History Trivia / Godzilla2014

* CreatorBacklash: Creator/BryanCranston believed that "it was a mistake" for [[spoiler:his character to die so early]].

** Sony will be rereleasing the Heisei [[note]] ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraBattleForEarth'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'', and ''Film/GodzillaVsDesotroyah'' [[/note]] and Millennium [[note]] ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'', and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[/note]] Godzilla movies they currently own on Blu-Ray double features, featuring 2 discs for each set, both the original Japanese audio and the English dubs. This will be the first time these movies will see a Blu-Ray release, and for at least four movies, this will be the first time the Japanese audio will be available. They will also be rereleasing ''Film/Godzilla1998'' on Blu-Ray. Sony has also planned a release for the remaining Millennium films later in 2014.

** Dean Devlin, the director of the [[Film/Godzilla1998 1998 film]], actually approves the Legendary version of Godzilla, since the TruerToTheText version of the character was given enough praise by fans and critics. It really speaks volumes since he lamented what he did wrong with the character, and shows his approval for this incarnation.

** Sony will be rereleasing the Heisei [[note]] ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'', ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraBattleForEarth'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'', and ''Film/GodzillaVsDesotroyah'' [[/note]] and Millennium [[note]] ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'', and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''[[/note]] Godzilla movies they currently own on Blu-Ray double features, featuring 2 discs for each set, both the original Japanese audio and the English dubs. This will be the first time these movies will see a Blu-Ray release, and for at least four movies, this will be the first time the Japanese audio will be available. They will also be rereleasing ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' on Blu-Ray. Sony has also planned a release for the remaining Millennium films later in 2014.

** Classic Media will be rereleasing the original ''Film/{{Gojira}}'' on a 2-disc DVD set, despite having released it before themselves and Creator/CriterionCollection putting out a superior release on DVD and Blu-Ray.
** Speaking of ''Gojira'', the rereleases aren't limited to simply DVD and Blu-Ray. Rialto Pictures will be rereleasing the original movie ''[[http://www.rialtopictures.com/godzilla.html theatrically]]''.

* MilestoneCelebration: Released 60 years after the original film (though it's 6 months too early to be an ''exact'' anniversary). The months before the movie came out saw a promotional toy fair that featured models of the numerous designs of Godzilla and other monsters over the course of the franchise, along with a limited theatrical run of [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original 1954 film]].

** Surprisingly, Bryan Cranston [[https://youtu.be/p2tA-9HT0-0 is also a big fan of the series]] where he talks about his favorite film (''Very'' surprisingly, it's ''Film/Godzilla1954'') and how he would talk about playing with his Godzilla toys.

* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JulietteBinoche, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/SallyHawkins, Creator/DavidStrathairn, Creator/KenWatanabe, Creator/ElizabethOlsen and Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson were all Creator/GarethEdwards' first choices for their respective roles.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Forbes contributor John Furrier [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2014/01/23/hollywood-is-godzilla-the-john-carter-of-2014/ wrote an article]] predicting that ''Godzilla'' would be the biggest flop of 2014 (and ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' the third biggest flop). Yeah, the $500 million in box office results disagree with that prediction...

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Forbes contributor John Furrier [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/siliconangle/2014/01/23/hollywood-is-godzilla-the-john-carter-of-2014/ wrote an article]] predicting that ''Godzilla'' would be the biggest flop of 2014 (and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' the third biggest flop). Yeah, the $500 million in box office results disagree with that prediction...

* NamesTheSame:
** The Mutos mustn't be mistaken for relatives of VideoGame/DrMuto.
** Joe Brody shares his name with one of the gangsters from ''Literature/TheBigSleep''.
** "Raijin", the name given to the fossilized Godzilla skeleton according to the ''Aftershock'' comic, is also the name of one of the Kaiju in ''Film/PacificRimUprising''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** It was rumored that Creator/GuillermoDelToro was approached by Legendary Pictures to direct, though these rumors have since been debunked. Considering that the man has worked on a [[Film/PacificRim similar project]]... WhatCouldHaveBeen, indeed.
** The project started off in 2004, in the months before the release of ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', as an IMAX 3D short film remake of ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' tentatively called ''Godzilla 3D to the Max'' that even had Yoshimitsu Banno as director at the time. Over the course of 2007-2009, the project eventually morphed into a feature-length film under the aegis of Creator/LegendaryPictures.
** Godzilla was originally planned to be [[HumanPopsicle found preserved in a Siberian glacier]], like in the script for ''Script/Godzilla1994''. This was changed when the film team heard that ''Film/ManOfSteel'' had a very similar scene with the discovery of the Fortress of Solitude, in a case of pre-production DerivativeDifferentiation.
** The trailer with Oppenheimer speaking featured a few scenes of destruction cut and showed a huge, multi-armed roller kaiju, apparently dead. It's not seen in the movie.
** That creature was revealed to be a placeholder. However, [[http://www.godzilla-movies.com/news/introducing-rokmutul-and-pterodactyl-unused-monster-concepts-from-godzilla-2014 these two monsters]] were revealed to have almost been the creatures Godzilla fought. The idea was a multi-limbed creature and a flier, which eventually became the MUTOS.
** The "Art of Destruction" book included concept art of a dogfight between the Male MUTO and some fighter jets.
** It also included an idea of the original script which was that the Male MUTO was presumably killed during the Hawaii fight but was actually cocooning and growing wings.
** The cinematographers originally planned for the scene with Joe Brody's interrogation and outburst at the MONARCH facility to be shot using several elaborate camera angles and cuts. Bryan Cranston did such a good job with the first rehearsal take that they decided to just use that one and scrap their previous plans.
** There were apparently several attempts to [[spoiler: keep Joe Brody alive in the [[http://www.empireonline.com/features/godzilla-secrets-gareth-edwards/p2 script.]] Bryan Cranston himself said that killing him off was a "narrative mistake".]]
** In earlier drafts, Godzilla was to fight a pair of monsters named Rockmutul and Pterodactyl. Not much is known about them, though judging by concept art, they were going to be very obvious expies of Anguirus and Rodan
** Akira Takarada was meant to have a cameo in the film as an airport customs official, but the scene was cut for an unknown reason.
** There were also plans for an extended cut of the film, which seems to have been quietly cancelled.

