19 March 2013 8:54 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Principal photography began March 18 in Vancouver on Warner Bros./Legendary behemoth "Godzilla" with an all-star global cast: Brit Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars alongside Japanese Ken Watanabe, French Juliette Binoche and Americans David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston as well as indie darling Elizabeth Olsen in her first studio production. She's playing Taylor-Johnson's girlfriend, natch. Cranston would play Taylor-Johnson's stepfather. Of course the humans will be dwarfed by their super-size adversary. Gareth Edwards is making the leap from micro-budget "Monsters" to macro-budget juggernaut. Script doctor Frank Darabont did a polish. From the looks of the exclusive footage they shared in Comic-Con's packed Hall H, this is going to be one epic monster movie. Godzilla is of course no stranger to the big screen, having starred in more than 25 films, plus TV shows, books, and video games. The question is whether Legendary will effectively "return the character to its epic roots with »
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