Godzilla Cast Grows by One

Another actor has joined the cast of Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla, and we have the skinny on who’s gonna be standing tall in the face of carnage caused by a gigantic fire-breathing behemoth.

According to Deadline, Sally Hawkins has nabbed the final lead role in Godzilla, which is filming now in Vancouver, Canada. Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky) will play a scientist alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe, David Strathairn, Brian Cranston, and Juliette Binoche. Gareth Edwards is directing. Frank Darabont and Dave Callaham wrote the script.

A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, Godzilla will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. Legendary Pictures is a division of Legendary Entertainment.

Slated to open on May 16, 2014, the film is expected to be presented in 3D.