packmule

Jun 14 2007, 09:15 PM

It appears Yoshimitsu Banno, director of Godzilla Vs Hedorah(1971), has secured funding for this film.

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"I've already put out requests to contacts in Japan and the US to see if there's anything more to report at this time.

One thing I have noticed on the various message boards is that many people think the announcement means that GODZILLA 3D got the funding to go into production and the movie will now get made. Kerner Productions only said they have provided "initial development funding", and that is not the same thing.

SciFi Japan's Robert Saint John posted the following on Monster Zero, and I think it gives a much more accurate idea of what has actually happened:


At this moment, in my opinion, this is no different than when Peter Anderson (a specialist in 3D cinema production) had material on a website in 2005 saying that he was involved in the project. And, hey, what do you know: Peter is now "Director of 3D Imaging" at Kerner. Development funding is not the same as full funding or a greenlight. Development funding is a little bit of money to continue creating conceptual artwork, further drafts of a script and maybe technology demos. With that, the producer can continue to go around and shop the project to get real funding. It's very much in Kerner's interest to put this "on their resume" so to speak, both to show that they have projects in the pipeline, and in the hope that the project gets funded and becomes a real paycheck for them.

I would argue that perhaps it's not as dead as we thought it was, but it still isn't alive. Best to wait for some news or announcement about the production getting real funding or being greenlit before getting too excited. Until then, it is not "a go".

So be optimistic, but don't assume this is anywhere near a done-deal yet.'