The 1998 Godzilla was an atrocity - a hopeless misfire that dragged the mighty Lizard's name through the mud. Now comes news that American studios are to take another stab at Japan's greatest cultural export.

The good news - possibly - is that Monsters director Gareth Edwards is set to handle the film. Monsters was an impressive low budget monster movie, though how Edwards would cope with major studio demands is open to question. The likelihood of Godzilla being played by a man in a suit, battling it out with rival monsters is slim.

The real question is, with so many Godzilla films already out there - including films made in the last decade - do we really need this?