Board Thread:General Discussions/@comment-1438304-20140408182949/@comment-3367060-20140408225938

Croc117 wrote:

Titanollante wrote:

Croc117 wrote:

Titanollante wrote: Croc is technically right... let's change the characters and Muto, but not the film. Actually the Movie wouldn't be Toho's either. They aren't involved in the actual making of the movie, they only have the distribution rights. It's like Godzilla 1998, Toho now has right's to the creature, but the movie isn't their property. The Legendary Godzilla design will one day be their's barring any unforeseen events, but even that won't be theirs until Legendary loses the right's to the Godzilla Franchise, which hasn't actually happened yet, and technically could possibly not ever happen under several circumstances, 1998 =/= 2014. So, the 2014 film is still going to say Toho there.

I just don't think Toho should be listed equally with Legendary when they are not actually involved in the making of the film, they are just a distribution partner. It's a Legendary pictures Film, not a Toho/Legendary collaboration. If the two Studios worked together to make the movie, then it would be accurate to list it as a "Legendary/ Toho" picture, but as Legendary and Warner Bros. are the only studios actually involved in the production. Godzilla 1998 is only listed a "Tristar Kaju Film" despite the rights to the creature going back to Toho. While the creature because theirs because it was originally "Godzilla", they didn't get the rights to the actual movie which stayed with the original producers of the film. Your points are very, very true, but it's not getting changed.