What Happened To The LOST American Godzilla Film?!
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- When TOHO sold the rights to Godzilla to Sony in 1992, they originally intended to produce a film that was much closer to the spirit of the originals. Where Godzilla was an unstoppable force, and fought other giant monsters for supremacy.
It appeared as if the pieces of the puzzle were coming together to make a film that lived up to the iconic name, Godzilla. So what happened? Today we're going to analyse the Godzilla film that you NEVER got to see.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:09 - Overture
4:00 - The Story
11:51 - What Happened?
14:04 - Reimagining Godzilla (The Right Way)
17:42 - Legacy 
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It’s ok
I admit this version sounds amazing, but I wouldn’t trade it for the 1998 film because it was my first introduction to Godzilla.
And I’m still having hopes for that version and H.E.A.T from the animated series to find a way into the next phase of the monster verse , even if it’s completely impossible.
The first rated R Godzilla movie?
That fight sounds just brutal.
Love it!
Unless it's humans being ripped apart, they could've gotten away with that imagery as a PG-13 movie if it's the monsters. I mean King Kong ripping a T-Rex's jaw open is less horrific if it was a man ripping another man's jaw.
I feel like this would’ve been a way better movie , shame it never got to see the light but nice to see traces of it in the newer godzilla films!
yeah
Meanwhile in an Alternate Timeline: “I wish we had a new Godzilla movie instead of that Garbage remake in 2014”
A real shame that it never got made.
godzilla 1998 signed history to 2000s, G98 remains better.
2019 and 2021 are the best ones
That was a gorgeous looking Godzilla design. Wish it could've worked out in a live action format.
yeah, it incorporates theropod dinosaur features like the 1998 version, but still manages to keep the iconic parts of godzilla's look and silhouette.
My only worry is that if they used cgi it would look pretty jarring like the 1998 version.
We finally have a Godzilla movie that has the closest design to the unmade American Godzilla film called Godzilla Minus One
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But thankfully another studio made a better Godzilla in 2023 that is Godzilla minus one
Ultimately, I just feel so sorry for Jan de Bont. He was a true fan, a talented filmmaker, and he really would have been perfect for the time period. 😔
Same. I am wondering what are his thoughts with the Monsterverse film Godzilla has he had a chance to see it. And if it is possible....can he be hired for the next Godzilla film and this time featuring the Gryphon? I hope he gets the opportunity.
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I would want someone to make an animated version of this film.
I kinda wish we got this as a animated film instead of the series, despite the series being pretty awesome.
There actually is. A very short fan found footage film
ruclips.net/video/baMFh69gp98/видео.htmlsi=gs_vKUfAYuYEsPoz
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I would’ve liked to have seen the 1994 Godzilla vs the Gryphon movie made, I especially like the Stan Winston/Ricardo Delgado Godzilla design, since it strikes the right mix of traditional Godzilla with a more theropod dinosaur stance, unlike G98.
Same here
Same dude.
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love the 1994 story ,it has been a success through out .
I would have taken this over the 98 shit fest any day.
I am so happy that Terry Rossio got the credit for writing Godzilla vs Kong.
This would've been a better film than what we got from Roland, which sadly was in a hand of a studio called Tristar who messed up and should've sticked to the original idea and gave them the budget instead of forcing a director who isn't a fan of Godzilla to direct it.
But alas, it needed to happened or else we would've never got what we have now; The Monsterverse. And as sad this never made it to screenplay, it truly was something special in the end to be remembered.
In an alternate reality where we got this film people would probably say why didn't we get the 1998 godzilla film, lol, people don't know what they want. An idea always looks better on paper and drawings.
To be honest the monsterverse and reiwa movies weren't so good so I would've been fine if the 1994 godzilla was made
@@Godzilla-jr5gi I personally liked shin godzilla but I see your point.
I'd honestly rather see this movie and its potential sequels than the monsterverse.
im sure monster verse could still have happened. or something since its upto toho who gets to use their IP...
had this movie been made would have been epic. more hype for godzilla and more american movies. smh. but those buffoons roland n devin ruined that.
at least toho was kind enough to give america another chance when legendary wanted to try their take. now we have a worthy american godzilla franchise.
God I'd take this over the 1998 version any day
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Same. Sony and Tristar pictures made the biggest mistake in making that horrible 98 movie.
Not sure
But would you sacrifice the monsterverse for it?
@@drewschruefer2855fuck no
Love the Godzilla design. Pays homage to the original but gives it something special.
Man the Stan Winston Godzilla is my favorite look of the King of the Monsters and I absolutely love how you've brought it to life after so many years in this video awesome work Dangerville.
