The Hollywood reporter is reporting that Gareth Edwards, the director of ‘Monsters’, may take on Legendary Pictures resurrection of the king of all monsters.
The movie got Hollywood ga-ga over the filmmaker, who always intended Monsters to act as a showpiece to attract bigger work, and Legendary execs were no exception. They sought him out, thinking he could be the right man to take their monster into the 21st century.
Edwards will now work with a new yet-to-hired writer on the script. (David Callaham was the original writer.)
I think it’s interesting that this guy is getting to direct a big budget film after releasing a, presumably, impressive indie film. I haven’t seen ‘Monsters’ but if he’s getting the keys to a franchise as well known as Godzilla then I will have to give him the benefit of the doubt. I’m going to keep this movie on my radar and hopefully we get some more details in the near future. Has anyone here seen ‘Monsters’? What do you guys think about this news?
