GODZILLA MINUS ONE Director Takashi Yamazaki Confirms He's Met With Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige

GODZILLA MINUS ONE Director Takashi Yamazaki Confirms He's Met With Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige

Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki has confirmed that he's met with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, but will those talks lead anywhere? Find out what the filmmaker had to say here...

By JoshWilding - Nov 05, 2024 02:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Godzilla

Godzilla Minus One is easily a contender for the iconic monster's best movie and the news filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki will return for a sequel has been celebrated by kaiju fans. 

During a recent interview - translated from Japanese - Yamazaki confirmed he's met with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. Unfortunately, it doesn't sound like that ended with the director agreeing to make the leap to the MCU. 

That's a shame, particularly as we can easily imagine him doing something special with any number of superhero characters. Whether he'd be willing to do things the way Marvel Studios wants them done is another matter, of course.

Here's an excerpt from VG+'s report: 

When asked by announcer Shinsuke Kasai, who appeared on stage wearing a "Operation Kaishin" T-shirt that day, "I heard that Operation Kaishin is popular with foreigners," he admitted, "Yes, they seem to like that kind of down-to-earth fighting style." He also shared some surprising information, saying, "The president of Marvel told me, 'Wadatsumi!' (laughs). 'Wadatsumi, good.'"

"The president of Marvel" is thought to refer to Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, and Director Takashi Yamazaki continued, "He told me, 'We're all having meetings every day to see if we can make it happen like that.' I think it's just lip service." He also revealed that he received a "great offer" from overseas, but turned it down in order to film a new Godzilla movie, although he couldn't reveal the details.

When it comes to Yamazaki's next Godzilla movie, it's unclear whether it will be a sequel to Minus One or a completely new story. Expectations are high, anyway, particularly after Godzilla Minus One grossed $116 million worldwide against a budget of less than $10 million.

The movie became the highest-grossing Japanese movie in North American box office history and won Best Visual Effects at the Oscars. Following a recent re-release, Godzilla Minus One even managed to earn an additional $510,000 this past weekend. 

Set in a post-war Japan, the movie once again shows us a Godzilla that is a terrifying and overwhelming force. The concept is that Japan, which had already been devastated by the war, faces a new threat with Godzilla, bringing the country into the 'minus.'

Godzilla Minus One is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise's "Reiwa" era. 

Would you like to see Yamazaki at the helm of an MCU movie? Let us know in the comments section.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/5/2024, 2:12 PM
This is how you use Visual Effects (smacks back of head)
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 11/5/2024, 2:15 PM
I'm sure there's an open slot right now.
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CapA
CapA - 11/5/2024, 2:19 PM
Kevin is a fan, that's all.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/5/2024, 2:20 PM
Let's do this...

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Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 11/5/2024, 2:35 PM
@Nomis929 - awesome! I love those Marvel Godzilla comics back in the day
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/5/2024, 2:47 PM
@Izaizaiza - Yeah, I used to get a kick out them as a kid.

I wasn't the biggest Godzilla fan but when he would interacti with Marvel's heroes were always fun.

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Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 11/5/2024, 5:02 PM
@Nomis929 - I was a huge Marvel fan and a huge Godzilla fan, so when Marvel started Godzilla run, I was ecstatic. If I remember correctly, The Avengers were at a loss as how to stop Godzilla, and then yellow jacket flew in his ear and drove him nuts with the buzzing of his wings or something. Good silly stuff!
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 11/5/2024, 5:09 PM
@Izaizaiza - LOL!!!! Classic!
Gambito
Gambito - 11/5/2024, 2:32 PM
Run away man you don’t need this shit, you can do better
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 11/5/2024, 2:34 PM
@Gambito - Exactly.
It would be far too commercial.

Disney is garbage.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/6/2024, 8:15 AM
@DrDReturns - dam right unless he plans make have Godzilla comedy in series Disney will ruin Godzilla over used comedy kid friendly crap ?si=eUPh_Q0VI0u_CVF_
Have Godzilla in Disney see Friday thirteen be made by Disney
Order66
Order66 - 11/5/2024, 2:37 PM
World war hulk.
Jacory
Jacory - 11/5/2024, 6:55 PM
@Order66 - Interesting thought indeed. Not my first choice ... but not bad.
MahN166A
MahN166A - 11/5/2024, 2:38 PM
I was definitely expecting some kind of implication that they met to discuss a partnership with Toho to add Goji into the MCU and have him be in Secret Wars!

Godlike Hollywood Writing.
mountainman
mountainman - 11/5/2024, 2:54 PM
Let’s get filmmakers like him running the Midnight Suns / supernatural side. Practical effects, mood and cinematography combined with a good story over spectacle. Come on!
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/5/2024, 4:02 PM
@mountainman -


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Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 11/5/2024, 5:03 PM
@mountainman - Agreed! I'd also love someone like him to do a wolverine solo film after the role is recast. Something small budget, story driven, without the need for massive special effects
mountainman
mountainman - 11/5/2024, 5:44 PM
@Izaizaiza - I just hope we get more stuff that focuses on story and character. I would LOVE a solo Wolverine project that can adapt his physical threats well. I think The Wolverine, Logan, and D&W all explored the character well to varying degrees, but man let’s see him TRULY battle The Hulk, Wendigo, Sabertooth or another of his brutal adversaries.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/5/2024, 4:03 PM
They will probably give him a nothing character like Agatha,no one special like say The X-Men.
LibraMatter
LibraMatter - 11/5/2024, 4:06 PM
“Godzilla Minus One” was beautifully and artistically done. Takashi would be an awesome addition to Marvels directors. As long as they trust him and let him do whatever he wants to do with the movie he makes. Even something like X-Men would be great in his hands. We already know he can work with spectacle and still balance out the human aspect of the story extremely well.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/5/2024, 4:20 PM
Leave that man alone to do his thing. One of the last rare gems in the creative industry and Disney wants to corrupt him with their mediocrity
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 11/5/2024, 4:27 PM
Yeah, good call.
Another Godzilla movie > a generic MCU movie.
rychlec
rychlec - 11/5/2024, 4:43 PM
Still... a cross-over, even for a scene, would make me happy.
Godzilla2000Zer
Godzilla2000Zer - 11/5/2024, 6:32 PM
Glad he's staying with Godzilla and Japan but out of the Western collaborations that have been proposed Blumhouse seems like a great fit for him although I wouldn't mind him doing Star Wars related project in the future him and Dave Filoni seem to be getting tight.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/5/2024, 6:53 PM

No. Leave him to do what he is good at.

Do not bring him to the MCU.

RealTurner
RealTurner - 11/5/2024, 7:59 PM
Feige: "How did you do all this so cheaply?"

Yamazaki: "We just don't pay people that much."

Feige: "Sounds like a workaround, but what do the unions have to say about that?"

Yamazaki: "Sorry, I don't know this word. What is this "union" you speak of?"
RealTurner
RealTurner - 11/5/2024, 8:02 PM
@RealTurner - Just in case you're wondering how bad it is.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/yomiuri-editorial/20230508-108366/
Songoty
Songoty - 11/6/2024, 4:54 AM
Operation Kaishin? What's that about?

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