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While Zilla will always be special to me(Being my intro to the series) I feel like it would have been better for the original to have been made. Still it paved the way for Legendary Goji so it evens things out a bit. Also damn good model.
It’s sad this wonderful story was canceled.
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It's crazy how the script lived on for so long like there's hints of it in the Zilla movie Godzilla 2014 and kotm
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I would have definitely went to see that Godzilla film in 1994.
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I remember reading about this film adaptation in G-Fan magazine in the late 90’s after the release of the ‘98 film. The magazine had pictures of the creature that Godzilla was to fight. Jan De Bont, who is a fan, would have been able to pull this off if an agreement on the budget was made. But this was not to be and Roland Emmerich’s adaptation would have Toho make more films faithful to Godzilla until the 2014 film and the advent of the Monsterverse.
wow
But Honestly I still Hate that Director Roland Emmerich.
Roland Emmerich is not bad director he did better movies like Stargate, Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. Godzilla 98 was isn’t his better movie ever
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@@ivanrodriguez-zamudio238True, he's not that bad of a guy. His decision making and choices *are* a bit frustrating, however. But, when he clearly said that he doesn't like Godzilla and wanted to turn him into something he's not. Maybe it's best to y'know? Not actually get involved in it?
It's such a massive shame this never happened. The director was a massive Godzilla fan, Stan Winston's effects would've been amazing & the idea behind the Gryphon is intruiging. It would've at minimum been better than the godawful thing we got in 1998.
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I really like the fight between Godzilla vs the Gryphon. I wish the movie was actually made, it would have been fantastic!
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This movie could have been so amazing, the design for Godzilla is awesome an the Griffin model is one of my favorite Kaiju designs ever !
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You've made an old man very happy....thank you, sir.
Probably the only time we'll get to see this Godzilla design done in animation, so thank you for that.
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It truly is a shame that this version of Godzilla never got the chance it deserved and was ultimately replaced by what we saw in the 98 film. And while I don't hate Godzilla 98 since it gave us the animated series which was awesome, I still can't help but wonder what could have been if this version was made. Would there have been sequels or an animated series like the 98 series? So much potential that was unfortunately never realized. Still, hopefully, this version of the King of the Monsters will get the chance to shine one day in the future.
yeah
The Winston design of Godzilla has a much more amphibious look to it to me, with the green, smooth skin that resembles an alligator. Does anyone else think so too?
@@natek4488 I think this is the most realistic Godzilla design and in my opinion, he is comparable to King Kong 2005
@@natek4488 I honestly love the design so much. I've been all over it ever since I found out about its existendce.
I think it would've been way more successful since it retains the iconic parts of godzilla like his silhouette, immunity to weapons and atomic breath, along with a giant kaiju battle, and since they were planning on making a trilogy, it would likely have sequels and also a tie in tv series.
If they kept Stan Winston the look of Gojira in this film would have been so good.
I would love to see the Gryphon make it to the Monsterverse.
I’d love to see that. I’d definitely by a S.H Monsterarts figure of him.
Agree.
Same.
Several plot elements were reused in Godzilla 2014, as in both films where Godzilla is destined to save the Earth from a far greater threat than him (The MUTOS and the Gryphon respectively), both films feature Godzilla beheading the enemy kaiju, and the military believing that Godzilla is the bigger threat in both films until Godzilla defeats the main threat. The only differences are while the Godzilla in Godzilla vs The Gryphon does seem to deliberately attack human settlements, specifically the Japanese Kurila Islands and decimates the military's forces willingly when attacked, while Godzilla 2014 was never shown to deliberately causing destruction in any location that was featured in the movie and actually avoids conflict with the military, only causing hindrances and damages to the army through collateral damage.
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After hearing what the story would be, we totally got robbed.
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I would love to see the Gryphon show up in the Monsterverse, allowing the confrontation we should have gotten with this movie to happen now with better SFX and the chance to keep the extraterrestrial bioweapon aspect of the monster as well. Ghidorah was already hinted at being extraterrestrial so it wouldn’t be a stretch to introduce new monsters like it now
Could make it a creature with the traits of every deadly creature on the planet in one
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Nice video, intro and animation. Also another thing that Godzilla '98 also had from the '94 script was someone talking to a survivor after being attacked by Godzilla and calling him Gojira. 🙂👍
LP/Toho - add the Gryphon into the Monsterverse, as a way to honor Stan Winston into the Godzilla Legacy for good.
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Maybe as another invasive species like Ghidorah.
This design is like the heisei design but more crocodilian. I love it!
