Just before the Godzilla Day weekend, Toho has dropped an "emergency announcement" green lighting the next Godzilla film! Details are scarce, but Takashi Yamazaki, director of the award winning Godzilla Minus One, will return to direct, write and supervise the special effects! Check out the announcement video below:
As if that wasn't enough, Yamazaki stated himself he would be returning to the franchise and to be on the lookout for future announcements!
Godzilla Minus One has set many box office records and won over 30 awards worldwide, including Best Picture at the Japanese Academy Awards and Best Visual Effects at the Oscars.
Set in a post-war Japan, Godzilla Minus One will once again show us a Godzilla that is a terrifying and overwhelming force. Japan, which had already been devastated by the war, faces a new threat with Godzilla, bringing the country from nothing (zero) into the ‘minus.’
Godzilla Minus One is directed by Takashi Yamazaki. An award winning filmmaker and avid Godzilla fan, his work on Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) earned him two Japanese Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenwriter. He was honored with another Best Director and Best Screenplay nomination for the sequel, Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007). In 2016, he won the Best Director category again for The Eternal Zero. Yamazaki also helmed highly acclaimed actioners, Returner, Space Battleship Yamato and many others.
He gave Godzilla a cameo during an opening dream sequence in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2. In 2021 he returned to Godzilla and directed footage for Seibuen Amusement Park's Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monster Battle Summit.
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Toho Announces New Godzilla Movie from Minus One Director!
