Is Takashi Yamazaki Directing the Next Godzilla Movie this Spring?

G. H. (Gman)
AdminGodzillaFeb-18-2022 12:23 AMA site calling for extras has recently revealed that Takashi Yamazaki is directing an Untitled, Toho kaiju film this Spring. The call for extras reveals the film will be shot between March-June this year. It also reveals that the scene takes place in the late 1940s--post-war Japan. It's unclear if the setting is for one scene or the entire picture.
Additionally, the call for extras was announced on the Godzilla+ App in Japan. Leading some Japanese fans to wonder if Yamazaki is directing the next Godzilla film.
An avid Godzilla fan, Yamazaki is a two time Japanese Academy Award winning director, having helmed such titles as Always: Sunset on Third Street, Returner and Space Battleship Yamato. Yamazaki gave Godzilla a cameo during a dream sequence in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2. He also directed the footage for the Seibuen Amusement Park's "Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monster Battle Summit". The man is no stranger to Godzilla.
Some fans seem to think it could also be a biography covering the making of the original Godzilla--which would also be wildly cool and different. Of course it could just be an original monster flicks as well.
In any case, I've been screaming at the cosmos for the last 10 years for Takashi Yamazaki to helm a Godzilla film. He was my first guess for the director's chair when Shin Godzilla was announced, but of course I was off. If this is the Godzilla project Toho has been keeping close to the vest for the last year or so, it would explain why Legendary is only doing a TV show and why Yamazaki was chosen to do the Godzilla ride in the first place.
I'm hoping Toho will announce something soon.