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This would have been a Hollywood blockbuster to which an earlier Monsterverse could have been achieved
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I can't believe they did that Stan Winston was an amazing disigner he made the t-rex from the Jurassic Park franchise and it was scary and awesome at the same time he made the raptors sending chills down our spines he did Predator and the terminator he would do an awesome job with Godzilla and the original story is the closest we could've gotten to the japanese original in 1994 but 4 years we only had Godzilla in name only and many die hard Godzilla fans were not happy but legendary did we all wait for 20 full years for it
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This is a contender for best ever DangerVille video. Absolutely incredible
I read the Script and I loved it, makes me wonder how this would have been on the big screen
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This is amazing, I want to see Legendary Godzilla use his spinal spikes in combat🤩
I like how this Godzilla looks, it's like he still has his body frame but with a 🐊 look to him
I, almost, weep for the demise of this lost movie. This would've been awesome to see on the big screen.
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For sure the story behind the lost of American Godzilla movie was very cool & interesting, also I wish y'all are having a great day.
Another thing StanGoji sure is one pretty awesome design.
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You should’ve also mentioned how Emmerich film kept the surviving fisherman scene and Godzilla climbing a bridge.
the design looks beautiful.
Imagine legendary doing like a Snyder cut of this, making it a actual film.
Let's start a petition..!
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Fun fact: the original alien enemy in this film was almost Ghidorah, suggested by Toho themselves !
The thing that stopped it was Toho wanting TriStar to shell out more money for the rights to Ghidorah.
This was such a missed opportunity. It’s interesting that this movie seemed to be inspiration for not just Godzilla 2014-21 but actually seems like a bit of an inspiration for pacific rim as well I do you think about it. The idea of monsters being used as bio weapons to help make planets inhabitable for them
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This would definitely be my most favorite Godzilla movie, too bad it's history, but it did created the most better looking godzillas like the one from 2014
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The origin of this Godzilla is very interesting. Very reminiscent of the Heisei Gamera origin
Awesome Deep Dive. Unbelievable Jan De Bont's budget proposal was rejected but signed off and approved Roland Emmerich's which was more. And De Bont is correct about Sony wanting to do their own ideas which is no secret in Hollywood. Creative control is practically non-existent and rare to come by.
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That Godzilla design looks like a more realistic version of Heisei Godzilla.
Long live the king!
@Joshua 1992 it’s a line from The Lion King
Thanks for this! Been waiting my while life for someone to talk about the cancelled 1994 GODZILLA movie that we almost got but never did, due to the high cost in budget. The closest thing we got to this movie was MonsterVerse Godzilla.
I saw that version and told my brother before we watched the movie, the original film from start to finish.
GODZILLA 1998 is a guilty pleasure.
They even have a whole website dedicated to the movie that we almost got, showing behind the scenes photos, original storyboards, concept art, original script pages and much more.
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I really wish this came out
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Hearing about this actually made me cry😢 especially when this is the first time seeing video, I'm a big fan of Godzilla movies and hearing this sadden's me greatly.
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This would've been a better story for this American Godzilla than the Iguana version. Plus not to mention how they created the 1994 American Godzilla design looks absolutely phenomenal to be honest.
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I want them to make this a movie bro we need this even if it isn't apart of the monsterverse or if they change his name
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Yooo new logo and new intro lets go!!! Also man i wish we got Stan Winston's Godzilla instead.
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Really a shame. Know lots of us would love to see tchis as opposed to '98. Either way, both still are very interesting concepts for *Amerika no Gojira*
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This new intro is sick nothing wrong with it
I really wish this movie was made I'm going to read the novel but it's a shame and never got made and the figure is lost
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Fantastic video!!! The two unmade movies I would have loved to see are this one, and the Godzilla vs Ghost Godzilla idea
We kinda got Godzilla vs Ghost Godzilla with Godzilla against Mechagodzilla and Godzilla Tokyo SOS
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This design is a million times better. Zilla is his own thing.
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Great video going over the unmade 1994 American Godzilla film.
Magnificent video❤🔥🦖Thank you so much for talking about this and showing that fantastic concept art!
Loved the story and video footage and the Godzilla design. The 98 Godzilla is still my favourite
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I remember reading this leaked script on the very young internet. I was surprised when the movie was completely different
Cool to see the work of a behind the scenes of a film that didn’t happen and what could’ve been.
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I love the script for this unmade movie
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wow! dangerville is a fresh redesign! cool!
I hope we see the Gryphon in the Monsterverse.
One time before twitter bans me, I talk about that unmade goji and really wanted to exist desperately. That's green and brown skin that looks like it came from the sewers and that crispy scales, all that is what I wanted most! But toho ruined it by saying that's copyrighted!
