Takashi Yamazaki, the Director of the Godzilla Minus One, film has disclosed his interest in making a sequel to the movie featuring different monsters to battle against Godzilla. During a brand-new interview with Empire magazine, the director revealed that he would like to feature some “kaiju vs. kaiju” action in the follow-up, if Toho lets him make it. He also commented on how the problems for Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) may just be beginning, as it may just be a short matter of time before Godzilla resurfaces, further disclosing how the potential sequel may bring in more iconic kaiju creatures.
Yamazaki said, “I would certainly like to see what the sequel would look like. I know that Shiki Shim’s war seems over, and we’ve reached this state of peace and calm – but perhaps [it’s the] calm before the storm, and the characters have not yet been forgiven for what has been imposed upon them.”
“I don’t know that anyone has pulled off a more serious tone of kaiju-versus-kaiju with human drama, and that challenge is something that I’d like to explore. When you have movies that feature [kaiju battles], I think it’s very easy to put the spotlight and the camera on this massive spectacle, and it detaches itself from the human drama component,” he continued.
He went on to say that he would have to “make sure that the human drama and whatever’s happening between [the] kaiju both have meaning, and both can affect one another in terms of plot development.”
Godzilla Minus One was written by Takashi Yamazaki, and the story views an already destroyed postwar Japan facing a brand new threat in Godzilla. After the film’s release, it became the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film in North America. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
#Clique, what are your thoughts on the Director’s idea for a sequel?
