Godzilla Minus Zero's Final Trailer Finally Shows Off King Ghidorah
Three heads, zero chill.
Toho has stopped keeping its biggest secret. A new trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, released today, gives fans their first official look at King Ghidorah, the three-headed monster that rumors have been pointing to for months (ComicBook.com).
The timing is not an accident. The movie opens across North America on November 6, and Toho's official Godzilla account says screenings start tonight.
What does the new Godzilla Minus Zero trailer show?
Ghidorah only gets two quick shots, about two seconds in total, so blink and you'll miss him. One shot appears to show him dropping Godzilla from a huge height, and the other reveals his three heads through flashes of lightning. That's a big tease from a studio that spent the whole campaign hiding him.
Earlier trailers only hinted at a second monster with a strange roar and bursts of yellow lightning, which was enough for fans to guess. Now it's confirmed.
When does Godzilla Minus Zero come out?
GKIDS is releasing the movie with Toho in North America. It had early IMAX screenings for Godzilla Day on November 3, and the full nationwide release starts November 6 in standard and premium formats (GKIDS).
It's also the first Japanese production that was filmed for IMAX, so the big screen is the way to see it. We already saw the hype build when the movie took over Times Square.
How is Godzilla Minus Zero doing in Japan?
Very well. The movie opened in Japan on November 3 and earned $5.7 million on its first day, which GKIDS calls the biggest opening day ever for a live-action movie in Japan, foreign or domestic.
Takashi Yamazaki is back as writer, director and visual effects supervisor. The story picks up in 1949, two years after Godzilla Minus One, with Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe returning as Koichi and Noriko Shikishima.
Is Godzilla Minus Zero the last one?
The marketing has fans worried, since one trailer line says "There is no third time. Everything ends here." Yamazaki isn't closing the door, though. Asked about another sequel, he said, "Please don't rule out the possibility."
My read is that Toho saved the Ghidorah reveal for exactly the right moment. Hiding him all campaign built real curiosity, and confirming him the week of release gives anyone on the fence one more reason to buy a ticket. (Ghidorah also has three mouths to feed, so he probably wanted the box office.) Minus One won an Oscar for its effects, and two seconds of footage is all it took to show that this one is going even bigger.
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