EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding war, Sony Pictures has landed the project Grandgear from Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki and Bad Robot. The studio has greenlit the pic with Yamazaki writing original screenplay,

Yamazaki earned plenty of praise thanks to his previous movie. Godzilla Minus One opened with Kōichi Shikishima ( Ryunosuke Kamiki) suffering a traumatic experience due to an encounter with the titular monster.

It was recently announced that Godzilla Minus One writer and director Takashi Yamazaki is returning to direct another Godzilla movie for Toho. Well, it turns out the filmmaker was offered a lot of other directing gigs following the success of his first Godzilla movie,

Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki strikes a deal with Sony Pictures and Bad Robot for his next project Grandgear

Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki has officially partnered with Sony Pictures for his upcoming English-feature directorial debut film titled, Grandgear. Sony successfully won the project through a competitive bidding war against a number of studios.

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