‘Godzilla Minus One’ opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st 2023.
Preview:
- Toho Studios has announced a new ‘Godzilla’ movie.
- It follows in the huge footsteps of ‘Godzilla Minus One.’
- Writer/director Takashi Yamazaki will return to craft the latest film.
Monsterverse? Schmonsterverse.
While Warner Bros. and Legendary might be cooking up new ways for the gigantic likes of Godzilla and Kong to battle other beasties (or each other), the studios have seen diminishing returns on their linked series of movies.
Toho Studios, meanwhile, birthplace of at least the big G (plus a host of other Kaiju) are looking to capitalize on the mammoth success of 2023’s ‘Godzilla Minus One.’
That movie, which was written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, was lauded for its special effects (including with the Visual Effects Oscar) in portraying the monster and its rampant destruction on a low budget of around $15 million.
It went on to make $116 million worldwide and became the highest-grossing Japanese Godzilla film, plus the second-highest grossing foreign language movie in the U.S.
Now, via an announcement on Twitter, Toho has revealed that Yamazaki will be back to oversee the next movie.
EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT pic.twitter.com/YhfztQgu0Z
— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) November 1, 2024
What was the story of ‘Godzilla Minus One’?
‘Godzilla Minus One’ opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st.
The human focus of the story was Ryunosuke Kamiki’s Kōichi Shikishima, a former kamikaze pilot who survives an almost fatal encounter with Godzilla and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. When the massive beast reappears years later, a group of soldiers and veterans must band together to defeat the monster before it can destroy Japan.
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What will happen in the next movie?
‘Godzilla Minus One’ opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st.
It’s unclear if the new movie is a direct sequel to ‘Godzilla Minus One;’ however, the film did end on a cliffhanger for the rampaging lizard.
After Godzilla is defeated, it’s revealed that a piece of the monster’s flesh is regenerating in the bottom of the ocean.
There’s also the issue of Shikishima’s girlfriend, Noriko Ōishi (Minami Hamabe), who survived a run-in with Godzilla but is left with a mysterious black marking on her neck.
Whatever the story, we can surely expect more big lizard action. And it makes sense that the announcement was made just before Godzilla Day 2024 (November 3rd in case you want to mark it in your diary for the future), which this year celebrates 70 years of the titular beast. And he doesn’t look a day over 65!
When will the new ‘Godzilla’ movie stomp into theaters?
There is no information yet on when the new movie might arrive in US theaters. Toho Studios didn’t mention when the movie might start shooting, so we’re not going to even guess at a release date just yet.
‘Godzilla Minus One’ opens in U.S. theaters on December 1st.