Joe Brody archive footage?

No, Ford wont be in the sequel.

Having serizawa dig through his reaserch migth be a good plot point, maybe he unwillingly and unknowingly found the existence of say King Ghidorah

Nice ideas.

I thought from the beginning that giving Joe a bit of archive footage in Godzilla 2 might not be a bad idea. Bryan Cranston gave a great performance as Joe Brody, and he expressed great enthusiasm for the project. A lot of complaints directed at the movie revolved around Cranston's lack of screentime despite how interesting his character was and how well Cranston acted. I can see Cranston being willing to at least make a cameo in 2, and I'm sure a lot of fans would enjoy to see him in just a few more scenes, even if these are flashbacks and/or archive footage.

Well, we can all agree that it isn't a bad idea. The question then is this:

What kind of "old footage" of Dr. Brody can we possibly expect and/or want? We have to remember that he wasn't in the loop of secrecy until the incident at Janjira. So, that probably rules out any sort of "secret organization he's a part of that has lotsa secrets". So, that doesn't leave room for much else.

I think that possibly footage of him studying the evidence of kaiju or contacting other scientists about them might be feasible. We know for a fact that he was at least somewhat aware of Godzilla because there is an article on his wall that mentions a cover-up in the Pacific in 1954. Nothing that could be introduced in archive footage of Joe would be particularly ground-breaking, but it might provide some small exposition and give fans just a little bit more Bryan Cranston.