Toho has formally revealed the title of its subsequent “Godzilla” characteristic: “Godzilla -0.0” (Godzilla Minus Zero). The announcement was made on the annual Godzilla Fest in Tokyo and confirmed by way of Toho’s official X account.
The movie will as soon as once more be written, directed and supervised for VFX by Yamazaki Takashi, with VFX work by Shirogumi and manufacturing dealt with by Toho Studios and Robotic, the identical crew behind 2023’s “Godzilla Minus One.” Toho Co., Ltd. will produce and distribute.
A new “Godzilla” movie was teased virtually precisely a yr in the past.
Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus One” turned a landmark hit for the franchise. Launched in Japan in November 2023, it grossed greater than JPY7.65 billion ($50 million) domestically, making it the top-earning live-action Japanese Godzilla movie in historical past. In North America, it earned $56 million, making it the very best grossing Japanese-language live-action movie of all time. The movie later made historical past on the 96th Academy Awards, the place it gained the Oscar for greatest visible results — the primary “Godzilla” movie ever nominated for an Academy Award and the primary Japanese characteristic to win in that class.
The franchise started in 1954 with Ishirō Honda’s “Godzilla,” a grim allegory for nuclear devastation that launched audiences to the radioactive reptile who would turn into Japan’s most enduring pop-culture export. Since then, Toho has produced 33 live-action “Godzilla” movies throughout a number of eras — the Showa, Heisei, Millennium, and now Reiwa — whereas American studios have launched 5 further titles, together with Legendary’s MonsterVerse.
Set in Japan after World Conflict II, “Godzilla Minus One” starred Kamiki Ryunosuke as Shikishima Koichi, a former kamikaze pilot who survives an virtually deadly encounter with Godzilla and suffers from post-traumatic stress dysfunction. When the large beast reappears years later, a gaggle of troopers and veterans should band collectively to defeat the monster earlier than it could possibly destroy Japan. The forged additionally contains Hamabe Minami, Yamada Yuki, Aoki Munetaka, Yoshioka Hidetaka, Ando Sakura, and Sasaki Kuranosuke.
With “Godzilla -0.0,” Toho seems to be signaling a continuation of Yamazaki’s “Minus” saga whereas teasing a thematic reset implied by the “Zero” in its title. No plot or launch date has but been introduced, however anticipation is working excessive for the subsequent stomping transfer of the King of the Monsters.
