May Prelude: ‘Godzilla’

Producers: Jon Jashni (“Pacific Rim”), Mary Parent (“Role Models”, “Pacific Rim”, “Noah”), Brian Rogers, Thomas Tull (“42”, “Pacific Rim”, “300: Rise of an Empire”)

Director: Gareth Edwards (“Monsters”)

Screenwriter(s): Max Borenstein, Dave Callaham (story)

Cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey (“Atonement”, “The Soloist”, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”, Anna Karenina”, “The Avengers”)

Composer: Alexandre Desplat (“Moonrise Kingdom”, “Argo”, “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Philomena”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”)

Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe, David Strathairn

Clips:

Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) tries to convince a master sergeant that he can be an asset to their team in order to board a train to help his family trapped in the city.

A great monster attacks the California coast and military personnel scramble to try to contain the beast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKiOw-iABpk

Interviews:

Gareth Edwards explains to The Verge why monster movies matter, designing the monster, and making ‘Godzilla’ relevant.

Bryan Cranston Interview with “What Would Walter White Do?” and adding a few details to his character.

Review: ‘Godzilla’: Where the Monsters are more interesting than the Humans fighting them