So apparently, Amazon Prime Video is streaming
#GodzillaMinusOne
only in Japan, but don't worry, I'm still planning to download the full movie, re-subtitle it, and share it with everyone via the Internet Archive.
I'm very disappointed to inform you that within two days, Godzilla Minus One has become one of the most pirated movies of the year and is currently the most popular on some pirate sites. What the actual f
Steven Spielberg has told Takashi Yamazaki that he saw Godzilla Minus One three times, and praised the human characters. Yamazaki, who views Spielberg as a "god", was left in tears.
I find it really unfortunate how a lot of people in the theater I went to yesterday just laughed the entire time Mothra was on screen and thought she was ridiculous.
“I saw it once in my home, and then I had to go see it again in IMAX, then Dolby Atmos.”
- Steven Spielberg on his obsession with Godzilla Minus One.
(source: )
Takashi Yamazaki is interested in using Hollywood actors for his next film.
“If you know any A-List Talent who loved 'Godzilla' so much they'd do it for one-fifth their normal rate, let me know.”
Sakura Ando wants her character to fight Godzilla in a sequel to Godzilla Minus One.
“I didn’t get to meet Godzilla in the film, so if there is a sequel I would like to meet and fight Godzilla! I would be jumping like this Spider-Man-type woman taking down Godzilla.”
#GodzillaMinusOne
has become the first Japanese film ever to be nominated for Best Visual Effects at the Oscars.
I still can not believe the size of this W.
Toho has just announced a new black & white version of
#GodzillaMinusOne
, titled "Godzilla-1.0/C" (Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color).
This version will be released in Japanese theaters on January 12th, 2024.
Adam Wingard wants his next Monsterverse film to focus more on Godzilla and be as emotional as Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995).
"If I were going to do another one of these films, I would want to hit that kind of emotional resonance with Godzilla as a character this time."
In an issue of Mono Magazine, Minami Hamabe suggested that
#GodzillaMinusOne
may become the genesis of an entire new series of Toho-produced
#Godzilla
films.
Minami Hamabe, who plays Noriko in
#GodzillaMinusOne
, and Yasuko Sawaguchi, who plays the character Erika Shiragami who becomes Biollante in Godzilla vs. Biollante, standing in front of the Shin Godzilla statue at Hibiya Godzilla Square in 2018.
Kevin Smith has praised
#GodzillaMinusOne
.
"That fucking shot of his head in the water, chasing that fucking boat, is terrifying. It's straight out of fucking Jaws, man. I can't believe it's taken someone this long to be like, 'Let's do Jaws, but with Godzilla.' Fantastic."
Yamazaki is confident Toho will release "a super duper deluxe version" of both the color and black-and-white editions of Godzilla Minus One on home media.
"Godzilla Minus One" and "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" will be screened as a double feature on ScreenX at 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku on April 26th.
The Godzilla Minus One visual effects team saw
#GodzillaXKong
, and commented on how Godzilla's movements were more agile in the film. VFX director Kiyoko Shibuya also called its action "realistic".
Toho reportedly plans to capitalize on the success of Godzilla Minus One by producing similar films and releasing anime overseas themselves.
(source:
@nikkei
)
#GodzillaMinusOne
director Takashi Yamazaki attended a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida yesterday to discuss improving working conditions in the Japanese film industry.
Yesterday at Tokyo Comic Con,
#GodzillaMinusOne
director Takashi Yamazaki disputed reports from overseas that the movie had a $15 million budget.
He declared: “I wish it were that much.”
“The 1998 Godzilla was fairly well put together and a fun film, but I can understand the people who also say this isn’t Godzilla. I think as a Kaiju-horror type of film, it is quite well executed.”
- Takashi Yamazaki's opinion on Godzilla (1998)
#OnePiece
creator Eiichiro Oda says he is intrigued by the
#Godzilla
series after watching
#GodzillaMinusOne
.
“Saw my first Godzilla! Minus One was great. I had to watch the first one after that. Next is Shin.”
Fun fact: Godzilla Minus One is the only Toho-produced Godzilla movie without an actor playing the monster. Yamazaki thinks he based Godzilla's depiction on his cats at one point.