Director Takashi Yamazaki is hoping to do what he feels has never been done before withGodzillain aGodzilla Minus Onesequel: add more monsters while maintaining the focus on the human characters. Speaking withEmpire, Yamazaki would love to achieve that difficult balance in aGodzilla Minus Onefollow-up, explaining that he would need to “make sure that the human drama and whatever’s happening between [the] kaiju both have meaning, and both are able to affect one another in terms of plot development.”
See what Yamazaki had to say about the potential for more kaiju in aGodzilla Minus Onesequel below…
“I don’t know that anyone has pulled off a more serious tone of kaiju-versus-kaiju with human drama, and that challenge is something that I’d like to explore. When you have movies that feature [kaiju battles], I think it’s very easy to put the spotlight and the camera on this massive spectacle, and it detaches itself from the human drama component.”
Godzilla Minus One Director Reveals What He Thinks of Hollywood’s Take on Monsterverse
Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki finds the American version of the franchise as an ‘interesting use of IP.’
While the director stated that a sequel to his monster hitGodzilla Minus Onehas not been officially greenlit yet, he said that he is “very curious” about the future of Kōichi Shikishima and Noriko Ōishi, the couple at the center of the first movie.
“I would certainly like to see what the sequel would look like. I know that Shikishima’s war seems over, and we’ve reached this state of peace and calm – but perhaps [it’s the] calm before the storm, and the characters have not yet been forgiven for what has been imposed upon them.”
Godzilla minus One Has Been a Monster at the Box Office
Godzilla Minus One
Written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki,Godzilla Minus Onewas released theatrically in Japan to huge success on November 3, with Toho’s American subsidiary Toho International set distribution of the movie in the U.S. to begin on December 1.Godzilla Minus Oneis the 37th installment in the long-running franchise, and finds the iconic beast tormenting post-war Japan. Already devastated by the war, a new crisis emerges in the form of the giant monster.
Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki (Your Name.), Minami Hamabe (Shin Kamen Rider), Yuki Yamada (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar), Munetaka Aoki (The Roundup: No Way Out), Hidetaka Yoshioka (Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo), Sakura Ando (Monster), and Kuranosuke Sasaki (My Home Hero),Godzilla Minus Onehas been met with critical acclaimand now stands at a “certified fresh” rating of 98% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
As well as critically,Godzilla Minus Onehas seen huge success at the box office, grossing over $100 million worldwide against its less than $15 million budget, as well asbreaking box office recordsand achieving the biggest opening weekend ever for a live-action Japanese movie.
All of which suggests that aGodzilla Minus Onefollow-up is all but inevitable. So, what other legendary kaiju would you like to see join the fray in aGodzilla Minus Onesequel?
