Godzilla is ready to take a bite out of the Big Apple in the first look at Godzilla Minus Zero.
Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki took the CinemaCon stage in Las Vegas on Tuesday to tease progress on the sequel to his original Oscar-winning 2023 feature, Godzilla Minus One. GKIDS is set to release the follow-up theatrically on Nov. 6.
“This film will be a direct sequel to Godzilla Minus One,” Yamazaki told the crowd through a translator. “It will continue to follow the story of the Shikishima family.”
Yamazaki added, “In this new film, an even deeper despair will descend upon Japan and the Shikishima family. When faced when overwhelming and inescapable force, how do people fight back?” He noted, “The journey from Minus to Zero will not be an easy one.”
During the presentation, Yamazaki teased the Godzilla Minus Zero by showing behind-the-scenes footage of his team at work. He also revealed the first teaser trailer for the new project.
“If their operation fails, maybe we’ll finally get to use it,” a voice says in the footage about an impending threat.
The trailer got a big cheer for its final moment that showed Godzilla approaching the Statue of Liberty as the kaiju makes its way through New York City.
Godzilla Minus One centered on Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kōichi Shikishima, a former kamikaze pilot dealing with PTSD and survivor’s guilt as he dealt with Godzilla in post-World War II Japan. The film surpassed $110 million at the global box office and became the first Japanese production to win the Academy Award for best visual effects.
