A sequel to GODZILLA 2000, produced in America with traditional special effects by Toho`s FX artists, was pitched to Sony Pictures in 2001. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment. © 2000 Toho Co., Ltd.
An Interview with Michael Schlesinger on His Unmade Project, GODZILLA REBORN Author: Steve Ryfle Special Thanks to Dan Ross and Garry Hayes A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE Legendary’s GODZILLA is just the latest in a series of attempts to adapt the Japanese monster in Hollywood’s image dating back to the 1980s. Most of these projects are well documented: Steve Miner’s proposed stop-motion film, the aborted Jan DeBont project, Yoshimitsu Banno’s proposal for Japanese-American IMAX 3-D co-production, and a sequel to TriStar’s 1998 film, directed by Roland Emmerich, that was to be set in Australia. A little known fact, however, is that an American-made sequel to the Japan-made GODZILLA 2000 MILLENNIUM was briefly floated -- a low-budget (by Hollywood standards) project with man-in-suit effects to be produced by Toho technicians. GODZILLA REBORN was the brainchild of one Michael Schlesinger, who is
