The King has returned!
Sixty-nine years ago on November 3, 1954, Godzilla appeared on the silver screen for the first time in Japan’s Gojira. Since then, over 35 films have been made starring the enormous mutated kaiju, which has resulted in a multi-billion dollar franchise and global fandom over several decades.
Warner Bros. and Legendary's MonsterVerse is still very much alive and kicking, with a follow-up to Godzilla Vs. Kong on the way, and a Titans-centric TV series also in the works for Apple TV+.
However, the Japanese studio who originally introduced the big fella to the world all those decades ago is still producing movies focusing on the iconic atomic monster, and recently announced that a new theatrical release is scheduled for later this year.
Now, the first teaser trailer and poster for Godzilla: Minus One have been released (via SFFGazette.com), and they give us a first glimpse of the legendary King of the Monsters roaring into battle.
This will be Toho's first Godzilla movie since 2016's Shin Godzilla. Information beyond the title is sparse, but we do know that Takashi Yamazaki - the filmmaker who worked on visual effects for Shin Godzilla - will direct the film.
Specific plot details are also still under wraps, but a (very) brief synopsis tells is that Godzilla: Minus One "sees an already devastated postwar Japan facing a new threat in the form of Godzilla."
The movie is set to debut in Japan on November 3, 2023 and in theaters in the US nationwide on December 1, 2023.
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