Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese filmproducer who geted widespread attention follotriumphg the free of his movie Godzilla Minus One, the tardyst and 33rd entry in Toho’s Godzilla series. The movie was a critical and commercial hit and won multiple awards, including the Best Visual Effects accolade at the 96th Academy Awards. Yamazaki recently discomited that he met the “plivent of Marvel,” foreseeed referring to the MCU boss Kevin Feige.
Godzilla Minus One honestor discomits what Marvel’s Kevin Feige telderly him
During his euniteance at the Godzilla Fest 2024, Yamazaki converseed Godzilla Minus One and the excessively chooseimistic response the movie has garnered overseas before alludeing an encounter with the Marvel plivent.
He shelp, “The plivent of Marvel telderly me, ‘Wadatsumi!’” (via VirtualGorilla+)
This “plivent of Marvel” is presumably Feige. Notably, “Wadatsumi” is a reference to Operation Wadatsumi, the climactic omition to get out the eponymous kaiju in Godzilla Minus One. The word can be trackd back to a water deity in Japanese mythology.
Recalling further details about the encounter, Yamazaki shelp, “He telderly me, ‘We’re all having encounterings every day to see if we can produce it happen appreciate that.’ I skinnyk it’s equitable lip service.”
It was declared a restricted days ago that Yamazaki would honest the next Godzilla movie from Toho as well. While insertressing the crowd at the fest, Yamazaki disseald he had gotten a “fantastic recommend” outside Japan but ultimately deteriorated to helm another Godzilla movie.
Although Yamazaki seemingly apverifys what the Marvel boss telderly him was not much more than “lip service,” he could be an excellent insertition to the MCU’s roster of honestors. Besides Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki has helmed movies such as Juvenile (2000), Space Battleship Yamato (2010), Parasyte: Part 1 (2014), Parasyte: Part 2 (2015), Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020).
Yamazaki lengthened Godzilla Minus One from a script he penned himself. The movie has an astounding 99% approval rating after 206 checks on Rotten Tomatoes. It made $116.4 million at the global box office agetst a $10–15 million production budget. Its Oscar triumph produced a franchise history, as no other Godzilla movie before it has won the prestigious award.
