Warner Bros. Discovery’s Monsterverse continuity is still going strong, and the original creators of the Godzilla series, Toho, are still bringing their version of the beloved monster movie icon to the big screen. Their newest movie, Godzilla Minus One, will be a fresh start. The title character, a nuclear wizard, will be in a new time period.
The first Godzilla movie came out in 1954, and it is so much more than a typical monster movie. It’s a clever, well-aged commentary on a nuclear war that still looks and sounds great after all these years. It’s easy to see why the movie led to dozens of sequels and spin-offs. It even started an early version of a cinematic world by bringing together characters like Mothra, Rodan, and King Kong, the most famous giant monster in the United States. Godzilla fights all kinds of enemies in the many sequels, including aliens, dragons, aliens who are also dragons, and a lot more. The quality of these sequels also varies, with some being very entertaining and others so bad that they make you laugh.
It’s also not a secret that the Godzilla series has done pretty well in the West, even though Toho didn’t always make it. At least it was a hit in the end, after Godzilla 1998, which was such a bad adaptation that fans of the series like to pretend it never happened. We got a much better American remake with 2014’s Godzilla, which has led to several sequels and spin-offs, such as Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, and the soon-to-be-released Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Even though the Monsterverse is still doing well, Toho is still making separate Godzilla movies, though not nearly as many as they used to. Shin Godzilla, which came out in 2016, was a great example of this because it brought the character of Godzilla back to its horror roots by making him more dangerous and evil. Shin Godzilla’s sequel, Godzilla Minus One, is not a sequel, but it seems to have the same darker and more serious tone. Here is everything we know about Godzilla Minus One, including its stars, trailer, release date, and more.
Cast
Toho hasn’t said anything about the rest of the group for Godzilla Minus One yet, even though pre-production for the movie has been going on for a while. We’ll probably learn more about the cast as the movie’s release date approaches. This is likely to happen when the second, and likely longer, trailer comes out.
What Is the Release Date for Godzilla Minus One?
Godzilla Minus One will be released in theaters worldwide right before the holidays because nothing says “Happy Holidays” like a scary 500-foot-tall lizard. As expected, the first place the movie will be shown is in Japan, where it was made. It will open on November 3, 2023. The movie will come out in the West about a month later, on Friday, December 1, 2023, in places like Canada and the United States.
Is There a Trailer for Godzilla Minus One?
On July 11, 2023, Toho put out the first teaser video for Godzilla Minus One. It has already been seen more than a million times. Overall, the clip doesn’t say much and leaves a lot of questions unanswered. It’s only thirty seconds long. But the video shows right away when Godzilla Minus One takes place, which is one of its most interesting things. Most Godzilla stories take place ten or more years after World War II. The nuclear bombs formed by Godzilla dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which explains why he is causing so much trouble. Godzilla Minus One doesn’t take place years after these highly important bombings. Instead, it took weeks, days, or even hours after the bombs were dropped. An interesting idea for a Godzilla movie since it took place when Japan’s culture and economy were changing.
What Is Godzilla Minus One Plot?
Even though this is the 33rd Godzilla movie that Toho has made and aired, and even though the series just started over with Shin Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One will take place in a different timeline than the previous movies. Besides the new setting and the strong assumption that this dangerous Godzilla was made by nuclear radiation, not much is known about the story of Godzilla Minus One. Still, it will be a standard Godzilla story in which the main character is a wild animal, not a good guy who saves the day like in recent versions.
