Look, as I patiently wait for my Godzilla Minus One Super 7 figure to be delivered, I don’t think I need to explain to you, constant reader, just how much I love that movie. And it seems I am not alone.
Back in January, writer, SFX guy and director of Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki visited Lucasfilm and told the world how his love of Star Wars led to his being a filmmaker: “I watched Star Wars, and that’s how I ended up being a filmmaker,” Yamazaki said at the time, “I’m really hoping I will get a call and they will bring me on Star Wars.”
Well, we then learned that Yamazaki met with Dave Filoni, Lucasfilm’s Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer in January and then, despite not having been involved in Star Wars yet, made an appearance at Star Wars Celebration Japan a few weeks ago, which had many fans wondering if he was, indeed, set to have a Star Wars gig down the line.
Godzilla Minus One director met with Lucasfilm’s Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni
Well, now Filoni has spoken out and confirmed that he wants to see a Star Wars project from Yamazaki, though he understands it might be a while: “I’d like to leave it up to his creativity, rather than telling him, ‘I want you to do this’,” Filoni says.
“However, he seems to be very busy with the next Godzilla movie … I’m really looking forward to [it],” he added.
Look, he’s been to Skywalker Ranch, he’s appeared at Celebration and Filoni has said he wants him to make a Star Wars project AND he’s said he loves Star Wars and wants to work on it.
Yeah, Yamazaki is already in the loop… we just haven’t been told yet. Probably. I really hope.
Thoughts? I know you have them, and I want to hear them all!
Godzilla Minus One is a Japanese kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot and distributed by Toho Co Ltd. It is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho’s 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise’s Reiwa era.
The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki. In the film, postwar Japan must deal with the emergence of Godzilla.
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises; Godzilla. Will the devastated people be able to survive… let alone fight back?
Watch Takashi Yamazaki at this year’s Star Wars Celebration: Japan:
Source: Cinema Today (Japan)
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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