Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One crew has registered Godzilla history, becoming the only movie from the sea monster cinematic franchise to have won an Oscar. The team had secured a single nod at the 2024 Oscars, enough to win the red carpet-event. Even before landing the Best Visual Effects, the crew members rolled up to the party with trophies of their own in hand. However, the glistening Godzilla figurines weren't the only piece of method dressing the quartet bore. If the epic Japanese team's presence with a bow tie-wearing golden…

Photo: Mike Coppola (Getty Images)The Oscars award ceremony is a night for the stars of Hollywood to gather together and celebrate cinema, while also looking incredibly glamorous is lavishly expensive and immaculately presented couture. And yet no one at last nights awards—no one—could beat the hottest look of the night: a soft vinyl monster toy spray painted gold and given a lil’ bowtie.The Godzilla Minus One team—sorry, the Academy-Award-winning Godzilla Minus One team—have have the time of their lives this awards…

Image: TohoGodzilla is a titan of moviemaking, but now he’s toppled his loftiest goal yet: award season. Just announced at the 2024 Academy Awards, Godzilla Minus One—io9's favorite movie of 2023—has won the Oscar for best VFX.Reservation Dogs | First FandomsThe movie overcame strong competition from the likes of Disney—with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and 20th Century Studios’ The Creator up for nods—and other Western studios to take the prize, one which makes history in a number of ways. It’s the Godzilla…

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Japan’s box office climbed 4 percent to a post-pandemic high of $1.5 billion (221.5 billion yen) in 2023, driven again by a strong slate of anime and a steady return to theaters. Hollywood films maintained the same market share of around 31 percent as the previous year, though a very weak yen reduced earnings in dollar terms.   The Japanese currency falling toward the 150-mark against the greenback means that when converted, the annual box office fell from last year’s $1.64 billion even though takings…

Image: Super7/TohoThe world was already a pretty excellent place for Godzilla fans considering a) Godzilla Minus One exists and is in theaters, and b) its black and white version, Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, is also in now in theaters for a limited time. One thing could make it better though. Maybe, say, a new limited edition collectible to celebrate?Reservation Dogs | First FandomsAnd so it is that Super 7 is releasing the limited-edition Toho Ultimates! Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color figure today at 1:30 p.m. ET.…

POOR THINGS | Official Trailer | Searchlight PicturesNominated for: Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting Role (Mark Ruffalo), Actress in a Leading Role (Emma Stone); Directing (Yorgos Lanthimos), Cinematography, Costume Design, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)Where to stream: Nowhere yet; Poor Things is only in theaters as of this writing. POOR THINGS | Official Trailer | Searchlight PicturesNominated for: Best Picture, Actor in a Supporting…

Godzilla Minus One roared its way to an Oscar nomination today.Image: TohoWhen your landmark film gets a surprise, history-making Oscar nomination, there’s cause for celebration. And that’s exactly what the team behind Godzilla Minus One did earlier today when the film was nominated for Best Visual Effects.Reservation Dogs | First FandomsThe nod, which puts it up against such Hollywood heavyweights as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning (as well as The Creator and Napoleon) made it the…

Image: TohoIf I ever happened to direct a really great Godzilla movie that also happened to become a record-breaking blockbuster of international kaiju cinema along the way, I would personally be pretty content. But I’m very glad that Takashi Yamazaki, who did exactly that with Godzilla Minus One, is going beyond that and just using its success to have a really nice time.James Mangold on his Future Star Wars Film | io9 InterviewEarlier this week in Director Has Nice Time news, we brought you up to speed on both Yamazaki’s…

As Godzilla Minus One—io9's top movie of 2023—continues to chart incredible success at the box office, it’s about to present audiences with a whole new way to see the film. Tickets are now on sale for Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, a gorgeously stark, newly remastered black and white version of the hit film.Reservation Dogs | First FandomsMinus Color opened in Japan last week, and Toho International is bringing it to U.S. theaters for one week only starting January 26. No matter where you are (Japan or the U.S.), you’ll…