Godzilla vs. The Mysterians

godzilla vs the mysterians (地球防衛軍 対ゴジラ,Chikyū Bōeigun tai gojira) is an 1957 unmade kaiju film.

Plot
35 years after the events of The Mysterians, a rogue faction has set up shop under the Nevada Desert, where they plot, creating a new monster.

Elsewhere in Tokyo, a mother picks her son up from a kaiju matinee to take him on a family vacation to the US.

The mysterians then unleash Hira-Jin, a hybrid of gila monster, human, and Moguera (Showa).

History
A sequel to the classic Toho alien invasion flick, THE MYSTERIANS (1957) conceived by music video director Mick Anger right after a viewing of GODZILLA Vs. BIOLLANTE while on tour with Whitney Houston in Japan. While eating dinner with an advertising exec, Anger talked about his love of all things Godzilla, and the executive, knowing some people at Toho got him a tour of the production facilities. While there Mr. Anger met ,and hit it off with SFX director on the G-Films of the Heisei Era, Kochi Kawataka. Mick Anger actually got a chance to pitch an idea inspired by his visit to the studios for a Godzilla film. Unfortunately, after eighteen months of development, and despite having Kawataka in his corner, Godzilla film producer, Tomoyuki Tanaka, wasn't all that wild about having a "gaijin"/foreigner involved in the making of a G-Film. So sadly, the project fell through. The full story of Mick Anger's development, and banishment to development hell of Godzilla Vs. The Mysterians.

The story of GODZILLA Vs. THE MYSTERIANS involved a rogue faction of the aliens from the original 1957 flick, setting up shop under the Nevada Desert. Over the years the Mysterians conducted experiments on the local flora and fauna in their labs to try ,and combat the conundrum of their race's sterility. The results were a menagerie of genetic, and cybernetic abominations that brought them no closer to their goals of correcting their sterility. The mightiest of which, Hira-Jin, part-man, part-Gila Monster, part human. All daikaiju.

The Mysterians hit upon the idea that Godzilla's unique biology might be the key to the answers they seek. So a ship is dispatched to Monster Island to capture the King of the Monsters. The mission is successful, Godzilla is captured ,and brought back to the base. Unfortunately, drawn into the affair are Anguirus and Rodan who track Godzilla to the Mysterians' base in the Nevada desert, which takes them through Las Vegas. The Mysterians unleash Hira-Jin against the kaiju, and large tracks of Vegas end up devastated in the resulting battle.

The full treatment, and story behind this unique, American take can be read.

1990s
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