Prequel: Godzilla Minus One
Running time: 2h 15m
Languages: Japanese, English
Cinematography: Kôzô Shibasaki
Producers: Kazuaki Kishida, Minami Ichikawa, Keiichiro Moriya, Taichi Ueda, Go Abe
Godzilla Minus Zero (Japanese: ゴジラ-0.0, 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 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: King Ghidorah. Godzilla reappears and is drawn into conflict with the three-headed monster, guided through human intervention.
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. It is the first film of the franchise to be rated R by the Motion Picture Association.
