Godzilla Minus Zero

Godzilla Minus Zero (Japanese: ゴジラ-0.0（マイナスゼロ）, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Zero) is a 2026 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. A sequel to Godzilla Minus One (2023), it is the 39th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 34th film thereof produced by Toho, and the sixth installment in the franchise's Reiwa era. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Sakura Ando, and Miou Tanaka reprising their roles from Minus One, with Min Tanaka, Masami Nagasawa, and Jun Kunimura also starring as new characters. In the film, set in 1949, postwar Japan struggles to rebuild when it faces a new threat from King Ghidorah; Godzilla regenerates and resurfaces to combat the monster. Following the international success of Godzilla Minus One, Toho announced in November 2024 that another Yamazaki-helmed Godzilla film had been greenlit. By February 2025, Yamazaki had begun screenwriting and storyboarding the follow-up. In April 2025, Toho International's president, Kōji Ueda, clarified that the new film would be a sequel, planned for a 2026 release. Principal photography commenced in August 2025 and wrapped by December. It became the first Japanese production filmed for IMAX. The film's title was announced in November 2025. Shirogumi handled the visual effects. Godzilla Minus Zero premiered at the 2026 New York Film Festival on September 26, and is scheduled to be released theatrically in Japan by Toho on November 3. Critics praised its visual effects as superior to those of its predecessor, sparking debate over whether to deem the film itself superior.