Toho announced that Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki will return to helm a new Godzilla film.
Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One (2023), Toho
In a post to the company’s official Godzilla account on X, it revealed that Yamazaki will return to not only helm the film, but he is also writing it and producing the visual effects.
EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT pic.twitter.com/YhfztQgu0Z
— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) November 1, 2024
In another video, Yamazaki stated, “I’ll be directing the new Godzilla film. Please stay tuned.”
Production of a new Godzilla film by writer, director, and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki @nostoro has been greenlit. pic.twitter.com/uQmNo60e47
— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) November 1, 2024
No details were shared about what Yamazaki has planned for this movie or if it will be a sequel to Godzilla Minus One.
Back in January, Yamazaki did indicate that if he were to do another Godzilla movie he wanted it to be a sequel to Godzilla Minus One. He also shared that the next movie will also likely feature an enemy monster.
As translated by Google, he told Japanese website Hjweb, “If I were to direct the next movie, I would like to do a sequel to this one, but since there have been two standalone Godzilla movies in a row, I think the next movie will probably have to include an enemy monster.”
Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One (2023), Toho
As for what that monster might be, Yamazaki provided more color during a New York Comic-Con appearance. at the Godzilla vs NYCC: 70 Years of the King of the Monsters panel. As reported by Kaiju United, during the Q&A session he was asked, “If you can remake or see any previous Godzilla movie be remade, which would it be and why?”
He responded, “Godzilla vs. Hedorah. I think that for its time, Hedorah was a very cutting-edge kaiju, and thinking about the type of visual expression we can do with technology and how far it’s come today – I’m imagining how it would move, and I think that would be a really cool remake.”
Godzilla Minus One was a huge hit at the box office. The film reportedly had a budget less than $15 million and has nearly grossed $100 million worldwide.
The-Numbers reports the film has grossed $56.4 million in North American theaters and another $47.9 million internationally for a global gross of $104.3 million.
Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One (2023), Toho
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The film is the largest grossing live-action Japanese film to hit North American theaters of all time. It easily crushed the previous record holder of The Adventures of Milo & Otis, which grossed $14.1 million when it was released in 1989 and then re-released in 1990.
In fact, it took less than a week to seize the record. After an opening weekend of $11.4 million in the beginning of December, it topped $14.3 million on its first Tuesday.
The film currently sits as the second highest grossing Japanese film in North America of all time behind Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, which grossed $49.8 million in North America. It grossed another $457.2 million internationally for a global gross of $507.1 million.
Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One (2023), Toho
Those box office grosses are likely to increase as Toho is rereleasing the film into theaters today.
Godzilla Minus One returns to theatres this Friday, featuring in-theater exclusive VFX behind the scenes and Q&A with Academy Award winners Takashi Yamazaki and Kiyoko Shibuya. 🎟: https://t.co/13SodXkOJO pic.twitter.com/bEgVqFiM4r
— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) October 29, 2024
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