More Details On “Godzilla Minus Zero”

Following the all-too-brief teaser trailer earlier this week, filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki has spoken more about his upcoming “Godzilla Minus Zero” movie due out this Thanksgiving.

Speaking with Collider in Las Vegas during CinemaCon, the writer/director confirms the new movie will be on par with “Godzilla Minus One” in terms of runtime. One big difference though is much bigger scale and scope this time around:

“I haven’t counted the shots yet, but I can certainly say that there are going to be more cuts that require VFX. But thankfully, Toho gave me more money this time, which means more people that I can bring on to the VFX team.”

In addition, the film’s use of IMAX cameras is being expanded for the sequel with a large portion of the film to be presented in full-frame format and more than you might expect in English:

“This being a kaiju film, and with the added branding of ‘filmed for Imax,’ I would say there is a fairly high percentage of shots that are filmed in full Imax.

As far as the English dialogue and how much of the film is in Japanese versus English, there are certainly some parts that are in English and some Japanese characters speaking in English, as well.”

Set in 1949, the story follows the Shikishima family (Ryûnosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe reprising their roles) as Japan faces another devastating encounter with Godzilla, who returns stronger and gets caught up with the U.S. military at one point.

He adds that one particular sequence they’ve been working on really excited him:

“[One part] was probably one of the best kaiju sequences that I’ve ever seen. The fact that I got goosebumps looking at [it] means audiences are going to see something they’ve never seen before.”

“Godzilla Minus Zero” opens in cinemas in November.