Takashi Yamazaki confirms engaged on ‘Godzilla Minus One’ sequel’s screenplay and storyboards

Takashi Yamazaki and Christopher Nolan attend the Governors Ball through the 96th Annual Academy Awards
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Takashi Yamazaki, the Oscar-winning author, director and VFX supervisor of the hit Japanese movie Godzilla Minus One has confirmed that he’s presently engaged on the screenplay and storyboards for the movie’s sequel, reported Selection.

The filmmaker was among the many honorees who shared their views on AI on the Visible Results Society Awards and Yamazaki additionally accepted the Society’s Visionary Award. On the occasion, the director additionally acknowledged that he expects to have “extra” finances this time round from Toho. Although he didn’t reveal a precise determine, it’s price noting that Godzilla Minus One was made on a finances of lower than $15 million.

Selection additionally shared quotes from the filmmaker from the occasion on the potential of AI. “It’s a really succesful assistant or software, because it stands proper now, however it’s not on the level the place it may well form of take centre stage and generate what people can,” he stated. “Proper now, it’s not in any of our pipelines due to that purpose, however the pace at which AI evolves is simply so immense that the place it goes from right here stays to be seen.”

Stating how he could be a late adopter of the tech, the director stated, “Till just lately, I’ve been nonetheless taking pictures on movie and I like to make use of miniatures. So I do know that sometime we’re going to must embrace and form of work with AI, however I’m in all probability going to be one of many later ones as a result of I do like working with older know-how and strategies.”

Godzilla Minus One, set in postwar Japan, starred Ryunosuke Kamiki as a former kamikaze pilot affected by post-traumatic stress dysfunction after encountering a large monster often called Godzilla. The movie additionally starred Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.

Aside from grossing greater than $110 million worldwide and changing into essentially the most profitable Japanese Godzilla movie, Godzilla Minus One additionally attained quite a few accolades, together with a number one 12 nominations on the forty seventh Japan Academy Movie Prize (profitable eight) and profitable Greatest Visible Results on the 96th Academy Awards.