Godzilla Minus One is getting a black and white re-release after its success at the box office.
The film, which is unconnected to the Warner Bros. cinematic universe of films featuring the destruction-prone lizard like Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong, landed a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and earned 4.4 billion yen (£24.3 million) in Japan after release.
Now, after a UK premiere date of December 15, the film is set to be released again in Japan with a black-and-white-version in 340 theatres from January 12, 2024.
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A trailer for the re-release has been unveiled, showcasing Godzilla stomping on civilians, flinging ships across cities and sinking warships in all his black and white glory.
Director Takashi Yamazaki has also given a statement on the impact of sapping the film of its colour, via Godzilla Minus One's official website.
"Godzilla Minus One/ Minus Color, which has been in the works for a long time, will finally release," the statement read.
"The team did not just make the film monochrome, but coordinated it shot-by-shot, making full use of various mats, as if they were creating a new film."
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Continuing, Yamazaki said that, "The goal was to create an image tone as if taken by the masters of black-and-white photography.
"I asked them to unearth as much skin texture and landscape detail as possible, which were latent in the captured data. Then, Godzilla appeared, as terrifying and horrifying as in a documentary.
"A new sense of reality that looms over you by losing colours..."
Godzilla Minus One/ Minus Color will be released in Japanese cinemas January 12, 2024. Godzilla Minus One is in UK cinemas now.
