Toho has released a very short and spoiler-free teaser for their upcoming giant monster movie Godzilla: Resurgence. The 30-second video simply shows people running through the streets from a found footage perspective, as though someone was filming something and suddenly chaos erupted. The teaser ends with the roar of Godzilla and two thunderous steps.
In addition to the teaser, a supposedly official poster for has been tweeted out by Japanese rock band Katokutai. The poster is basically three colors – red, white, and black – and shows the upper neck and head of the titular beast. I have to say I’m digging the rough and textured look but I can’t get over the googly eye. The overlapping teeth, which remind me of an angler fish , look absolutely terrifying (I’d hate to see the kind of damage those chompers could do) but the eye absolutely kills it. Hopefully that isn’t the final design and this is essentially a proof-of-concept. You can see the poster for yourself below.
Also below is a video from Katokutai, which shows the band performing in the middle of a city as though they are giants. They then use the buildings and surrounding structures as part of their performance. Seems somewhat fitting that the band to tweet out this poster also have a video like this.
Godzilla Resurgence is co-directed by Hideaki Anno (Evangelion), who also wrote the script, and Shinji Higuchi (Attack on Titan). Toho will be releasing the film on July 29th, 2016. It is their first production of Godzilla in over 12 years.
