Film's Biggest Star Finally Gets Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame!

Movie monster Godzilla to join stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

Canadian Press

October 20, 2004

TOKYO (AP) - Godzilla, the fire-breathing movie monster born in a nuclear accident, is joining Hollywood royalty with a star on the Walk of Fame.

A ceremony will honour the giant lizard in front of Hollywood Boulevard's famed Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Nov. 29, the world premiere of Godzilla Final Wars, Toho Pictures Inc. president Shogo Tomiyama said Wednesday. The movie, the 28th in the series, will mark 50 years since the genetically altered dinosaur emerged from the sea.

Featuring a showdown with 10 monsters, old and new, bashing through tiny sets of Paris, New York, Shanghai and Sydney, it will be the last time Godzilla - played by an actor in a rubber suit - stomps through miniaturized sets before retiring.

"This movie will surprise and delight everyone, from longtime fans to first-time viewers," Tomiyama told a news conference.

Known in Japan as "Gojira," from a combination of the words for gorilla and whale, the monster first appeared in director Ishiro Honda's 1954 black-and-white classic.

It was roused from its undersea lair by a hydrogen bomb test - a story line that reflected fears of a nuclear holocaust after the United States tested an H-bomb at Bikini atoll in the early 1950s.

The actor in the rubber suit will be on hand for next month's ceremony, Tomiyama said.

 

I saw this report the other day and was Thrilled. Bout time Big G got his credit.

They should make a life size foot print in front of the chinese theater. that would rock...although it's a law suit waiting to happen.

I got my three year old hooked on Big G this year (the boy loves Star Wars and Godzilla...Daddy's raising him right)

 

Does King Kong have a star, I wonder? If he doesn't - he should.



Mace Windy,
be windy - vote Kerry!

 

There should definately be a man in a suit present during the ceremony. It would only be right.

 

No, THE man in the suit. If I recall, it's been the same man since the original Gozilla film.

-P!-

 

Wouldn't he be very old then?



Mace Windy,
be windy - vote Kerry!

 

Yes, yes he is very old.

-P!-

 

Get him on an exercise regime, quick! I want to be seeing some quality rampaging!

 

No, THE man in the suit. If I recall, it's been the same man since the original Gozilla film.

I don't know about it being the same guy.

 

Wait....Godzilla is a guy in a suit? I thought he was real!

 

Can't you get a star if you just pay enough money? Yet another reason why being rich would be so cool.

Amazing.

 

You can also get a star if, when nobody's looking, you sneak up and cut out an existing star and put your own home made star in it's place. Hopefully, nobody would notice the change.

 

A list of monsters in Godzilla Final Wars:

Godzilla
Monster X
Gigan
Mothra
Angilas
King Seesar
Rodan
Ebirah
Hedorah
Manda
Kumonga
Kamacura
Manilla

And another Godzilla villain will also be in GFW also.

 

Damn, I thought they were gonna give one to Jim "Ernest" Varney.

May he rest in peace.

Ack!

 

I was hoping for Carrot Top!

 

that is so cool!!! Way to go godzilla!

 

mm...Godzilla gets his own star but George Lucas still doesn't? errr..what's wrong with that picture?

On a side note Big Bird has his own star, it's right next to Christopher Reeve's star.

 

Lucas's time will come.

 

Man, it was bad enough when Al Michaels got his own, but now Godzilla? Who's next? Donald Trump because of his amazing cameo in "The Little Rascals"?

 

I grew up on Godzilla films, so I can't really complain.

 

I think even Jason Vorhees has his own star. Since when have we started giving stars to fictious people?

I think Darth Vader should get a star!

 

Pshhh... Godzilla's not the biggest...


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^ Didn't that guy die?

 

Nah, he's still alive> I think he had open heart surgery, though.

 

Only two days remain before Godzilla gets his own star.