Frank Darabont, director of Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, has been brought on for a final rewrite of the Godzilla screenplay, just a few weeks before the Gareth Edwards directed reboot is due to go into production in March.
David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight Rises), Max Borenstein (The Seventh Son), and Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3) have previously worked on the script. While the project has gained another writer, it has also lost two producers, Dan Lin and Roy Lee, who initially secured the rights from the Japanese company Toho. They’re apparently now in a bit of a war with the film’s production company, Legendary, presumably over compensation.
Although bringing Darabont on and losing two producers could be a sign of problems with the production, it’s easily possible these are just normal changes, with Frank asked to do a final polish before production gets underway.
Darabont has been keeping busy with television projects over the last few years, creating The Walking Dead and his new series L.A. Noir. His last work on the silver screen was Stephen King’s The Mist in 2007, which he wrote and directed.
Godzilla is due for release May 16th, 2014. (Source: Deadline)