The new Japanese Godzilla movie has been out in Japan and will likely get a release in the state later this year. In the meantime, check out this special effects video from Toho which gives us a full 360 degree look of the new design which has previously only been seen in trailer snippets.
What do you think? There's a lot of great detail in this design and I particularly like the very tortured, melted skin texture throughout and the nods to "burning" Godzilla from Destoroyah. That said, this design doesn't feel like a real evolution. It's still very vertical and very tubby and I am not a fan of the Mr. Burns face or the tail which instead of tapering off to a point swells into something that is not quite a club. The whole thing recalls the 1954 Goji a bit much for my taste.
It is interesting that Toho has finally embraced CGI which they had only used very sparingly in the Millennium movies. This Godzilla seems to be fully or mostly motion captured, which is a nice medium between CGI and suitmation.
Godzilla Resurgence is planned to be released in the US in the Fall.
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