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Muto Orin
The MUTOs (acronym for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) are fictional monsters, or ''kaiju'', in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse media franchise. The characters first appeared as the antagonists in ''Godzilla'' (2014), directed by Gareth Edwards. While the term "MUTO" is mainly used to label the two parasitic monsters, it is intended to flag unidentified creatures. Edwards likened the term to UFO for monsters. Edwards noted that it took over a year to create a design intended to be new and different and credited a majority of the design to Matt Allsopp; inspiration was drawn from past American monster films. Critics and journalists have positively received the MUTOs; however, their designs had drawn comparisons with the Cloverfield monster. The characters and their variants had appeared in other media outside of ''Godzilla'' (2014). Overview Name "MUTO" is an acronym for "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism". Director Gareth Edwards stated that "it's basically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MonsterVerse
The Monsterverse (also stylized as MonsterVerse) is an American multimedia franchise and shared universe featuring Godzilla, King Kong, and other characters owned and created by Toho, Toho Co., Ltd. The franchise consists of five films and two television series that have been produced by Legendary Entertainment, Legendary Pictures, with Warner Bros. Pictures co-financing and distributing the films and the TV series being released for streaming on Netflix and Apple TV+. The franchise has received a generally positive critical reception and has grossed $2.525 billion worldwide at the box office. Development Writer Max Borenstein stated that the Monsterverse did not begin as a franchise but as an American reboot of ''Godzilla (2014 film), Godzilla''. Borenstein credits Legendary Entertainment's founder and then CEO Thomas Tull as the one responsible for the Monsterverse, having acquired the rights to Godzilla and negotiated the complicated rights to King Kong. Tull had offered Bore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |