...But Guillermo Del Toro didn't. Back when it was first envisaged, this year's Godzilla rebirth was something else entirely: cult Japanese director Yoshimitsu Banno intended to make an IMAX 3D short called Godzilla 3D to the Max, which was to be a remake of the Godzilla vs. Hedorah story he's adapted in 1971. When the focus changed to a feature, financial difficulties put it in front of Legendary Films, who optioned a different take on the proposal, rebooting the character entirely and started to look for directors. The Mexican director was rumoured to have been approached to direct in 2010 - presumably because of his fondness for monster movies - but denied the conversation had ever happened, before Gareth Edwards was named the director on the back of Monsters. What It Would Have Been Like Bigger and more monstrous: Edwards learned the art of the slow reveal with Monsters, and it played well on Godzilla, but Del Toro is far more about bluntness and impact.