Godzilla Minus Zero Is Officially the Title of Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One Follow-Up — but What Does It Mean?

The Godzilla Minus One follow-up is called Godzilla Minus Zero. The announcement was made astatine Godzilla Fest with the abbreviated teaser, below. The styling GODZILLA -0.0 tin beryllium seen astatine the extremity of the teaser with the authoritative logo.

Just announced astatine Godzilla Fest: GODZILLA -0.0 (Godzilla Minus Zero) pic.twitter.com/KaBSId47kd

Minus One manager and writer Takashi Yamazaki, who besides handled VFX, returns for Minus Zero, which is erstwhile again produced by TOHO Studios. Godzilla Minus One was a breakout deed successful 2023, winning captious and commercialized acclaim internationally alongside a $113 cardinal container bureau haul. It won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects astatine the Oscars, with Japanese filmmaker Yamazaki held up arsenic a shining prima of the form. IGN’s Godzilla Minus One reappraisal returned an 8/10. We said: “A grand, sweeping blockbuster, Godzilla Minus One is airy connected panic and dense connected spectacle.”

The follow-up comes arsenic nary astonishment fixed the occurrence of Godzilla Minus One, which is the third-highest-grossing foreign-language movie successful U.S. container bureau past with $56.4 cardinal domestically, and the highest-grossing Japanese movie ever astatine the U.S. container office. This is each the much awesome erstwhile you see Godzilla Minus One’s thin accumulation fund of astir $15 million.

"Our concern was unique, fixed however I was situated successful the larger strategy of the wide production," Yamazaki told IGN successful a erstwhile interview. "And the information that I had a wide goal, much possibly than different directors, due to the fact that of my VFX background. There are bully inefficiencies and atrocious inefficiencies. We focused connected the support process successful antithetic ways to streamline definite aspects of the VFX pipeline."

There is of people plentifulness of speculation astir what the title, Godzilla Minus Zero, means for the movie itself. There’s nary authoritative word, but it’s worthy noting that Godzilla Minus One was alleged due to the fact that it took spot earlier 1954’s Godzilla. Perhaps the movie aft Minus Zero volition beryllium Godzilla... Plus One? And determination are plentifulness of fans having amusive with '-0.0' arsenic a fig that doesn't truly exist.

Warning! Spoilers for Godzilla Minus One’s ending below:

At the extremity of Godzilla: Minus One, it’s revealed that Noriko miraculously survived the rampaging kaiju’s atomic blast, which leveled Tokyo. What’s more, Noriko mysteriously survived with minimal damage, prevention for an obfuscated achromatic people connected her neck. During past year’s Godzilla Fest successful Osaka, Yamazaki confirmed that the achromatic marks connected Noriko’s cervix were Godzilla cells oregon G-cells. Yamazaki’s remarks astir Godzilla Minus One's cliffhanger not lone led to a roar of applause from thousands of excited Godzilla fans successful attendance but besides reignited months-old instrumentality theories astir what absorption a imaginable sequel movie could take.

Godzilla Minus Zero does not person a merchandise date.

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