The hotly anticipated sequel to Godzilla Minus One teases a monstrous time for the Big Apple.
2023’s Godzilla Minus One was just an incredible piece of cinema.
A reboot of the venerable kaiju franchise, separate from the US MonsterVerse stuff (and 2016’s Shin Godzilla, the first live action film of the Reiwa era) it grossed a whopping $116 million at the box office against a relatively paltry budget of $10-15 million (reports vary). It also handily scooped up the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, beating out Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and becoming the first ever non-English language film to win in the category. It’s a genuine modern classic, so the imminent sequel has a lot to live up to. Let’s see how it goes.
Godzilla Minus Zero Teaser
What’s the plot?
As the official synopsis tells us:
Godzilla Minus Zero picks up in 1949, two years after the tumultuous events of Godzilla Minus One, and continues the story of the Shikishima family as they face an all-new calamity.
If you’ve seen the first film, you’ll know the Shikishima consist of failed kamikaze pilot Kōichi, who came home from the war to find his parents had been killed in the bombing of Tokyo; Noriko Ōishi, the woman he found living in their abandoned house; and Akiko, the young orphan girl they adopt together. It’s somehow not as grim as it sounds.
Ad looking at the teaser, the appearance of the Statue Of Liberty means it’s not just Japan who has to worry about the big lizard.
Who’s in it?
- Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kōichi Shikishima, a former kamikaze pilot, which you think would be a bot of a hard sell, but they nailed it.
- Minami Hamabe as Noriko Ōishi, Shikishima’s girlfriend.
- Sae Nagatani as Akiko, Ōishi and Shikishima’s adopted daughter.
When’s it out?
Godzilla Minus Zero stomps into cinemas in November.
What’s the vibe?
Looks like a monstrously good time.
