Editing Godzilla (1954 film) (section)

===American films===
{{Main|Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla (2014 film)}}
In 1998, [[TriStar Pictures]] released a reboot, titled ''Godzilla'', directed by [[Roland Emmerich]].<ref name="Godzilla History">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/godzilla-history-1201172512/|title=60 Years of Godzilla: Highlights From Monster's 29-Film Career|last=Saperstein|first=Pat|work=Variety|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=February 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=June 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621102258/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/godzilla-history-1201172512/}}</ref> Emmerich wanted his ''Godzilla'' to have nothing to do with Toho's ''Godzilla'' but chose to retain key elements from the 1954 film, stating, "We took part of [the original movie's] basic storyline, in that the creature becomes created by radiation and it becomes a big challenge. But that's all we took."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2015/05/31/godzilla-unmade-the-history-of-jan-de-bonts-unproduced-tristar-film-part-4-of-4/|title=Godzilla Unmade: The History of Jan De Bont's Unproduced TriStar Film – Part 4 of 4|last=Aiken|first=Keith|work=SciFi Japan|date=May 31, 2015|access-date=March 8, 2016|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140106/http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2015/05/31/godzilla-unmade-the-history-of-jan-de-bonts-unproduced-tristar-film-part-4-of-4/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, Warner Bros. and [[Legendary Pictures]] released a reboot, also titled ''Godzilla'', directed by [[Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)|Gareth Edwards]].<ref name="Godzilla History"/> Edwards stated that his film was inspired by the 1954 film,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/godzilla-director-the-film-takes-itself-very-seriously-1201130007/|title='Godzilla' Director: The Film Takes Itself Very Seriously|last=Cheney|first=Alexandra|work=Variety|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143830/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/godzilla-director-the-film-takes-itself-very-seriously-1201130007/|url-status=live}}</ref> and attempted to retain some of its themes, stating, "Godzilla is a metaphor for Hiroshima in the original movie. We tried to keep that, and there are a lot of themes from the '54 movie that we've kept."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/godzilla-director-gareth-edwards-explains-the-symbolism-902734240|title=Godzilla director Gareth Edwards explains the symbolism of kaiju|last=Newitz|first=Annalee|work=io9|date=July 25, 2013|access-date=June 9, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024859/http://io9.com/godzilla-director-gareth-edwards-explains-the-symbolism-902734240|url-status=live}}</ref>