'Godzilla' starts shooting in Vancouver; scheduled to open in May 2014 Elizabeth Olsen arrives for the IFP's 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on November 28, 2011. BURBANK, Calif., March 19 (UPI) -- Principal photography on "Godzilla" has begun in Vancouver, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced. Set to open May 16, 2014, the 3-D film will star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn and Bryan Cranston. Gareth Edwards is directing the monster movie from a screenplay by Max Borenstein, Frank Darabont and Dave Callaham.