico Super Conference.

Principal photography wrapped at the end of October 2015, with special effects work scheduled for November 2015.[21][22] In November 2015, without any prior announcement, Toho screened a promo reel at the American Film Market for a potential sale for overseas markets, revealing the film's official English title as Godzilla Resurgence.[3]

In December, 2015, Toho unveiled the film's first teaser trailer[23] and teaser poster revealing Toho's new Godzilla design and the film's July 29, 2016 release date.[24] Chunichi Sports reported the size of the new Godzilla to be 118.5 metres (389 ft) high, over 10m taller than Legendary's Godzilla.[25]

In January 2016, images of the Godzilla suit were leaked online.[13][26] In late March 2016, it was announced that Toho's Godzilla and Anno's Evangelion intellectual properties will form a "maximum collaboration" for merchandise in April 2016.[27] In mid-April 2016, Toho revealed the complete design of the new Godzilla as well as a new trailer, details regarding the principal and supporting characters, and that the film will be released in IMAX, 4DX, and MX4D formats for its domestic release.[4]

Release

Godzilla Resurgence is scheduled to be released on July 29, 2016 in Japan. New World Cinemas will distribute the film in the United States after its Japanese release,[28] stating that they are "working hard to bring Godzilla to every state".[29] Intercontinental Film Distributors (H.K.) Limited will distribute the film in Hong Kong on August 25, 2016.[30]

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