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Monsters Sequel, Monsters: Dark Continent, officially begins Production

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Gareth Edwards made a remarkable debut back in 2010 with Monsters. After production began on Edwards’ follow-up film, Godzilla, last week, news now comes that the sequel to his first film, entitled Monsters: Dark Continent, has begun production as well. Edwards is still on board as an executive producer, and he hands over the reigns [...]




Production begins on Godzilla as Ken Watanabe joins the Cast

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Having made one of the finest directorial debuts in recent years with Monsters, Gareth Edwards has returned behind the camera for his sophomore feature, Godzilla. Edwards is switching gears completely, moving from an incredibly low-budget independent film to one of the biggest blockbusters in development, and we can’t wait to see what he brings to [...]




Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston Eyed for Godzilla

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Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) and Bryan Cranston (Argo) are said to be in early talks to take on roles in Godzilla. The pair would star opposite Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass) in the Legendary Pictures reboot, though official offers are unlikely to be made until Frank Darabont delivers a finished script. Gareth Edwards, who hit [...]




Scott McNairy, Henry Cavill & More considered for Godzilla, Frank Darabont doing Final Rewrite

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Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla is without a doubt one of the films we’re really looking forward to in 2014. Production is expected to begin in March this year, and there are still a handful of things we’re eagerly awaiting to hear. We saw an awesome first teaser poster last summer, which Legendary and Warner Bros. debuted [...]




Iron Man 3’s Drew Pearce Hired to Polish the Godzilla Script before Casting Begins

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Legendary’s upcoming Godzilla reboot took Comic-Con’s Hall H by storm over the summer, when Warner Bros. teased a surprise short test reel, and put out a rather awesome first teaser poster. After making one of the most memorable feature debuts in recent memory with Monsters*, Gareth Edwards signed on to direct the blockbuster epic last [...]




The First Poster Released for Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla

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Warner Bros. are currently presenting at Comic Con and their first surprise of the evening was to show the 7000 strong crowd in Hall H desperate to see more footage from Pacific Rim. Following that (which we hear is awesome), they surprised everyone by showing the first teaser for Gareth Edwards’ new movie trailer for [...]




First Official Synopsis for Monsters Sequel, Monsters: Dark Continent

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Released back in 2010, Gareth Edwards’ Monsters is one of the finest indie films and one of the finest British films we’ve seen in years. Revolving around a cast of two, and with a film crew made up of four or five, the film took the monster genre in a new direction and made very [...]




Misfits’ Tom Green to Direct Monsters Sequel, Monsters: Dark Continent

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Gareth Edwards’ 2010 indie film, Monsters, was by far one of the best feature debuts in recent memory. The writer-director brought us a fantastic vision of an alien-invaded world in the BAFTA-nominated sci-fi rarely, if ever, seen on screen. Vertigo Films announced last year their intentions to develop a sequel, and word now comes that [...]




Max Borenstein To Write ‘Godzilla’ Remake

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Max Borenstein has been confirmed to write the remake of Godzilla, THR reported this week, which is in development at Legendary Pictures. Borenstein, who just turned in his script for Art of the Steal for Warner Bros and producers Kevin McCormick and Zac Efron, is well acquainted with Legendary after working on the company’s Jimi [...]




Monsters Director Gareth Edwards’ Next Film To Be “A Robot Star Wars”

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When Monsters came out last year, it instantly became one of my favourite British films of all time. To me, writer and director Gareth Edwards made a masterpiece with his feature debut. He then signed on to direct Legendary Pictures’ new Godzilla film earlier this year, with David Goyer (The Dark Knight, Blade) currently rewriting [...]




Vertigo Films Plans Monsters Sequel Without Gareth Edwards Directing

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A little unexpectedly, Vertigo Films has announced that they’re planning to make a sequel to last year’s brilliant film, Monsters, The Playlist reports. However, with Edwards set to direct a new Godzilla film for Legendary Pictures, he won’t be returning as director for the project. Monsters was hands down my favourite independent film of last [...]




Monsters Blu-ray Review

Monsters Blu-ray

There are two stories told on this Blu-ray release of Gareth Edwards’ Monsters. One is the critically acclaimed and highly accomplished sci-fi film depicting a desperate road trip through the dark heart of an alien infested no-man’s land in Central America and the other is the equally desperate process of making the film. Both are [...]




Jameson Empire Awards – Gareth Edwards Interview

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We’ll be posting last night’s interviews that we took from the red carpet at the Jameson Empire Awards today and tomorrow. If you haven’t watched them yet, you can keep track here. This time round we’ve got Gareth Edwards, the man responsible for the phenomenal Monsters, and who will shortly be bringing Godzilla back to [...]




A Night with Monsters at the Jameson Cult Film Club

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I’m late to writing about this particular party, but the recent Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Monsters was a lot of fun, not least because we had the chance to see a wonderful film charm and astonish an audience in equal measure. This event took place a couple of weeks ago at the Royal [...]




London Critics’ Circle Film Awards 2011 – The Winners

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Tonight saw the fall of the 31st Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which was held for the first time at London’s BFI Southbank. Our full report will be online later today with all the red carpet gossip and winner’s reactions. Want to see Danny Boyle advertising Moët, hear about Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO series, or find [...]




Could Godzilla Turn Promising Filmmaker Into a Monster?

One of this past year’s hidden gems was Gareth Edward’s Monsters. Despite the overt nature of the title, the ‘Monsters’ in question only made the briefest of appearances, with the main crux of the story concentrating on the developing relationship between the two protagonists.The sci-fi element of the plot was really more of a backdrop [...]




Gareth Edwards to Direct Godzilla for Legendary Pictures

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Gareth Edwards has signed on to develop and direct Legendary Pictures’ new Godzilla film. Edwards, director of the highly acclaimed low-budget indie sci-fi film Monsters, will work with a new, as-yet-unhired, writer on the script. Warner Bros. will co-produce, co-finance and distribute per its ongoing deal with Legendary Pictures. Legendary Pictures aim to release Godzilla [...]




The King’s Speech and Monsters Triumph at The 2010 BIFAs

Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech took the lion’s share of the awards on offer last night at the 13th British Independent Film Awards, winning the Best British Independent Film, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Cater, who also took home the Richard Harris award [...]




New Monsters Poster Arrives

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We recently brought you these four behind the scenes shots from low-budget alien invasion film “Monsters” which is attracting a lot of buzz, despite no-one really knowing what to expect come release day. It certainly looks intriguing from the glimpses we’ve seen. Now, IMP Awards has a further poster to add to your collection, showing [...]




Four Behind the Scenes Pics from Gareth Edwards’ MONSTERS

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It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Gareth Edwards’ Monsters and how he was able to create such a wonderful monster movie for such a low budget. We saw the film at Edinburgh earlier this year and you can read our review here. With the film hitting theaters on October 29th, Magnet, [...]