While Legendary keeps their MonsterVerse alive with a Godzilla vs. Kong sequel that’s being directed by Adam Wingard (and is scheduled to reach theatres on March 15, 2024) and an Apple TV+ series, Toho has announced that a new Japanese Godzilla film is also in the works. The announcement was made on Twitter, part of today’s Godzilla Day celebrations, and revealed that the movie will be released on Godzilla Day next year. November 3, 2023.
Plot details are being kept under wraps. All we know at this time is that the new Godzilla movie is going to be directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Interestingly, one of Yamazaki’s previous credits is the 2007 film Always: Sunset on Third Street 2, which features a Godzilla cameo in a fantasy sequence. You can see that clip right here:
Yamazaki directed a trilogy of Always: Sunset on Third Street films, as well as Juvenile, Returner, Ballad, Space Battleship Yamato, Friends: Naki on the Monster Island, The Fighter Pilot, Stand by Me Doraemon, Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (with Ryuichi Yagi), Parasyte: Part 1 and 2, Fueled: The Man They Called ‘Pirate’, Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura, The Great War of Archimedes, Dragon Quest: Your Story, Lupin III: The First, and Ghost Book Obakezukan.
The new Godzilla movie will be Toho’s 33rd film in the franchise. The most recently entries were the 2016 live-action film Shin Godzilla and a trilogy of animated features; Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters, Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater.
Are you glad to hear there’s a new Godzilla movie coming our way from Toho next year? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below, and let us know what you’d like to see in the movie while you’re at it. Godzilla destroying another city? Godzilla battling other giant monsters?