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GODZILLA Revealed In First Trailer and Poster – Who Is M.U.T.O.?
An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic GODZILLA, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Check out the new poster and trailer for director Gareth Edward’s GODZILLA. If some of the effectively eerie music sounds familiar to you sci-fi fans, it’s from the “Atmospheres” piece by György Ligeti used 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY.
The GODZILLA series was created in 1954. A lizard contaminated by nuclear bomb radiation, mutates into a 300 ft tall dinosaur/monster hybrid.
In the new film’s slick viral marketing, the group at the heart of this incident is called M.U.T.O. So who exactly are they?
Find out at: http://mutoresearch.net/
The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).
Edwards directs from a screenplay by Max Borenstein and Oscar® nominee Frank Darabont (“The Green Mile,” “The Shawshank Redemption”), story by David Callaham and Max Borenstein, based on the character “Godzilla” owned and created by TOHO CO., LTD. Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni are producing with Mary Parent and Brian Rogers. Patricia Whitcher and Alex Garcia are serving as executive producers, alongside Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.
© 2013 LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LLC & WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT INC. Photo Credit: Kimberley French. (L-r) BRYAN CRANSTON as Joe Brody and AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON as Ford Brody.
The behind-the-scenes creative team includes Oscar®-nominated director of photography Seamus McGarvey (“Anna Karenina,” “Atonement”); production designer Owen Paterson (“The Matrix” trilogy); editor Bob Ducsay (“Looper”); Oscar®-nominated costume designer Sharen Davis (“Dreamgirls,” “Ray,” “Django Unchained”); and Oscar®-winning visual effects supervisor Jim Rygiel (the “Lord of the Rings” films). The score is being created by Oscar®-nominated composer Alexandre Desplat (“Argo,” “The King’s Speech”).
GODZILLA is slated to open beginning May 16, 2014, the film is expected to be presented in 3D, 2D and IMAX® in select theatres.
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© 2013 LEGENDARY PICTURES PRODUCTIONS LLC & WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT INC. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. A scene from Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ sci-fi action adventure “GODZILLA,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
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