A New Japanese Godzilla Movie is Coming in 2023

Toho, the company behind the creation of Godzilla, has announced a new film starring the King of Monsters set to release on November 3, 2023.

The announcement was a part of Godzilla Day 2022, and the official Godzilla Twitter account shared a logo for the new movie.

Takashi Yamazaki will direct the new Godzilla. The filmmaker has previously helmed Lupin III: The First, Parayste Part 1 and Part 2, and Dragon Quest: Your Story. This will be Yamazaki’s first time directing a Godzilla film.

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— GODZILLA.OFFICIAL (@Godzilla_Toho) November 3, 2022

The new film marks Toho’s first Godzilla movie since 2016’s Shin Godzilla. In our Shin Godzilla review, we said the movie, “provides a new origin for the legendary kaiju, establishing its own unique style while taking inspiration from the classics in all the right ways.” The untitled 2023 Godzilla film marks the 33rd Toho Godzilla movie, and the 37th Godzilla movie overall.

On the American side of things, Warner Bros, and Legendary Pictures are working on a MonsterVerse sequel to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong. The follow-up will see Godzilla and King Kong team up to fight “a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world”.

If you want to catch up on the enormous series of Kaiju movies, check out our list of the Godzilla movies in order. Or, if you just want the best of the best, read our list of the top ten Godzilla movies.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN covering video game and entertainment news. He has over six years of experience in the gaming industry with bylines at IGN, Nintendo Wire, Switch Player Magazine, and Lifewire. Find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

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