A new Godzilla movie is on the way, but it’s not part of the American continuity Warner Bros has set up. This one’s from Toho, the original inventors of the monster…and it’s literally going back to the beginning.
Godzilla Minus One is the name of a remake for what was originally released here as Godzilla: King Of The Monsters. It was written as a post-war fable about radiation creating a giant lizard that tears apart Tokyo, and the same time frame is kept here. As the trailer says, the title “Minus One” refers to the fact that Japan was “reduced to zero” after World War II and Godzilla winds up taking them to a negative number. The focus is less on the lizard this time and more on the people and communities it effects.
In case you’re wondering, Toho has a deal with Legendary Pictures, producers of the Western Godzilla (and King Kong) films, to never overlap two Godzilla movies in the same year. We’re not getting the Yankee Godzilla in 2023, but he will return (along with Kong) in a new picture next year.
Toho has gone back and forth on depicting Godzilla as a friend or a foe. This Godzilla is definitely not your friend. Godzillla Minus One will be released in Japan on November 3, and in the US on December 1.




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