Daikaiju Cinematic Universe

The Daikaiju Cinematic Universe was a series of Godzilla fan films and a Kaiju fan fiction directed and produced by Stephen Stelmach Jr. and produced by Monster Pictures Studios. It consists of six Godzilla fan films all taking place within the same universe as a continuous storyline, consisting of prominent human characters; supernatural characters; and alien charcaters continuing the story (Ivan Nguyen, Vanessa Hattori, Josh Nguyen, Toshiya Kai, General Hakate, Set: God of Chaos, etc.); two fictional cities (Townsville, CA and Hill Valley, CA); and five different Kaiju film properties of Godzilla, Gamera, Pacific Rim, Cloverfield, and Ultraman all blended together. "Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster" is the first installment in the Daikaiju Cinematic Universe. Due to legal concerns of a failed Godzilla fan film back in 2017, discovered by Stephen Jr. in September 2021, the seven-part film series was ultimately cancelled and all of the films are now repurposed into the first film, Ultra vs Clotra due to Toho's legal guidlines for making a Godzilla fan film.

It took place primarily between 2018 and 2028, starting with Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster and ending with Godzilla: Rise for Destruction. Each Godzilla fan film has a "post-credits scene" that will continue the characters in the Daikaiju Cinematic Universe. The term "Daikaiju" literally means "giant monster" in the Japanese language.

Concept of "Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster"
The Daikaiju Cinematic Universe started with when Stephen Jr. and his best friend Pico began the conceptual storyline for Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster on May 18, 2018; when Stephen and Pico were in a film production class at Pierce College on that day. After the film class; they began to conceptualize a "War of the Worlds-esque" science fiction alien film that would take place in Van Nuys, Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley which is Stephen Jr's hometown; and had Keelee O' Berry to be the co-screenwriter of the film, but a couple of hours later after Stephen Jr got home from school; Pico called him on Stephen Jr.'s cell phone and said to him that "we should make a giant monster movie instead of an alien movie, because it's much easier to make". Stephen Jr agreed on the idea and Pico suggested that Ultraman/ Toshiya Kai should be the main hero protagonist of the giant monster film and the Cloverfield Monster should be the antagonist monster of the film, Stephen Jr has also agreed on the idea as well. Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster was officially greenlighted pre-production on May 18, 2018. On the weekend of May 19th to 20th 2018; Stephen Jr., Pico, and Keelee began writing the screenplay for Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster up until that Sunday evening of May 20th, the screenplay was completed. Keelee O' Berry came up with the General Hakate character (only mentioned in the film) and now later played by Dan Luong in the later films of the Daikaiju Cinematic Universe, starting with Godzilla vs Baragon, however, the General Hakate character is now prominently added to Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster when the remake is greenlighted on November 2020. For the Toshiya Kai character, Stephen Jr came up with the first name Toshiya, while Pico came up with the last name Kai for that main character. However in the later films, Pico did not want to reprise his role as Toshiya Kai in the second film Godzilla vs Baragon, but Stephen Jr. then figured that Pico has poor acting skills; so Stephen Jr then casted the first actor Keanu Gonzales as Toshiya Kai, but dropped out and replaced by Lucas Lyu, now playing as Toshiya Kai.

By May 21, 2018; Stephen Jr. and Pico Rualo began casting for the film, was underway at Pierce College, but there were failed attempts on getting two actors and an actress to play the Ashley Fujioka character, the George Hartley character, and the news helicopter reporter character. Stephen Jr. and Pico were struggling to find actors to play the supporting characters until the next day on Wednesday May 23nd after Stephen Jr. officially passed his GED, he finally found two actors from West Valley Occupational Center's film production class; Joseph Estrada and Alexandra Klivans; and they both accepted the roles of George Hartley and Ashley Fujioka, the second and third characters of the Daikaiju Cinematic Universe. Filming also officially began on the same day, starting with the news reporting scene, background plates of the city at the top level of the parking structure at a Target department store in Van Nuys and a couple of miniature scenes in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. On that same day, they also tried to get permission to film inside the Wendy's fast food restaurant or the Fatburger fast food restaurant in Van Nuys, suggested in the screenplay; but they were turned down and denied permission filming there, due to trademarked logos and legal challenges.

The next day on May 23, 2018; Stephen Jr. and Pico Rualo began the second day of filming for Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster, with the filming of city footage and the scenes of Toshiya & Ashley.

Concept of "Gamera, King Kong, Cloverfield Monster: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack"
Conceptualization of GKC: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack started when Stephen Jr's Godzilla fan film, "Godzilla Attacks Townsville" was not doing very well in the first-half of 2018. By October 2018 after he finished acting in a student-made Doritos commercial with the class, Stephen Jr conceptualized a "sound design film" for the film class at West Valley Occupational Center titled: "The Unexpected Terror". That film consisted of a thriller film and a giant monster film combined, but only a few live-action scenes were filmed, which is the interior cafeteria scenes. That film wasn't doing very good production-wise, so Stephen Jr. had to do yet another kaiju film titled "King Kong Attacks Townsville". Only two live-action scenes were filmed for that project, which was a panic scene which turned out very successfully; but there wasn't enough character development in that film, so he had to take a break from the idea by creating the theatrical trailer for his original film Ultraman vs Cloverfield Monster instead of the sound design project for the class until he is finished with the second level of the film class.

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Films in the Daikaiju Cinematic Universe
This is a list of films in the DKCU.

Synopsis
The Daikaiju Cinematic Universe consists of a "single universe and timeline" that blends the giant monster film franchises (Godzilla, Gamera, Pacific Rim, Ultraman, and Cloverfield) and real-world historical events together into one single universe combined. The film series also ties together with existing giant monster films: ("King Kong 1933"; "Godzilla 1954"; "Rodan 1956"; "Mothra 1961"; "War of the Gargantuas"; "Godzilla 1998"; and "Cloverfield"); and ties together with real world historical events: (Sinking of the Titanic; World War I; World War II; 1994 Northridge Earthquake; 9/11 Terrorist Attacks; 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake; and the COVID-19 Pandemic). The cinematic universe has two alien races: the "Xiliens and Zygons"; one domestic militant terrorist group: "Ravagawars"; one fictional city: Townsville, California; two benevolent supernatural beings: "Set: Egyptian God of Chaos, and the Greek Goddess"; two fictional worlds; and two malevolent supernatural beings: "Nox the Fire Demon and DAMG director McKesson Kauffman". In the Daikaiju Cinematic Universe, the result of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic was perpetrated by the Xiliens, an extraterrestrial alien race that has a huge predominate hate towards the human race on planet Earth by their own planet's giant monsters and their spacecraft. The Ravagawar militants have collaborated with the Xiliens to form their own giant monster Corovira from the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.