* MissingTrailerScene: None of the stuff in the initial teaser trailer makes it into the film (not the centipede kaiju, not the city that was demolished, no shots of people climbing on the outsides of ruined building). There's also no speech briefing the soldiers about their HALO jump, and no scene of Godzilla roaring as the shelter doors close on the subway (which is instead replaced with the initial clash between Godzilla and the flying [=MUTO=]. The HALO jump also is given a shot of Godzilla and the winged [=MUTO=] fighting, instead of Godzilla walking around the city. The "Can you kill it?" conversation also never takes place.

* FanNickname:
** "Vishnu" for the giant centipede in the teaser trailer, named after the part of the Oppenheimer quote that plays over its shot in the teaser trailer. A rumor on the internet was that Talaghan was its official name, but this was proven untrue.
** While the Mutos aren't given names in the film, fans refer to the male one as "Hokmuto" (for being discovered in Hokkaido) and refer the female one as "Femuto" (for obvious reasons) based on script rumors.

* AugmentedReality: In order to promote this film at the 2010 Comic-Con, Creator/LegendaryPictures gave out T-shirts showing Godzilla concept art that would have him using his atomic breath when viewed through a special webcam at the Legendary Pictures booth.

* CreatorBacklash: Bryan Cranston believed that "it was a mistake" for [[spoiler:his character to die so early]].

* PreviewPiggybacking: Screenings for the film also included the second trailer for [[Creator/ChristopherNolan Christopher Nolan's]] ''{{Film/Interstellar}}''.

* SavedForTheSequel: Although the [=MUTOs=] are introduced as {{Canon Foreigner}}s rather than updated versions of classic Creator/{{Toho}} monsters in order to give the film a bit more narrative freedom, Gareth Edwards has jokingly stated that he is contacting the casting agents of creatures like Mothra and King Ghidorah so that they can appear in sequels. [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Looks like they took up the parts]].

* SmashToBlack: The first officially-released teaser has two, one right after the first glimpse of Godzilla, another right ''before'' the second glimpse.

* TroperCriticalMass: Thanks to how excited people got after the first official teaser trailer, the movie ended up with over 100 Administrivia/{{wick}}s ''before the second trailer was released''.

** After the early screening for Toho, they greatly loved the film. At the premiere, they showed their appreciation by crying with joy and smiling with happiness, as well as marketing it as a legit Godzilla movie and asking Bandai to get Monster Arts to make toys for it. Both Creator/HaruoNakajima and Kenpachiro Satsuma also greatly enjoyed this film, compared to Satsuma's furious walk-out during the 1998 film. Toho loved it so much, in fact, it even convinced them that the time was right to [[Film/ShinGodzilla start making their own Godzilla films once more]].

** Creator/AkiraTakarada was meant to have a cameo in the film, but the scene was cut for an unknown reason.

* SavedForTheSequel: Although the [=MUTOs=] are introduced as {{Canon Foreigner}}s rather than updated versions of classic Creator/Toho monsters in order to give the film a bit more narrative freedom, Gareth Edwards has jokingly stated that he is contacting the casting agents of creatures like Mothra and King Ghidorah so that they can appear in sequels. [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Looks like they took up the parts]].

* Godzilla (2014) is one of the [[https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-complete-list-of-movies-and-tv-shows-on-the-interna-1782918945 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.]]

* Godzilla (2014) is one of the 533 listed movies and Tv shows on board the International Space Station.

** In earlier drafts, Godzilla was to fight a pair of monsters named Rockmutul and Pterodactyl. Not much is known about them, though judging by concept art, they were going to be very obvious expies of Anguirus and

** In earlier drafts, Godzilla was to fight a pair of monsters named Rockmutul and Pterodactyl. Not much is known about them, though judging by concept art, they were going to be very obvious expies of Anguirus and Rodan.