The concept
for this film came from a story contest Toho held
in 1986, which was to decide on the narrative for
the next installment in the Heisei Godzilla series.
Jim Bannon (sometimes credited as James) was an
American who had entered his draft into the contest
and was noted for his Godzilla 2 script,
which had Godzilla facing off against a giant computer
in a futuristic world. However, Bannon had to settle
for runner up, as ultimatly Shinichiro Kobayashi's
early draft for Godzilla
vs. Biollante (1989) was selected, which
at the time was called Godzilla
2: Godzilla vs. Biollante.
Toho
didn't scrap Bannon's second place entry, though, but instead
had Masato Harada heavily rework the idea. First order was removing
Godzilla and other elements from the film until
they were left with the final product: Gunhed
(1989).
Note: It's unknown what the machines Godzilla
would do battle with would look like. Pictured above
is the Aerobot from Gunhed
(1989).
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