Minus One’s Director Is Making a New Godzilla Theme Park Journey, Too

Goji followers rejoice: Along with Godzilla Minus One‘s Oscar-winning director Takashi Yamazaki engaged on a sequel kaiju film, he’s additionally providing his abilities in crafting a brand new Godzilla rollercoaster experience.

In accordance with the official Godzilla website, Yamazaki will write, produce, and direct the VFX for the forthcoming experience, which is about to roll out throughout “a number of areas meant for main theme parks and leisure facilities.” As the location notes, this may mark the second event Yamazaki has labored on a Godzilla attraction, the primary being Godzilla the Journey: Big Monsters Final Battle.

“I’m thrilled to return to Godzilla’s world from the passenger seat,” Yamazaki mentioned in a press launch. “What highly effective foes will emerge? The place will this experience take us subsequent? As a experience fanatic myself, I can’t anticipate my first spin — and I’m working day and evening with our group to make this probably the most terrifying experience on the planet.”

Whereas most of us cursed with the spawn level of residing within the West haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing Godzilla the Journey, which remains to be energetic at Seibuen Amusement Park, Minus One lead Ryunosuke Kamiki gave a fairly glowing evaluation of it, naturally, after buying multiple figurines of the ride’s version of the titular kaiju.

Though Yamazaki teases highly effective foes rising in a imprecise approach that may make any fan get away their tierlist for greatest kaijus Godzilla has had the pleasure of tussling with, along with terrifying riders as they pace by means of battles the place the colossal monsters will swat at them like flies. On the similar time, they throw down, Yamazaki’s feedback concerning the movie’s closing moments give credence for a specific kaiju to make an look.

Ultimately Could’s Godzilla Fest, Yamazaki addressed the black marks on Noriko’s neck on the movie’s climax, confirming they have been Godzilla cells — or G-cells. His remarks sparked a wave of theory crafting for Godzilla followers who flocked to Reddit. They might agree that the movie’s cliffhanger might pave the way in which for Biollante or SpaceGodzilla to take heart stage in Minus One‘s follow-up movie. Whereas we’re nonetheless too early into Minus One and its amusement experience’s manufacturing to pin down the “highly effective foe” which may escalate the stakes in Yamazaki’s Godzilla universe, hypothesis is half the enjoyable. For now, it’s laborious to withstand the considered an amusement park attraction having Godzilla’s dorsal fin and seemingly innocent plant vines prelude a thrillingly terrifying rollercoaster expertise.

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