The Godzilla Minus One Crew Had the Finest Response to Their Oscar Nomination

When your landmark movie will get a shock, history-making Oscar nomination, there’s trigger for celebration. And that’s precisely what the group behind Godzilla Minus One did earlier right now when the movie was nominated for Best Visual Effects.

The nod, which places it up towards such Hollywood heavyweights as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Mission: Not possible – Useless Reckoning (in addition to The Creator and Napoleon) made it the primary Japanese language movie to ever earn a nomination within the class. And right here’s how the group reacted the second it occurred.

Now that’s simply superb, don’t you assume?

And whereas the nomination was clearly a shock, there was a concerted push for it. A number of weeks again the Hollywood Reporter did a function on the movie’s results, claiming it had a shot at a nomination. The article additionally revealed the type of surprising undeniable fact that solely 35 individuals labored on the consequences for the movie’s 610 pictures. (This raises a complete different set of extra complicated questions, which is a complete different story.) Both means, it’s a powerful feat on all types of ranges for a movie that price barely a fraction of its opponents.

Written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One has change into a authentic phenomenon on the U.S. field workplace, grossing over $50 million. That quantity additionally makes it the highest-grossing Japanese film, live-action or animation, in U.S. historical past, in addition to the fifth-highest overseas language movie ever. It’s been so fashionable in actual fact that beginning Friday, January 26, its distributor is releasing a special black and white version referred to as Godzilla Minus One/Minus Shade to pay homage to the unique Godzilla movies that impressed it.

And now, that thrilling Oscar nomination can solely assist it.

Should you haven’t seen Godzilla Minus One, we strongly urge you to go test it out. io9 didn’t name it our favorite film of 2023 for nothing.

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