One of the great surprises at Comic-Con this summer was an unannounced look at director Gareth Edwardsâ reboot of Godzilla. Legendary unveiled a teaser reel of footage that Edwards put together to pitch his vision for the film, and the result was a chilling, grounded, destruction-filled world in which the monstrous beast had wreaked havoc on everything in sight. The overwhelmingly positive response put the project on the fast track, and just a few weeks ago a May 2014 release date was announced.Though the project has three credited screenwritersâDavid Callaham (The Expendables films), David S. Goyer (Batman Begins) and Max Borenstein (The Seventh Son)âword now comes that Legendary has brought in Iron Man 3 scribe Drew Pearce for yet another rewrite. Hit the jump for more.Per Variety, Pearce has been hired to do a four-week polish on the script. Legendary tells the outlet that the rewrite has nothing to do with major problems, but is being done âto age up the characters so that they fit the prototype of the actors they would like to target.â I guess that means weâre in for a tentpole film thatâs not filled with early twentysomethings or teenagers?  This is a rather confusing explanation for the rewrite, but Iâm inclined to trust that Legendary head and Godzilla producer Thomas Tull has only the best intentions for the project.Pearce turned in a supposedly great script for Iron Man 3 and heâs currently working on the script for Sherlock Holmes 3, so at least theyâve got a talented guy onboard. Godzilla has been in development for quite a while, so one would think they got all the major kinks worked out long ago.The story is still under wraps, but Edwards said at Comic-Con that his goal was to take the project seriously, adding, âThereâs nothing sci-fi; itâs very grounded and realistic.â The footage was almost harrowing in the way that Edwards approached the massive destruction left in the wake of the beast, so hopefully weâre in for a truly great monster movie. Godzilla opens on May 16th, 2014.
IRON MAN 3 Scribe Drew Pearce to “Age Up” Characters in GODZILLA with Pre-Casting Rewrite
Drew Pearce to Rewrite GODZILLA. Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce has been hired to rewrite the script for Legendary's Godzilla reboot.