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Guyvantic

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After seeing Pacific Rim in the theaters 4 times and its DVD release only 6 days away and after seeing the leaked Godzilla trailer, I was thinking with Godzilla coming out next year and the director hinting to a DAM (Destroy All Monsters) like sequel, he plans on either creating some newer kaiju for the sequel or purchasing the rights to already established Toho kaiju. I also heard from some co-workers and read on some sites that a "possible" Gamera-3D was in the works and started thinking, "wouldnt it be great if Legendary bought the rights to Gamera and his enemies?" Just think of it. If Legendary had Gamera's rights through crafty negotiations we may finally get the movie we so deserve to see. Godzilla X Gamera. Before you shoot this down just think, "Why havent we had a GXG? Because regardless of which company did the movie they would have their monster win which would be bias. Where as say if Legendary bought the rights, made a Gamera movie, made a sequel, just like they ared doing with Godzilla, what better sequel to do would be a crossover! The people at legendary would be unbiased as to who would win and have a knock-out drag out fight between Godzilla and Gamera. Think of how epic that would be! Think of how much revenue and ratings that movie, if done correctly(!) would rake in around the entire world among us kaiju fans. Afterall it would seem right to do so, because it feels to me that Legendary is becoming the next major producer in kaiju movies. That is in my own opinion.
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Legendary's involvement with kaiju movies will be interestingly determined when it gets officially partnered up with Universal (they do a lot of monster and creature flicks so its a sure poss). However, its been Warner bros. co-financing and handling pacific rim and Godzilla with legendary and I'm not sure who is holding sway with Toho.
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Or who PRim or Godzilla actually belong to in reality. My guess is probably Warner Bros.
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I don't see legendary trying to get rights for Gamera. While the popularity of these monsters may be somewhat close in Japan(I'm sure Godzilla hold a big lead though) in the US it's a landslide. Godzilla's had theatrical releases in the past in the US, a star on the hollywood sidewalk, and many references in pop culture. I'm not sure if any Gamera movies were released theatrically in the US, and he would just seem like a poor man's godzilla to most people if they came out with the movie any time close to this 1. While it would be cool to finally see that fight most of us have been waiting for ever since we learned about both monsters it won't ever happen, especially by a US company. The idea that godzilla is supposed to be realistic(I'm using this term loosely) would be even more ridiculous for Gamera who has either been a friend to children, or an atlantis guardian as a backstories in all the movies I'm aware of except the original and is basically a firebreathing, flying, giant turtle. That doesn't really sound like something you could bring into realism, or at least do it very well. That and Godzilla would win the fight no matter what country the movie is made in because it will be based on popularity and I doubt Gamera's company would let that happen.
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KaijuChris, Godzilla's rights belong to Legendary. During Legendary and Warner Bros. break up, Warner Bros. kept the rights to Pacific Rim, and all the super hero movies, but Legendary kept Godzilla. Also, the reason why we haven't seen a Godzilla x Gamera movie is because TOHO told Daiei, after Daiei had asked if Toho wanted to make a Godzilla x Gamera movie, that "Your monster will never be in the same movie as our monster." or something very similar.

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