Audiences Will "Feel What It's Like to be Chased by Godzilla" in Minus Zero

I sat down with Godzilla Minus Zero director Takashi Yamazaki just hours after his new film’s first trailer wowed CinemaCon (and then the Internet) this week. The film picks up two years after the events depicted in its Oscar-winning predecessor, Godzilla Minus One, and sees the Shikishima family endure another go-around with the King of the Monsters in a film the director promises will bring "a whole new level of terror" to the big screen. Yamazaki (through his translator) explained his vision for Godzilla Minus Zero, why it was important to bring back Ryunosuke Kamiki’s Koichi Shikishima and Minami Hamabe’s Noriko Oishi, and the appearance of the Statue of Liberty in the trailer. IGN: It looks amazing. I cannot wait to see it. What was the goal you set for yourself in making this film to top what you had done in Godzilla Minus One? What was the thing where you're like, "I have to accomplish this particular objective with this film?" Takashi Yamazaki: I look back at the origin of Godzilla and Godzilla as a symbol of fear. And I know in Minus One, there were plenty of moments where we can really feel Godzilla and its intensity, but more so than ever, I want people to see the film i