Deadline: Takashi Yamazaki's Grandgear Film Casts Sam Nivola, Nico Parker
Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Monday that Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki's first English-language film Grandgear has cast Sam Nivola (The White Lotus, The Perfect Couple) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us, 2025 How to Train Your Dragon), with Paul Giamatti (Sideways, The Holdovers) in talks to join the cast.
The film was originally slated to open on February 18, 2028, but Sony Pictures recently moved up its release date earlier this month to January 14, 2028.
Yamazaki is writing the original screenplay, directing the film, and producing. Bad Robot's J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper are also producing the film. The film marks Yamazaki's formal entry into the U.S. market, following the success of Godzilla Minus One. The plot of the film is currently unknown.
Sony Pictures announced in April earlier this year that filming will start soon.
Godzilla Minus One opened in Japan on November 3, 2023 ("Godzilla Day"), which was the anniversary of the first Godzilla film's November 3, 1954 release. The film was the third highest-grossing foreign-language film in the United States as of 2024.
Netflix is streaming the film and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, the black-and-white version of the film, worldwide.
Godzilla Minus One won the Best Visual Effects award in the 96th Academy Awards in March 2024. The film is the first Japanese film to win in this category, and the first Godzilla film to be nominated for an Oscar.
Godzilla Minus Zero, the new Godzilla film, will open in Japan on November 3, and in North America on November 6. This is the first time a Japan-produced Godzilla series film will open in Japan and in North America in the same week. Yamazaki returns as director, screenwriter, and VFX supervisor.
Source: Deadline (Justin Kroll)
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