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Toho Plans Sequels to ‘Shin Godzilla’ and ‘Godzilla Minus One’

Godzilla lives! Toho plans to produce sequels to Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One, two acclaimed films from the franchise’s so-called Reiwa era. According to a report by Bloomberg, the Godzilla Minus One sequel is already being filmed in Japan under the direction of Takashi Yamazaki, who will also write the screenplay and supervise visual…

Toho Announced the Fifth Installment of Kingdom Live-Action Series to be Released in Summer 2026

©Courtesy of Toho Asian film fans, get ready to be super psyched, Toho announced the making of the fifth installment of one of most successful live-action film series, “Kingdom” which is scheduled to release in Japan in summer 2026. Besides the announcement of a ‘super teaser’ is available in Japanese. The visual features actor Kento…

Spike Lee and Denzel Washington Will Collaborate on a Remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Film, ‘High and Low’

 ©Courtesy of Toho  Spike Lee, who is currently heading the jury at the Red Sea International Film Festival, took time out to talk to reporters about his upcoming film, Highest to Lowest, which he described as a reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller High and Low. Kurosawa’s film was about a Yokohama shoe-company executive…

Takashi Yamazaki To Direct New ‘Godzilla’ Film for Toho Studios

©Courtesy of Toho  Seventy years after his debut in 1954, Godzilla is still wreaking havoc on the big screen. Toho Studios has announced that a new film featuring the iconic kaiju will be made, helmed by Takashi Yamazaki, who recently wrote and directed Godzilla Minus One. The “emergency announcement” from Toho merely stated the fact…

Japan Studio Toho Acquires Animation Distributor GKIDS

Japanese media giant Toho Co. has secured a deal to acquire celebrated North American indie producer and distributor GKIDS, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed. As part of the deal, Toho is picking up a 100 percent equity share in GKIDS. But the latter will still…

‘The Contestant,’ A Look Into the Origins Of Japanese Reality TV

©Courtesy of Hulu Sensationalism is the bread and butter of today’s media and entertainment industry. The competition for higher sales in the field of communications can be traced back to the circulation war between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal during the mid-1890s. This gave wave to what was…

SPY x FAMILY CODE: White Will Release on April 19th

Title: SPY x FAMILY CODE: White MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence, language and smoking. Runtime: 110 Minutes Language: Japanese with English subtitles & English dub Genre: Animation / Action / Comedy North American Theatrical Date: Friday, April 19, 2024 Distributor: Crunchyroll & Sony Pictures Entertainment Synopsis: He’s a spy. She’s an assassin. Together, Loid…

‘Godzilla Minus One’ Shatters ‘Parasite’ U.S. Box Office Record

©Courtesy of TOHO Nine weeks after being released in American Theaters, Godzilla Minus One has officially become the third highest-grossing non-English movie in the history of US cinema. Thanks to the 2.7 millions earned last weekend the movie has in fact reached a total of 55,1, surpassing Parasite by Bong Joon-ho which grossed 53.3. An…

Japan’s Toho Acquires 25 Percent Stake in Fifth Season

@Toho Co. Ltd Japanese studio Toho will pay $225 million to acquire a 25% stake in the U.S.-based indie film and television producer-distributor, Fifth Season. The investment from the producer of the current hit box office kaiju movie, Godzilla Minus One, is being made through Toho’s U.S. subsidiary, Toho International, Deadline is reporting. In the…

‘The Boy and the Heron’ and ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Break American Box Office Records

Two of Japan’s most critically acclaimed films from this year – The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One, which were both released by Toho – broke American box office records this weekend. The Boy and the Heron took the top spot at the domestic box office with ticket sales of $12.8 million, while…