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New Godzilla Film Greenlit With Godzilla Minus One's Takashi Yamazaki as Director/Writer/VFX Supervisor
posted on by Alex Mateo
The official X/Twitter account for the Godzilla franchise announced on Friday that a new Godzilla film has been greenlit. The Godzilla Minus One film's Takashi Yamazaki is returning as the director, writer, and visual effects supervisor for the new film.
EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT(@Godzilla_Toho)November 1
Yamazaki shared a video message:
Production of a new Godzilla film by writer, director, and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki @nostoro has been greenlit.(@Godzilla_Toho)November 1
The film has earned an estimated US$56,418,793 in the United States and US$50,303,815 internationally, as of February 1. The film has become the third highest-grossing foreign-language film of all time in the United States.
Netflix is streaming the film and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, the black-and-white version of the film, worldwide on Netflix. In North America, Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color are additionally available for digital rental and digital purchase on Amazon, Apple iTunes, Google Play, Microsoft, FandangoNOW/VUDU, inDemand, XBOX, and Vubiquity. In Japan, the film has been exclusively streaming (in color and monochrome) on Amazon Prime Video since May 3.
Godzilla Minus One won the Best Visual Effects award in the 96th Academy Awards in March. It is the first Japanese film to win in this category, and the first Godzilla film to be nominated for an Oscar.
