Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki is most likely going to end up directing the sequel to his epic Godzilla movie and when he does, he is planning to include another Kaiju for Godzilla to battle.
The filmmaker said in a previous interview: “If I were to direct the next Godzilla movie, I would like to do a sequel to this one. There have been two standalone Godzilla films in a row now, so perhaps the next one will need to feature a villain monster.”
Some of Godzilla’s past foes include King Ghidorah, Destroyah, Gigan, and more. When Yamazaki makes this Kaiju vs. Kaiju movie he wants to do something Legendary Entertainment hasn’t been able to pull off… make an actual good Kaiju vs. Kaiju movie with a strong human element to it.
During an interview with Empire, the filmmaker shared: “I don’t know if anyone has achieved a more serious tone of kaiju vs kaiju with human drama, that challenge, is something I would like to explore.”
He went on to add, “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’s absolutely right, and I would love for him to actually showcase his storytelling and directing skills and continue to prove to Hollywood that you can make an epic genre film with all the spectacle and still manage to tell a great story. Hollywood has had a long struggle with that.
It’s going to be awhile before that Godzilla Minus One sequel gets made, though. The director said: “I can tell you [the Minus One sequel’s] not going to be my next film. I’ve already got my next film in development that I’m working on but will it be the one after that? That remains to be seen.”
While we wait, we can all look forward to seeing what Yamazaki does next.
