Search Results for: Godzilla
ChaO isn’t the only feature North American distributor GKIDS had to announce this week. On the live-action front, GKIDS revealed plans to bring 2016’s Shin Godzilla back to theaters. The entry features Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Shinji Higuchi (live-action Attack on Titan) at …Read more »
Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment’s “Monsterverse” continues to expand! Last year Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire hit theaters and broke records for the franchise, and now we can confirm a sequel is in production. The sequel is called Godzilla x Kong: Supernova and is …Read more »
Just how far back does the legend of the King of the Monsters go? According to Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda, it’s downright Biblical. In their 2023 comic Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, they imagined a history where Sir Francis Drake journeyed to Monster Island. This …Read more »
Godzilla’s never exactly slowed down in media. But in recent years, more and more creative takes on this monster’s world have been coming out. One of the latest is Godzilla: Skate or Die!, a comic miniseries from IDW Publishing. Released in 2024, the five-issue series will …Read more »
Shinji Higuchi, the co-director of Shin Godzilla and the director of Shin Ultraman, is helming Bullet Train Explosion, a remake of a 1975 Japanese classic, for Netflix. The film is set for 2025. The original 1975 film is about a bullet train that will explode …Read more »
Two Japanese movies were honored at the 2024 Academy Awards: The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One. Godzilla Minus One got the award for best visual effects, and upon getting back to Japan, the movie’s crew set up a press conference to talk about …Read more »
The Big G is making some big bucks. Godzilla Minus One, the latest Godzilla film from Toho Studios, just surpassed $100 million in worldwide box office sales. The film has made $55 million in Japan and $47 million abroad, on a budget said to be …Read more »
Whether you’ve seen Godzilla Minus One yet or not, there will soon be another way to enjoy the Big G’s latest outing. In a move to thank fans for the immense success the feature has enjoyed since its December opening—surpassing $50 million to become the …Read more »
Godzilla Minus One, this year’s Godzilla film, will soon be coming at you sans color. The film is getting a monochrome release called Godzilla -1.0/C, or Godzilla Minus One Minus Color. The desaturated version of the film hits Japanese theaters January 12. According to director …Read more »
There is sad news coming out of Japan with the report that actor Kenpachiro Satsuma has passed away at age 76. Satsuma played one of the most iconic characters from Japanese pop culture, and his work has been seen around the world — even if …Read more »
Japan gets all the good stuff. This time, it’s a tie-up promo campaign between Godzilla and McDonald’s, complete with a logo that looks right out of a Godzilla film. There’s a nice 30-second add, too. The main object of the campaign seems to be a …Read more »
Godzilla may be minus one, but he’s also plus 1.04 billion. Godzilla Minus One, the latest Godzilla film and the first Japanese live-action production since Shin Godzilla in 2016, earned 1.06 billion yen (just under 7 million USD) in its opening weekend, which included a …Read more »
After being teased back in November 2022, the latest Japanese Godzilla film locked in US theatrical plans in July. It opens in the US on December 1, 2023 following its premiere in Japan on November 3, and a new trailer has arrived to show some …Read more »
A new Japanese Godzilla project was revealed to be in the works back in November 2022, and while details were light at the time, we now know more about what’s being called Godzilla Minus One. The film—which is written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki and …Read more »
Last month we posted about the Chibi Godzilla Raids Again anime, which offers up an adorable short-form take on the Big G. The series premiered in Japan on April 1, and now it’s available to watch on YouTube with English subtitles. You can check out …Read more »
Joseph Luster
Danica Davidson
Kara Dennison
Matt Schley
