Godzilla #1

Godzilla (Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira^?) is an upcoming American science fiction monster film featuring the Japanese film monster of the same name in a reboot of the Godzilla film franchise produced by Toho. The film retells the origin of Godzilla in contemporary times as a "terrifying force of nature". The film is directed by British director Gareth Edwards, scripted by Max Borenstein and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Sally Hawkins, and Ken Watanabe.

The film is a co-production^[4] of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures worldwide, except for Japan where it will be distributed by Toho. It is the second Godzilla film to be fully filmed^{[Note 1]} by an American studio, the first having been the 1998 film of the same name. The film is scheduled to be released on May 16, 2014 in 2D and 3D.^[5]