Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki has formally partnered with Sony Pictures for his upcoming English-feature directorial debut movie titled, Grandgear. Sony efficiently gained the venture by a aggressive bidding warfare in opposition to a variety of studios.
Previous to discovering worldwide recognition with Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki can be recognized for steering motion pictures reminiscent of Area Battleship Yamato, The Everlasting Zero, Stand by Me Doraemon, The Nice Conflict of Archimedes, Dragon Quest: Your Story, Lupin III: The First, and Stand by Me Doraemon 2.
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Grandgear will probably be written, produced, and directed by Yamazaki. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams has additionally signed on to supply for Unhealthy Robotic, together with Glen Zipper. Plot and character particulars in regards to the film remained beneath wraps.
This comes after the huge success of 2023’s Godzilla Minus One, which serves as the primary Godzilla and non-English language movie to win an Oscar for Finest Visible Results. The epic interval motion film was additionally written and directed by Yamazaki. It at the moment has a near-perfect Tomatometer rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, based mostly on 206 critiques. Throughout its theatrical run, it garnered a worldwide gross of greater than $115 million on the field workplace.
“In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched panorama. With no army intervention or authorities assist in sight, the survivors should be a part of collectively within the face of despair and struggle again in opposition to an unrelenting horror,” reads the movie’s official synopsis.
Supply: Deadline
