Everything on Toho's New Godzilla Movie - Release Date, Director, Plus More

Japanese film company Toho said a new movie in the Godzilla film franchise will be released next year

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The news was announced on the famous character's official Twitter account during the 2022 "Godzilla Day" celebrations.

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Godzilla is a huge, destructive, fictional sea monster, or kaiju, empowered by nuclear radiation, that first appeared in the 1954 film Godzilla.

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After the first movie, Godzilla became a global pop culture icon,

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the beast has since appeared in 32 Toho films and four American remakes,

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as well as various video games, television shows and comic books

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This will be the 30th live action Godzilla film in the Toho franchise

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as three of the 32 total films were animated.

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Godzilla is often referred to as "King of the Monsters,"

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