Anne Hathaway’s not-Godzilla movie avoids lawsuit from actual Godzilla people
Like a frightened citizen of Tokyo who luckily had enough time to look up and point at an approaching kaiju, the Anne Hathaway-starring monster movie Colossal has managed to avoid being sued out of existence by Toho, the company that owns the rights to Godzilla. This legal situation popped up back in May, when Toho found out that director Nacho Vigalondo was pitching Colossal to prospective distributors and investors with actual pictures from Godzilla movies, the line “Tokyo is under attack by Godzilla and a giant robot,” and an especially damning interview in which Vigalondo referred to the film as “the cheapest Godzilla movie ever” and “a serious Godzilla movie.” Apparently, the people who actually make Godzilla movies don’t like it when other people say they’re making Godzilla movies.