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Maybe In a future monster verse Movie we could had the Gripphon or a bio-engineered 94' Godzilla
This would have been alot better then what we got
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As a kid I would’ve eaten this up in a heartbeat. Plus the toys that would’ve probably been made by Trendmasters would’ve been awesome!!!
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YO ive been waiting for yall to cover this!!
Love the CGI Godzilla shown in the vid,they could literally still make this movie today in a PG-13 Animation style.
Awesome work today!
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You described MY opinion about the 1998 Godzilla movie PERFECTLY!
I love the design of the Godzilla shame it never got a chance to be a movie
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This film would have been absolutely amazing.
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Great video! I love this film concept
That's a good video to watch later
I hope legendary use the griphon in the future he it's a great monster also Bagan
98's Zilla was my first Godzilla film...but I enjoy the older and Legendary Pictures series as well. Also, aside from a few changes...doesn't this sound like the plot for Legendary's Godzilla film?
Edit: Ok, I should wait until the end of the vid.
I love your content this is good stuff cant wait for more keep it up
I do love Roland Emmerich's Godzilla cause it was my first introduction to the monster but man I would have loved to see this.
It definitely had ambitious set pieces
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Would’ve loved to have seen that come to life; Godzilla 98 was a major disappointment. Also I’ve been a big fan of y’all’s channel and have been watching most everything you’ve put out over the years an I gotta say I love the visible growth and evolution of the channel. Everything from the updated theme (which I think is the best iteration yet), to the way you design the flow of the videos. Anyways keep it up I can’t wait for more content!
Love this godzilla design would have been better but the old one is ok
I never thought there was a unmade Gojira film.
Why did it sound familiar to the monsterverse, not identical, just kinda there some similarities elements in the 1998 script, to 2014, 2019 and the comic
I really would of liked that movie to come out like freaking mutant monsters a new monster a actually good godzilla with atomic breath
They should have give him the money. I would have watched it and loved it. And I have proudly called this a Godzilla movie.
I did enjoy the 98 zilla movie as i have it on dvd somewhere in my room.
But this version is much much better than that.
I hope we get a future godzilla movie like this in the future.
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Its like half Godzilla 2014 and half Godzilla King of the Monsters 2019.
I would've loved to see this one. The other one they made from a nuclear iguana is an abomination. They should be beaten for that crap hole of a movie.
Thank you. This 94 version was faithful to the original and not some sorry excuse of a monster borrowing the name of a real monster.
Thanks to the idiot to make Zilla we had to fight to the nail just to get Godzilla 2014. I don't blame Toho for hating us for that. I would too. But you got idiots out here thinking oh it's only the hardcore fans who feel this way. If it's only the hardcore fans then why do we had to fight for a new license for so long?
Toho literally told legendary they have one chance to get it right and if they failed. Toho said they would never allow Godzilla's license to ever leave Japan ever again. So yeah, 98 was a great movie 😑
What a great video! I had only read about this back in G-Fan back in the day and I loved the design of Godzilla then and love it even more now-wish they’d somehow make an SH monsterarts figure of this design-I liked it even more than the legendary design-which I like quite a lot!
As much as a like Godzilla '98, this would have been an awesome movie to see.
headcanon: the 1996 cancelled king Kong and this cancelled movie exist in the same universe.
This was excellent. Great job. 👍
I still like the '98 movie for being typical 90s cheese. It's NOT "Godzilla," but still entertaining.
Has there ever been a figure or maquette of Stangoji released for purchase? Cuz that would be awesome.
Dang, the MonsterVerse really did borrow a lot from this screenplay.
I'm not gonna lie. Even if this came out around my birthday, I still would have fallen for Godzilla and all that would come after it
I would've loved the hell out of this version of the movie and it probably would've been better received by fans. Admittedly though, I didn't like the new backstory by making Godzilla a thousand year-old lizard made by aliens that turned on them as a protector for Earth rather than being created or awoken by an atomic blast that affected his appearance and was a metaphor to atomic weapons. Also, I saw the storyboards, and 9:07 had Godzilla shove The Gryphon into the Twin Towers. (At 9:20) The other tower is leaning until minutes later in the story. (Yikes!) But on a side note, the director was a huge fan of the character and seemed like he really wanted to convince the American audience that the character of Godzilla could be taken seriously. Also, the director Jan De Bont's dream cast for the two lead roles were Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton and the movie was planned to be released in 1996. Of course, he ended up making Twisted which came out that year with those actors as the leads. So if you're a fan of Twister, you're more likely to have seen what the movie could've been if the Tornado were replaced with Stan Winston's Godzilla.