Director Gareth Edwards and the design group reviewed all previous incarnations of Godzilla's design for inspiration. Period.' In February 2014, Legendary debuted the final design of their Godzilla on the cover of Empire. In Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla is given the scientific name 'Titanus Gojira', after the designation for the monsters was changed from 'MUTOs' (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms) to 'Titans.' Design įor Godzilla (2014), producer Thomas Tull was adamant about keeping Godzilla's design consistent with the Toho version, stating, 'We had to make triply sure we got it right. The first it was very important for me to call him Gojira, and I explained that his name was the really correct version I needed to say.' In the 2014 video game Godzilla, he is labeled as 'Hollywood Godzilla' to distinguish him from other iterations present in the game. Watanabe argued with the producer to have his character refer to Godzilla by his Japanese name, stating, 'the important thing is where the icon comes from. Godzilla is referred to by Ishirō Serizawa, played by Ken Watanabe, as 'Gojira' (ゴジラ) though later on he would be referred to by other characters as 'Godzilla'. It is the third incarnation of Godzilla to be created by an American studio, after Hanna-Barbera's 1978 animated series Godzilla and TriStar Pictures' 1998 film Godzilla, and overall the tenth onscreen incarnation of the iconic character. The character was initially designed by Matt Allsopp, modeled after the Toho version. This incarnation of Godzilla is depicted as the sole survivor of a prehistoric superspecies, theorized by Ishirō Serizawa, acting as a force of nature that maintains balance. The character first appeared in Godzilla (2014), directed by Gareth Edwards. Godzilla ( Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira, / ɡ ɒ d ˈ z ɪ l ə/ ⓘ) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse media franchise and based on Toho Co., Ltd.'s character of the same name. Godzilla's 2014 design revealed via Empire

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