Shortly after director Jan de Bont left production in 1994, writer Don MacPherson was signed to cut the budget to $80 million dollars, inspired by Il bacio della pantera (1942) with shadows and lighting to tell the story instead of CGI. (which would of been too costly to use for the previous draft). In May of 1995, MacPherson sent it to Sony who were inspired by it. David Fincher made a pitch to direct and wanted to set the film in Chicago. The story was the same, using The Gryphon but had some changes with the ending, such as; Godzilla placing the Gryphon's head on The Brooklyn Bridge changed to Godzilla spiking the Gryphon's head on the Statue of Liberty's torch. However, Fincher was considered a big risk after the disappointments of Alien³ (1992) considering this was months before Seven (1995) was released.

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