David S. Goyer Discusses Working On Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA Reboot

Writer-director David Goyer (Blade, Man Of Steel) comments on "script doctoring" the next Godzilla movie, saying that he jumped at the chance to work on the reboot but his busy schedule kept him from being too heavily involved.

By PaulRom - Apr 04, 2013 01:04 PM EST

Filed Under: Sci-Fi

Speaking with Collider, writer-director David S. Goyer talks about his work on Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' Godzilla reboot. The screenwriter (known for working on comic book movies such as Blade, The Dark Knight Trilogy and this summer's Man Of Steel) was one of several scribes who worked on the monster film's script, including Frank Darabont and David Callaham. Goyer says that he didn't work on the project too heavily, and despite jumping at the chance to be involved, his busy schedule only allowed him to do 3-4 weeks of script doctoring. "[I was involved with Godzilla] a little bit. I mean I did three or four weeks of work on Godzilla, it wasn’t a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is ‘script doctoring,’ is what I did on it.

"I did jump at the chance [to do it] but one of the reasons why I only did three weeks was because I was very busy. The good news/bad news about where I’m at in my career now is I get offered a lot of cool things and I can’t always work on them because my dance card’s often full. I’ve definitely had to — there’ve been some ones that have gotten away that I wish I could’ve worked on." To see what Goyer had to say about balancing Starz's Da Vinci's Demons and writing/directing a remake of The Count Of Monte Cristo, click the source link below.

Godzilla stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. The film is set to hit theaters May 16th, 2014.

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17 Comments

PaulRom - 4/4/2013, 1:48 PM

@Jollem: Wow, that's awesome. Thanks for sharing.

exe - 4/4/2013, 2:06 PM

RIP Roger Ebert. Your TDK trilogy reviews is much appreciated.

AlexDeLarge87 - 4/4/2013, 2:09 PM

Jollem@ Those are pretty awesome

OrgasmicPotatoe - 4/4/2013, 2:25 PM

I WANT THAT WOLVERINE ART ON MY DRUM. SO BAD.

ThatOneDude - 4/4/2013, 2:59 PM

Just found out about Ebert...

Damn the only critic I actually paid attention to :(

RIP Mr. Ebert

StrangerX - 4/4/2013, 3:22 PM

I like the way Goyer writes. He's got a knack to write for fans. Some may not like him, but. He's been involved with a lot of the cbms over the past decade. Some good some bad, but has def got talent

beane2099 - 4/4/2013, 3:25 PM

With Goyer and Darabount rewrites I'm feeling good about the movie we're going to get.

And I wholeheartedly disagree on the Cloverfield approach for Godzill. The real world camera thing worked for that movie, but it's not right for Godzilla.

TheSuperguy - 4/4/2013, 5:05 PM

I'm really glad they're bringing Godzilla back. It's been too long, it's good to have the King of the Monsters back on the screen.

Optimus83 - 4/4/2013, 5:23 PM

Batman cameo in Godzilla Reboot???. ...or Man of Steel???

loki668 - 4/4/2013, 11:13 PM

@Gusto

I actually did laugh out loud at that picture. Unfortunately, I'm at work. Nice one!

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David S. Goyer Discusses Working On Legendary Pictures' GODZILLA Reboot

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