User blog comment:Embow/Gareth Edwards leaves Godzilla 2/@comment-4600455-20160514171759/@comment-25285745-20160514175139

It's never good for a production to lose its director or get delayed after several years have already passed. Legendary should be able to recover from this and make the most of the extra time they have, but it's still not a good sign for the film. Four years was already a long enough wait, this extra nine months isn't good unless Legendary really utilizes it well. Legendary could have just as easily moved the film back a month or so instead if they only wanted to avoid box office competition.

Plus, I actually really enjoyed Edwards' direction for Godzilla, and think that by Godzilla 2 he would have developed as a director enough to really create an excellent engaging film. Plus he was very enthusiastic about Godzilla and would have been very deliberate and careful with ensuring Godzilla 2 pleased fans as well as general audiences,