Shin Godzilla 2 release date: Is it still canceled?

Fans of Shin Godzilla have been clamoring for news on a sequel since the pic'due south 2016 release. The kaiju activity movie was gear up outside of the mainstream Godzilla continuity, bringing the lizard monster dorsum to Japan to wreak havoc. Produced by Toho Pictures, who have worked on Godzilla movies since 1954, a sequel was announced and then canceled in 2018. If you lot desire whatsoever updates on information technology, yous're in the correct place.

Is there a Shin Godzilla ii release engagement?

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Sadly, no. Toho canned Shin Godzilla two in May 2018. The motion-picture show is still without a release date.

Initially, Toho canceled Shin Godzilla two as they opted to have the character towards a shared universe rather than a single catechism of films. The animated Godzilla movies Planet of the Monsters, City on the Border of Battle, and The Planet Eater followed this. These anime films released between 2017 and 2018. At that time, Shin Godzilla two was yet on the cards. Yet, the success of this trilogy ultimately caused Toho to opt towards a multiversal arroyo, rather than one Godzilla continuity.

Since and then, at that place haven't been whatever Toho Godzilla films, due to a legal clause with Legendary Pictures. They're the studio behind the alive-action Godzilla movies, most recently releasing Godzilla vs. Kong. They have a clause with Toho where the Japanese studio cannot release live-action Godzilla films in the same year equally Legendary'southward films, to avoid confusion for audiences.

However, the release of Godzilla vs. Kong was the concluding film under this restriction. This ways legally, Toho could produce a Shin Godzilla ii if they wanted to. Whether this volition happen, it's hard to say, as there's even so naught to propose the sequel will be revived. With Toho busy making Godzilla Singular Point, the Netflix anime series, it isn't worth holding your jiff for a Shin Godzilla sequel.

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