I’m not surprised that Steven Spielberg is a fan of “Godzilla Minus One,” the film owes a lot to “Jaws” and, really, just the popcorn escapist nature of Spielberg’s best blockbusters.
‘Minus One’ director, Takashi Yamazaki, went on X to voice his utter joy in meeting Spielberg at yesterday’s annual Oscars luncheon, and it turns out that Spielberg has seen the film three times already:
I’ve met GOD. What am I going to do with all this? I'm seriously crying. And Spielberg saw GMO 3 times. He told me he liked the characters in the film. I gave him a Godzilla figure, and he was so happy when he took it...
“Godzilla Minus One,” which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, had a reported budget of $12-15 million. It’s an incredible technical feat that used a combination of VFX and practical effects to create it’s action sequences.
The film recently ended its record-breaking box-office run with over $104 million earned worldwide and $56 million earned domestically. This is Toho's 33rd Godzilla film. Yamazaki was high influenced by the original 1954 Godzilla in making this film, and it shows.
It’s now been 13 years since "The Grandmaster,” and it doesn’t sound like Wong Kar-wai will be making another film in the near future. His future seems to be on the small screen.