Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Long live the king.
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Budget
$170 000 000
Box office
$387 300 138
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Director
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Scenario
Producer
Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers, Julian Fleming, Barry H. Waldman, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Yoshimitsu Banno
Camera operator
Lawrence Sher
Composer
Artist
Scott Chambliss, Alan Hook, Marlie Arnold
Audition
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Short description
Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.
What's left behind the scenes
- When working on Mothra's appearance, Michael Dougherty wanted to create something, in his own words, "beautiful, feminine and elegant, but at the same time potentially dangerous, looking like a goddess." Dougherty tried to adhere to the color palette of Mothra's image from the 1961 film ("Mothra," Ishiro Honda) and leave similar eye-like spots on the wings. The latter were specifically given a shape that resembles Godzilla's eyes, thus emphasizing the connection between the monsters. Mothra resembles a real moth, and her legs are long enough to defend against other monsters.
- While working on Ghidorah's appearance, director and screenwriter Michael Dougherty wanted to create something "unique," but still reminiscent of Ghidorah. That's why he constantly consulted with specialists from Toho Studios to ensure the monster's new look remained recognizable. He also studied images of various reptiles, especially the king cobra, to add realism to Ghidorah.
- The corpse of Godzilla found at the beginning of the film was originally planned to be discovered in Siberia rather than the Philippines, but this idea was changed due to a similar scene in Zack Snyder's sci-fi action movie 'Man of Steel' (2013), where Henry Cavill's character finds a Kryptonian starship frozen in ice. The filmmakers reworked the scene, and King Ghidorah is instead found frozen in Antarctica.
- Working on Mothra's appearance, Michael Dougherty wanted to create something that, in his own words, was 'beautiful, feminine, and elegant, but at the same time potentially dangerous, looking like a goddess.' Dougherty sought to adhere to the color palette of Mothra's image from the 1961 film ('Mothra', Ishirō Honda) and keep the eye-like spots on her wings. The latter were specifically shaped to resemble Godzilla's eyes, thereby emphasizing the connection between the monsters. Mothra resembles a real moth, and her legs are of a length that allows her to defend herself against other monsters.
- The Godzilla corpse found at the beginning of the film was originally planned to be discovered in Siberia, not the Philippines, but this idea was changed due to a similar scene in Zack Snyder's science fiction action film "Man of Steel" (2013), where Henry Cavill's character finds a Kryptonian starship frozen in ice. The creators of that film reworked the scene, and frozen King Ghidorah is discovered in Antarctica.
- Michael Dougherty decided to add Behemoth (a demon of carnal desires, particularly gluttony, in biblical mythology) to the plot and made him Kong's companion, as he felt that too many of Toho's monsters were reptiles and insects. He based the creature on a mammoth due to his own fascination with mammoths and because he needed a massive, hairy creature whose appearance suggested it could survive the Ice Age. Originally, Behemoth was a giant mammoth with six tusks.
- Near Godzilla's underwater temple, a skeleton can be seen. It is the skeleton of Anguirus, who sided with Godzilla in some films.
- While working on Ghidorah's appearance, director and screenwriter Michael Dougherty wanted to create something 'unique' that still felt like Ghidorah. For this reason, he constantly consulted with specialists from Toho Studios to ensure the monster's new look remained recognizable. Additionally, he studied images of various reptiles, particularly the king cobra, to add a sense of realism to Ghidorah.
- Michael Dougherty came up with the idea to add Behemoth to the plot (in biblical mythology, this is a demon of carnal desires, especially gluttony) and made him a companion to Kong, because he believed that too many monsters from the “Toho” studio were reptiles and insects. He based it on a mammoth – due to his own fascination with mammoths and because he needed a huge, hairy creature whose appearance would show that it could survive an ice age. Initially, Behemoth was a giant mammoth with six tusks.
- Mothra's cry in the film is a processed version of the cries of the same monster in the original Toho Studios films.
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