Plus, details on the The King of Monsters winning its first Oscar
NETFLIX has surprised fans after dropping Godzilla Minus One on its streaming service.
Godzilla Minus One is officially streaming for Netflix subscribers in North America.
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According to the Godzilla site, the sci-fi movie featuring The King of the Monsters is available in various subtitles and has been dubbed for Japanese and English audiences.
The black-and-white version of the Oscar-winning film arrives sometime “later this summer.”
On Saturday, at three in the morning, the streaming service announced the arrival of the latest Godzilla installment on social media.
In the nearly 50-second clip shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, Gojira roared across the ocean as the large dorsal spines glowed blue.
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The reptilian monster commenced its blue atomic breath attack and fired off a concentrated beam of its radioactive power.
“Now on Netflix!” the caption read.
THE COMMENTS
Fans jumped to the comments section and praised Netflix for its latest drop.
“Movie night with my sons and pizza!” a fan cheered.
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“I know what I’m watching tonight!” another fan squealed.
“Netflix is the best platform on planet Earth! We all love you!” a third fan gushed.
“Netflix with the surprise drop! Let’s go!” a fourth person wrote.
“A big play by Netflix! I will always watch Netflix! I really enjoyed watching the movie! Thank you!” a commentator chimed.
THE OSCARS
In early March, the Japanese monster movie sensation took Hollywood by storm and achieved a major win at the Oscars.
The non-U.S. studio film won the award for Best Visual Effects, beating Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Napoleon, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, and The Creator.
AMERICAN GODZILLA
How does Godzilla Minus One differ from its American sequels
Tomoyuki Tanaka, the creator of the Godzilla franchise, envisioned Godzilla to reflect the fears of post-war Japan.
In its original iteration, Godzilla served as an allegory for the atrocities of war and humanity’s capacity for monstrosities.
The prehistoric sea monster is brought to life by nuclear radiation.
Godzilla Minus One is set during the tail end of World War II, after the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
After the devastations of war, Japan has to mobilize and get ready for action due to the arrival of a reptilian behemoth.
The Godzilla franchise has also been remade for American audiences.
The five American films are Godzilla (1998), Godzilla (2014), King of the Monsters (2019), Godzilla vs Kong (2021), and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024).
In the recent action-packed sequels, Godzilla is empowered by nuclear radiation and makes King Kong – The Eighth Wonder of the World – his nemesis.
Instead of glowing blue, the monster’s scales turn pink because it is evolving and powering up its atomic breath.
In the ’90s film, Godzilla can also lay eggs to create more baby prehistoric creatures, who can grow up to become behemoths.
After seven decades of sequels, this became the first time in the franchise’s history that a Godzilla movie was nominated for and won an Oscar.
Backstage at the Oscars ceremony, writer/director Takashi Yamazaki spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the impact of his film’s success in Japan.
“I think Godzilla has opened up so many doors for us through this project,” he shared.
“I don’t know where those doors are going to lead, but I don’t want to turn down any opportunity.”
“I do believe that perhaps the success of Godzilla Minus One will open up new opportunity for a lot of Japanese filmmakers,” the filmmaker continued.
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“I think that’s important because Japan is such a small country that we need international box office and revenue to sustain the industry.”
“This should be the start of something bigger, I hope, for the industry as a whole,” Takashi concluded.
Originally published at The U.S. Sun
