The world’s favorite furious thirty-meter-tall kaiju is about to land just in time for the holiday movie season, according to an announcement made through Japan’s Toho International. Godzilla Minus One, the first Godzilla film produced in Japan since Shin Godzilla in 2016, will debut in Japan on November 3, 2023, and will be released in U. S. theaters on December 1. Godzilla will be unleashed in American media and pop culture in the coming months.
“Set in a post-war Japan, Godzilla Minus One will once again show us a Godzilla that is a terrifying and overwhelming force, which you already get a sense of from the teaser trailer and poster,” said Koji Ueda, President of Toho International. “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.’”
Ueda said the film, directed and written by Takashi Yamazaki, is a follow-up to 2016’s Shin Godzilla, a cult film that ranks fourth in Rotten Tomatoes’ all-time ratings for the franchise, just below the 1954 original.
“Godzilla is one of the most globally licensed Japanese characters, and he’s a pop cultural ambassador with as much recognition as cuter mascots like Hello Kitty or Pikachu,” said Peter Tatara, director of film at the Japan Society and an expert in Japanese pop culture. “While there isn’t a new Godzilla movie every year, there’s a multimillion dollar merchandise empire that’s producing new toys, apparel, plush, games, and much more perpetually entertaining fans and generating monster-sized revenue. Godzilla is one of Japan’s most enduring characters and a tentpole of both domestic and international licensing.”
Toho executives declined to comment on financials, but industry licensing experts estimate the franchise’s total price tag at between $4. 5 billion and $5 billion, based on the combined box office of films from U. S. and Japanese studios, plus more than $2 billion in toy-and-tie sales. “I’m not sure if I’m going to do this with Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise. “This makes it more valuable than Ghostbusters, Care Bears, Planet of the Apes, Friends, Terminator, Indiana Jones, G. I. Joe and Minecraft,” said Jeff Gomez of Starlight Runner Entertainment, a Godzilla fan who has worked with similar franchises.
The new film is just one part of Toho’s new initiative to promote the Godzilla franchise around the world and breathe new life into a global icon that has terrorized Tokyo since the mid-1950s. A recent series of films produced by U. S. studio Legendary Pictures had inconsistent box office receipts and generated mixed reactions among fans, though the most recent entry, Godzilla vs. Kong, grossed $486 million globally and was a bright spot for cinema during the pandemic. . The next installment in the Legendary series, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, has set a release date for March 2024.
Still, a new movie from Godzilla’s homeland is a welcome progression for fans. Tatara says the Godzilla videos produced in Japan bring an intensity to the character that’s different from what one might find in an American production. “There are 70 years of stories that shape Japanese films and influence their production,” he said. “Even when a Japanese film does something radical with the character, it’s with intention, and that context carries a lot of weight. And visually, the acting, directing and special effects – done in a very practical way – are also radically different from what we see in American films.
According to Toho, Godzilla’s upcoming feature Minus One adds to Godzilla’s legacy and is from the “Reiwa” era of the character’s history (the other eras are Showa, Heisei, and Millennium).
The radioactive monster Godzilla drives through a city and eats a traveler’s exercise in a scene of. . . [ ] “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!”, directed by Ishiro Honda and Terry O. Morse, 1956. The film is a remake of the 1954 film “Gojira”, directed by Honda, with several new scenes added that were directed by Morse. (Photo via Embassy Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images)
Fans interested in getting a taste of this long cinematic history can now do so 24 hours a day. In June, Pluto TV and Toho International announced the early July debut of a 24-hour Godzilla channel on Pluto TV, featuring more than 30 films spanning all eras. adding several that would otherwise not be available to US enthusiasts, and the 1998-2000 series. Godzilla: The Series. The programming also includes fan-favorite videos, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs. Biollante, directed by Kazuki Ōmori, which have largely been available to American enthusiasts to stream or purchase for many years.
“The new U. S. -based Godzilla store is a major player in the U. S. “Toho International’s “The “U. S. store that Toho International will launch later this summer plans to offer enthusiasts a combination of pieces from the Godzilla store in Japan, as well as exclusives from U. S. partners,” Ueda said. “That means limited-edition collaborations, authorized original products, and even exclusive colorways of existing fan-favorite pieces. The experience will be tailored for Godzilla enthusiasts, making more collectibles available to our passionate North American community.
“We’ve been working with Toho and Godzilla for nearly two decades, and King of the Monsters has never been more popular,” said Brian Flynn, founder and owner of Super 7. “Godzilla resonates with everyone from 1 to 100 years old, and inhabits a familiar but untouchable world, living at the messy, chaotic ends of the spectrum: a duality ruled by dinosaurs; ancient but present, destructive but paternal, scary but cheesy.
If that doesn’t satisfy their creature cravings, enthusiasts can watch more of Legendary and a streaming series set in its “Monsterverse” progressing for Apple TV.
Godzilla Minus One, a new entry to the 70-year-old franchise, will hit theaters in the United States on December 1, 2023.
Note: An earlier edition of this tale mistakenly contained a line stating that Godzilla Minus One was “in continuity with Shin Godzilla”. This has been updated to imply that Godzilla Minus One “follows” Shin Godzilla.
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