Just recently Warner Brothers decided to shut down production on the long-in-standing "Akira
" film, and it got me thinking about how the newest Godzilla movie fits into all of this.I mention this because both projects seem to have the same inactive status' plaguing them.
For instance the "Akira" rights were first acquired by Warner Brothers back in 2008. We're talking almost four years here and the movie still hasn't been made?
It has had multiple directors and writers trying to bring their version of the film up to light...but in each instance things kept failing.
As a nice article on omg.yahoo.com highlights:
"An individual close to the project told TheWrap that Warners still wants to make the movie, budgeted around $90 million. The problems appear to be related to -- as these things tend to be -- budget and casting."
To no one's surprise Warners has now shut things down indefinitely, with the status of the film seemingly doomed.
Interesting how the newest Godzilla movie seems to have the same problems too.
As I've chronicled throughout past postings, Warner Brothers has had the Godzilla film rights for nearly two years now. (This was done with much fanfare at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con).
It was supposed to have been placed on the fast-track with the anticipated release date being 2012...but come two years later and the movie is still nowhere in sight?
Thus far we have had one director hiring multiple writers to perform multiple rewrites, but the film is no closer to fruition to when it was first announced.
While we haven't heard this being due to budgeting issues...I strongly suspect this to be the case considering most movie rewrites do not happen for any other reason.
Studios get nervous when they see a script asking for hundred(s) of millions of dollars in production costs, and thus rewrites become mandatory.
This Godzilla film will no doubt be expensive to make...the only question is at what price will the script make things happen.
In any case I hope that this newest Godzilla film doesn't go the route of "Akira".
I think that before the year is finished we'll finally have some definitive news on where the film stands.
For a good synopsis on the status of the "Akira" film, here's the original link:
omg.yahoo.com: Warner Bros shuts down production on Akira
I have been disappointed that there's been zero word lately, the least they could do is give us a vague release date. They'll probably leave it for 2014, the 60th anniversary.
ReplyDeleteI am dreading the day I go on a movie news website and I see the headline that reads "Godzilla director Gareth Edwards departs film due to differences with studio". I can just see this coming any day now.
ReplyDelete