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| Above, the Godzilla statue at Toho Studios in Setagaya. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
It is remarkable that Godzilla is as popular, if not more so, than ever these days.
This can be attributed to the Legendary Pictures series of movies and of Toho's recent movies, one of which won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects.
MSN has posted an article on Godzilla's legendary (a pun?) comeback.
It begins with:
At one time, the Godzilla franchise seemed like outdated science fiction with limited future cinematic prospects. Not only did Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse change those perceptions, but Toho’s Godzilla Minus One proved the 50-meter-tall radioactive dinosaur could deliver an Oscar-worthy performance. Toho recently announced a sequel to Minus One, demonstrating that an “old, outdated” subgenre can still score big - a $116 million global gross on a $15 million budget - in international theaters.
To read more, go here.
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