Takashi Yamazaki, the acclaimed director of Godzilla Minus One, will next be directing, writing, and producing Grandgear, his first English-language feature for Sony Pictures. Sony, which won a competitive bidding war for the project, has not released details or a release date about the upcoming film. J. J. Abrams, who directed Star Wars: The Rise…
©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…
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…
Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One is setting records on the Netflix and VOD charts, where it captured the number one spot on both this week, an unprecedented accomplishment. The film, which was released in December, has already grossed some $56 million in North America alone, picking up an Oscar for best visual effects. Though the…
Prime Video Japan has announced that it will officially begin streaming Godzilla Minus One on Friday, May 3. The news comes after the movie was released in theaters across Japan and the U.S. last November and December. Amazon Prime Video made the announcement this morning on its X/Twitter page. The the epic kaiju film will…
The 47th Japanese Academy Awards ceremony, a gathering of the Japanese film industry, was held at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo l on March 8th, “Godzilla Minus One” was nominated in twelve categories at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it just took most of them home including the Best Picture. The following…
©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…
Nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards were announced today, led by Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie. Oppenheimer snagged 13 nominations, Poor Things got 11, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon with 10, and Barbie with eight. These four films are contending for the Best Picture Oscar, along with six…
@Courtesy of Toho Co., LTD. A month after I saw the film, “Godzilla Minus One” at the Japan Society, I really wanted to see how this film did at the U.S box office, which is more than most people have anticipated. So, I decided to take some time to write about this remarkable film which was special…
@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…
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…
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