Tokyo is being threatened by yet another giant lizard in the upcoming Colossal, starring Anne Hathaway.

Nacho Vigalondo is both writing and directing the movie, and he’s calling it his most ambitious script so far. He’s previously directed the time traveling movie Timecrimes, the Elijah Wood thriller Open Windows, and the “A is for Apocalypse” segment in The ABCs of Death. He was also nominated for an Oscar for his short film 7:35 de la Mañana back in 2005.

The Hollywood Reporter describes the movie like this:

In the movie — described as Transformers versus Adaptation and Godzilla meets Being John Malkovich; Hathaway will play Gloria, an ordinary woman who, after losing her job and her fiancé, decides to leave her life in New York to move back to her hometown. But when news reports surface that a giant lizard is destroying the city of Tokyo, Gloria gradually comes to realize that she is strangely connected to these far-off events via the power of her mind. In order to prevent further destruction, Gloria needs to determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world.

Not only is it great that this is being described as an artsy kaiju movie from an indie studio, it also shows that studios in the US are more open to giving the greenlight to giant monster movies. Along with the Pacific Rim and Godzilla sequels, this is another one to look forward to.