Devlin was of course the second half (the other being Roland Emmerich) of the tag-team that created 1998's Godzilla
.Here's what he had to say about the new movie being made by Legendary Pictures and Gareth Edwards:
”I know I screwed up my Godzilla,” he said. “I’d be very happy if they pull it off and do a great one", also stating "“I always wish I had another shot at it,” he added with a wistful grin. “But, listen, Godzilla is something that I grew up loving. We worked hard to go make one. We kind of blew it. I think everyone gets one.”
As one can see Devlin has become humbled by the experience, and it's nice to see someone admit their mistakes rather than unnecessarily blame others.
And he did come close to having a second shot...enough for at least the script treatment to be created but that's it before their rights elapsed.
All in all I still say that this film has its merits.
The designs were great...it looks epic...the action was spectacular...the CGI still holds up today in most scenes...it just happened to have a different take on Godzilla.
To this day that film remains one of the most popular movies from the team: Emmerich has stated it is his most asked about film from fans (even more than ID4), it grossed enough in Home Video/DVD sales (I think I remember reading around $60 million) to warrant not just a second DVD release but also premiered as one of Sony's first Blu-Rays, it's still constantly being shown on cable channels...
In other words the film still has a lasting impact.
For the full EW article check it out here: ew.com: Dean Devlin on Godzilla reboot
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