- Primary Subject: Godzilla Minus Zero director Takashi Yamazaki addressing the likelihood of a third installment.
- Key Update: While Toho has not yet greenlit a third film, director Takashi Yamazaki revealed his odds of returning for a trilogy capper are "fifty-fifty," adding that he would love to design a brand-new, original kaiju if given the chance.
- Status: Confirmed
- Last Verified: November 13, 2026
- Quick Answer: Toho has not greenlit a third film yet, though Godzilla Minus Zero director Takashi Yamazaki puts his return at "fifty-fifty" and wants to create an original kaiju.
After Godzilla Minus Zero's triumphant box office shattered opening weekend records for a live-action foreign-language film in North America, fans are looking ahead to what comes next for the King of Monsters.
While Oscar-winning filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki has delivered two acclaimed entries in postwar Japan, the question remains whether Toho plans to expand his vision into a full trilogy. Here is what Yamazaki revealed about the possibility of a third installment and his bold idea.
Godzilla Minus Zero Director Reveals Whether a Third Film Is in the Works
Despite Godzilla Minus Zero roaring past $70 million worldwide on a modest $13-$18 million budget, Toho has yet to officially announce a follow-up. Speaking to Inverse in a recent interview, Yamazaki shares he feels torn about continuing the story.
While he stated that he would "probably say yes" if Toho approached him, he confessed he would be "a bit sad" if Minus Zero were his final Godzilla entry. Yamazaki noted he is deeply satisfied with where the second film leaves Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) and Noriko Oishi (Minami Hamabe).
"I don't know what's going to happen next beyond this ending. Part of me thinks maybe it'll be the most graceful to end it right here, and the other part of me wants to see what happens next," Yamazaki told the outlet. "So I think it's a complicated relationship that I have with this universe."
When asked whether a third Minus movie would pick another beloved kaiju from the Godzilla gallery or craft an original, "Well, that's a question to which only Toho knows the answer. But if it were up to me, I think it would be very interesting to perhaps even create an original kaiju to explore in another film."
How an 'Original Kaiju' Would Look If a Minus Threequel Were to Come to Fruition
After pitting Godzilla against a terrifying reimagining of King Ghidorah in Godzilla Minus Zero, Yamazaki revealed that if he does return for a third film, he wants to break away from legacy Toho monsters entirely.
Rather than adapting familiar adversaries like Mothra, Rodan, or Destoroyah, he believes that an original kaiju, which would likely be born directly from his universe's postwar nuclear fallouts or biological mutations tied to Godzilla's cells ("G-cells"), would be the best way to end the trilogy that could potentially birth expansions.
As both director and visual effects supervisor, Yamazaki favors grounded scale, terrifying proximity to human survivors, and the raw destructive physics of the King of Monsters terrorizing his territory.
Any original creature designed by Yamazaki and VFX studio Shirogumi would most likely be another unstoppable force of nature rather than relying on the traditional movie villains fans have long seen before.