The untitled Toho ''Godzilla'' film, under the working title , is an upcoming Japanese '' kaiju'' film directed and written by

Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese visual effects artist, television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He won the Director of the Year and Screenplay of the Year awards at the Japan Academy Film Prize in 2006 for '' Always: Sunset on Third Street''. He ...

. Co-produced by

Robot Communications is a Japanese production and visual effects studio founded on June 3, 1986, and based in Tokyo. It won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for '' La Maison en Petits Cubes''. Productions * ''July 7th, Sunny Day'' (1996) * ''Pa ...

and

Toho Studios is a Japanese film production company that is a subsidiary of Toho Co., Ltd. Founded in November 8, 1971 as , the company originally served as a spin-off of Toho's original production department, and produced over 160 films. In December 2020, ...

; it is the 37th film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise, the 33rd ''Godzilla'' film produced by

Toho is a Japanese film, theatre production and distribution company. It has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. Outside of Japan, it is best known as the producer ...

, the fifth film in the franchise's Reiwa era and the second live-action film thereof. The film is scheduled to be theatrically released in Japan on November 3, 2023, to commemorate the franchise's 69th anniversary.

Premise

The film will take place in post-war Japan, between 1945 and 1947.

Production

Development

announced the film, under the working title ''Blockbuster Monster Movie'', on February 18, 2022, through a casting call on their official website. Robot stated

would direct and that the film will be presented by

Shirogumi , member of The Association of Japanese Animations, is a company centralized in the production of animated series and feature films, as well as the making and adjusting of visual effects. History In 1973, Tatsuo Shimamura established . To expan ...

opened a recruiting call for VFX designers and compositors in August 2022. Toho announced the project to be a ''Godzilla'' film on November 3, 2022, the franchise's 68th anniversary known as "Godzilla Day." Toho also revealed that the film had completed filming and had entered post-production with a targeted release date of November 3, 2023. Yamazaki was also named the film's writer and visual effects director.

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

began in mid-March 2022, taking place in Kantō and wrapped in mid-June.

Post-production

In August 2022, Shirogumi revealed that post-production was scheduled to commence in August 2022 and conclude in January 2023. However, their site noted that the starting date was "negotiable".

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* {{Takashi Yamazaki 2020s Japanese films 2020s Japanese-language films 2020s monster movies Godzilla films 2023 science fiction action films 2023 science fiction films Films directed by Takashi Yamazaki Toho films Kaiju films Giant monster films Toho tokusatsu films