Heritage

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Heritage
The poster for Heritage
Directed by Greg Graves
Producer Greg Graves, Tim Ryan,
Cindy Tyler, Cory Clyde
Written by Marissa Lehto, Val Roder, Tim Schiefer (screenplay)
Tim Schiefer, Greg Graves (story)
Music by Stewart Dugdale
Budget $25,000
Running time 20 minutes
(approximate)

Heritage is a crowdfunded Godzilla fan film produced by Perception Entertainment, Vintage Reel Productions, and Luna Digital Ltd. Originally titled Godzilla: Heritage and planned as a feature-length film, the project was threatened with legal action by Toho on the grounds of likelihood of confusion. A version of the film running approximately 20 minutes will be released online to its Kickstarter backers at an unknown date.[1]

Description

Since Godzilla's first attack in 1954, mankind has been under constant threat from gigantic creatures known as "Superfauna" - animals mutated by the coming of the nuclear age and man's abuse of the atom's destructive power. Humanity was united against a common foe and for almost 60 years, worked collectively to study and combat the creatures as millions died, cities crumbled and the world's economy continued to collapse. Now, the world seems to finally be bringing the threat under control. Jack Martin is a correspondent for United World News and the grandson of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Steve Martin, whose riveting coverage of the 1954 raid on Tokyo made him a legend. With his grandfather's shadow always overhead, Jack has spent his career attempting to forge his own legacy, showing great promise as a journalist before spiraling into depression. In the process, he has severely damaged both his reputation and his marriage to family friend, Kaori Ogata. Before leaving the agency, Jack decides to travel to a small pacific island with his life-long friend Mitch Lawrence, who now runs UWN's old newspaper division. While the two wait to attend a ground-breaking ceremony for a new building, Godzilla suddenly reappears after nearly 30 years of absence...and he hasn't returned alone. With the King of the Monsters' threat looming, Jack must decide whether to flee or finally embrace his heritage and report the attack as it happens - risking not only his life, but the lives of his best friend and his wife.[2]

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Greg Graves
  • Executive producing by   Tim Ryan, Cindy Tyler, Cory Clyde
  • Produced by   Greg Graves
  • Music by   Stewart Dugdale
  • Cinematography by   Kyle Gilmore
  • Edited by   Kyle Gilmore
  • Screenplay by   Marissa Lehto, Val Roder, Tim Schiefer
  • Story by   Tim Schiefer, Greg Graves
  • Visual Effects by   Luna Digital, Christopher Bloomer
  • Visual Effects Supervisor   Aaron Powell
  • Makeup by   Rashaad Santiago, Cindy Tyler
  • Concept Art by   Elden Ardiente, Joe Lucchese

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Chris Barbis   as   Jack Martin
  • Azumi Tsutsui   as   Kaori Martin
  • Tim Ryan   as   Edward "Ed" Burke
  • Misty Lynn Macey   as   Marissa
  • Tim Schiefer   as   Mitch Lawrence
  • Colton Mangon   as   Gavin Manning
  • Tyler Graves   as   Christian Shaw

Development and Production

The idea for Godzilla: Heritage was originally conceived by Greg Graves in 2009, the same year the film's Facebook page was created. The page did not publish a post until 2013, coinciding with promotion of the film at G-Fest XX. Rashaad Santiago, winner of the sixth season of the SyFy game show Face Off, was announced as the film's creature artist in November 2013. The completed Godzilla suit was revealed at Denver Comic Con in June 2014, followed by the launch of a Kickstarter several days later with a $25,000 goal. It was unsuccessful, ending on July 17, 2014, with $16,025 raised.[3] Phase One of a second Kickstarter campaign began the next day with a $10,000 goal, concluding with $19,554 in funds.[4]

In November 2014, Rashaad Santiago was "relieved... of his duties on the film" and replaced with Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge contestant Chaz Vance.[5] The first preview was released on May 16, 2015, a week before Phase Two of the Kickstarter campaign launched and the teaser trailer was released. The Kickstarter was unsuccessful, raising $19,430 out of a $40,000 goal. Funds provided by executive producer Tim Ryan allowed the film to continue, and shooting for a ten-minute preview took place in mid-September. In March 2016, Graves announced that the preview would not contain any practical creature effects, with Rainfall Films providing CG animation instead. Rainfall was later replaced by Luna Digital.

A second teaser trailer was released in September. Toho contacted the filmmakers shortly thereafter, with the resulting arrangement ruling out a planned third Kickstarter.

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References

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