It’s beginning to look like the Godzilla Minus… universe isn’t as dead as we thought it would be after the events of the currently-in-cinema Godzilla Minus Zero.
Not too long ago, director Takashi Yamazaki, the mastermind behind the incredible Minus One and Minus Zero, had intimated that there were no plans for another instalment, but now, with the movie storming, no pun intended, the box office, it seems that perhaps he and Toho have different ideas.
Without going into spoilers, after the events of the second movie, the story of the Shikishima family, while nicely closed off, is far from over. If they wanted it to be.
At the end of the movie, when Kōichi, Ryunosuke Kamiki and Noriko, Minami Hamabe, reunite with their daughter, the story opens up in all sorts of directions: “I believe there were two paths and two options for this family, whether or not to end up together or to be separated,” Kamiki says.
Carrying on from there, Hamabe says: “I think whether they’re looking at slightly different directions, it was a very good ending because what the future holds for each one of them is still a little bit unknown.”
But is the story over, left to our imaginations? Well, Yamazaki seems to already be thinking about a third movie (what would they call that!?), seeming to confirm that he’s still not entirely sure if the story needs to continue: “Part of me thinks, well, maybe it’ll be the most graceful to end it right here, and the other part of me wants to see what happens next.”
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He adds: “I don’t know what’s going to happen next beyond this ending. Part of me thinks, well, maybe it’ll be the most graceful to end it right here, and the other part of me wants to see what happens next. So I think it’s a complicated relationship that I have with this universe.”
SPOILER – with Minus Zero featuring King Gidorah facing off against Godzilla – SPOILER ENDS – Yamazaki also implies that, should a third movie happen, he would like to create his own kaiju, rather than going through Godzilla’s massive rogues’ gallery: “If it were up to me, I think it would be very interesting to perhaps even create an original kaiju to explore in another film.”
Ultimately, Yamazaki and Toho will have to decide what comes next for the world’s most famous giant lizard, but I know that, if they can keep them at the level of quality we’ve seen in the first two movies, I will be seated and I imagine a lot of others would be too.
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Have you seen Godzilla Minus Zero yet? What are your thoughts? I know you have them and I wanna hear ’em all.
Returning to zero is not an option.
Godzilla Minus Zero picks up in 1949, two years after the tumultuous events of Godzilla Minus One, and continues the story of the Shikishima family as they face an all-new calamity.
War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant.
There is no third time. Everything ends here.
As a project Filmed For IMAX, Godzilla Minus Zero was shot with high-definition digital cameras certified by IMAX, and optimized in sound and imagery unique to IMAX screens. Fans can look forward to seeing Godzilla presented to all-new terrifying heights, making Godzilla Minus Zero a true cinematic event not to be missed.
Godzilla Minus Zero – VFX, Written, and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
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