A new "Godzilla" 2016 poster has been released following the upcoming film's trailer.
Although the sequel to Gareth Edwards' "Godzilla" will still be released in 2018, the Japanese company responsible for the franchise is already preparing "Godzilla: Resurgence" to land in theaters on Jul. 29, 2016.
Uproxx reported that Toho has released a new "Godzilla" 2016 poster for its upcoming film. The image shows a close up of the monster's head with its release date printed at the bottom.
The publication commented that the "Godzilla" 2016 poster "remains focused upon the monster and his more sinister and dark appearance." Moreover, this is said to be a "serious attempt by Toho to revitalize their most popular and well-known franchise."
The Robot's Voice described it as "a nightmare creature from the bottom of the ocean." The reboot, entitled "Godzilla: Resurgence," will feature the tallest version of its leading kaiju.
The "Godzilla" 2016 trailer has been previously released. It featured first-person POV and showed people running around the city, presumably because the monster has attacked.
iSchoolGuide reported that the people behind "Godzilla" 2016 are Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, known for their past work on "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and live-action "Attack on Titan," respectively.
According to /FILM, the Japanese "Godzilla" 2016 movie was first announced last year as a response to the success of Edwards' film. "The time has come for Japan to make a film that will not lose to Hollywood," producer Taichi Ueda said.
It was also revealed that "hybrid" special effects have been employed to create the monster. "Higuchi's special-effects techniques were amply demonstrated in 'Attack on Titan,' a new release received favorably in Japan," the publication wrote.
Apparently, the technique combines computer graphics with manipulating a massive physical doll of rippling red muscle. This resembles a giant biological anatomy chart and special-effects filmmaking to depict grotesquely enlarged humans for "Attack on Titan."
"Applying to Godzilla that kind of technology, which Higuchi calls 'hybrid,' has never been attempted in Japan. Higuchi is promising just that," the website noted.
