Former Crunchyroll Execs Kristin Parcell and Stacy Burt Join Toho
Pair will lead the Japanese entertainment production giant’s U.S. expansion, including its first E-Commerce platform outside of Tokyo, launching in 2023.
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Legendary Lands ‘Duke Nukem’ Feature Adaptation Rights
'Cobra Kai’ creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg will produce the project, based on Gearbox’s cult favorite ’90s shooting game.
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Legendary TV Reveals ‘Skull Island’ First Look Image
The anime series, coming to Netflix, follows shipwrecked characters desperate to escape the most dangerous place on Earth.
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Toho Brings Season 2 of Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Godzilla’ to YouTube
Fans can now watch all 26 episodes of the 1970s cartoon series for free, as both seasons of the short-lived show are now streaming.
Dan Stevens to Reunite with Adam Wingard on ‘Godzilla vs. Kong 2’
The actor will join director Wingard for the first time since their acclaimed work on ‘The Guest’ to write the next chapter in Legendary’s Monsterverse.
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‘Godzilla,’ ‘Evangelion,’ ’Ultraman,’ and ‘Kamen Rider’ Join Up for Shin Japan Heroes Universe
The companies behind the four iconic properties have partnered to bring them all together in one MCU-style world-building venture.
Godzilla and the Titans Will Wreak More Havoc in Apple TV+ Monsterverse Series
In the freshly ordered kaiju show, humans will come to grips with the reality that monsters exist and uncover the secrets of the shadowy organization known as Monarch.
‘Dawn of the Monsters’: A Smash ‘Em Up Game Honoring the Origins of Kaiju
13AM’s new 2.5D animated brawler, set to release early this year, is a story-driven, co-operative monster mashup that lets players collaborate to destroy an alien horde and save the planet.
Netflix’s ‘Godzilla Singular Point’ Debuts June 24
New original ‘Godzilla’ anime series from bones and Orange combines hand-drawn and CG animation to tell the story of a grad student and an engineer brought together by a mysterious song to lead the fight against an unimaginable force.
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Creating a More Human Kong in ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’
Weta Digital animates key emotional sequences that capture the battling primate’s older, wiser, and more humanoid side; studio also delivers 13 hero environments including Hollow Earth and a military base in Antarctica.
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Success Signals Good News for Movie Theaters
The titanic smash-em-up demolished previous COVID-19 era U.S. theatrical box office takes with $9.6 million debut and $48.5 million 5-day opening weekend, that coupled with $236.9 million international cume, indicates movie theaters may not be dead…yet.
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‘Skull Island’ and ‘Tomb Raider’ Anime Series in Development at Netflix
Adding to their extensive slate of previously announced anime projects, Netflix has greenlit two new series, from Legendary Television, based on hugely popular film and game franchises.
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Go Go Gojira: Original ‘Godzilla Singular Point’ Anime Series Heading to Netflix
Coming to the streaming giant in 2021, show features a brand-new story and cast, and is being produced by bones (‘My Hero Academy’) and Orange (‘Beastars’).
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Register Now for Free PreVIEW Session with Director Peter Ramsey
VIEW Conference 2020 hosts the award-winning co-director of ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ August 29 in an online discussion.
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Crunchyroll Reaches 3 Million Paid Global Subscribers
Platform hits new milestone as it expands brands to include Anime Digital Network, Anime on Demand, KAZÉ and Eye See Movies while extending reach with HBO MAX, Adult Swim, and TNT Germany distribution deals.
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Roland Emmerich to Receive 2019 VES Visionary Award
Noted ‘Independence Day’ director-producer joins previous visionaries Jonathan Nolan, Victoria Alonso, Syd Mead, J.J. Abrams, Alfonso Cuarón, Ang Lee and Christopher Nolan as recipient of prestigious Visual Effects Society award.
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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Coming to Digital August 13 and Blu-Ray August 27
Watch Titans brawl in the comfort of your own home as Godzilla, King Ghidorah and a host of gigantic beasts collide on multiple platforms: 4K UHD combo pack, Blu-ray combo pack, DVD special edition and digital.
A Monstrous Undertaking: The VFX Behind Godzilla, Ghidorah, Mothra and Rodan
Production VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron, MPC, Method Studios and DNEG describe the creative and technical challenges of bringing four gigantic kaiju to the screen in ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters.’
‘Detective Pikachu’ Moves to Warner Bros. from Universal
Legendary Entertainment’s first film in planned ‘Pokémon’ franchise still set for May 2019 U.S. release.
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WATCH: First ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Trailer Roars into Comic-Con
Warner Bros. first look at sequel to Gareth Edwards’ 2014 hit features epic kaiju rumble between the quartet of ancient foes.
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Godzilla Battles Iconic Rivals in Next Film
Director Michael Dougherty helms the next installment in the Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures monsterverse, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe and Zhang Ziyi, with a planned March 2019 release.
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Netflix Acquires Toho & Polygon’s Animated ‘Godzilla’ Series
First-ever high quality animation of the iconic monster roars onto screens in Japan and in more than 190 countries globally.
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Rob Letterman Helming Legendary’s ‘Detective Pikachu’ Pokémon Movie
Hybrid CG-animation/live-action film following a new character and storyline in the Pokémon universe is being scripted by ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ writer Nicole Perlman and ‘Gravity Falls’ creator Alex Hirsch.
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Polygon Pictures Producing New ‘Godzilla’ Anime Feature for TOHO
Godzilla's first-ever animated feature film to be produced by the Tokyo-based animation studio behind Production I.G’s ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Knights of Sidonia,’ and the forthcoming ‘Blame!’ to be written by Gen Urobuchi and directed by Kobun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita.
Double Negative Shuttering Singapore VFX Facility
Opened in 2009, DNeg’s Singapore facility has been involved in production of visual effects for films including ‘Godzilla,’ ‘Man of Steel’ and ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Parts 1 & 2.
