Note: I normally don't post a correction before a press release but the folks over at Fathom Events got one thing wrong. They state that the movie Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (Godzilla x Mechagodzilla) has never been seen in a theater in the US. That simply isn't true because the movie was exhibited once in December 2003 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. I know that I'm splitting hairs but when it comes to Big G I'm kinda anal.
A little known fact: this movie was supposed to be the first film in a trilogy that was to climax with a movie to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Godzilla movie in 1954 called Godzilla vs Godzilla where the King of Monsters fights a genetically created clone of himself. That movie was scrapped for a film that Toho thought would be more popular with the younger crowd in Godzilla: Final Wars.
Okay I've talked enough, here is the press release:
For Godzilla fans, it’s definitely been a long time since the big lizard stormed into U.S. theaters in its old-school, skyscraper-wrecking monster movie incarnation. But an atomic breath of fresh reptilian air is set to change all that next month, when a Toho movie classic rarely seen by American eyes roars straight onto the big screen — which is just where the King of the Monsters belongs.
Just in time to commemorate the anniversary of the original 1954 release of the very first Godzilla in Japan, SYFY WIRE can exclusively reveal Toho and Fathom events are teaming to bring the scaled-up 2002 feature Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla to American movie screens. The one-day-only showing is timed to make its first-ever wide U.S. release on the aptly-named Godzilla Day (Thursday, Nov. 3): the date the original Godzilla took Japanese audiences on their first rampage almost 50 years ago.
Need a quick reminder of where Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla falls in the hallowed Goji timeline? This short-but-sweet trailer is here to lend a claw.
Not to be confused with the similarly-titled 1974 feature Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, the 2002 version served as a reboot of sorts, foregoing any nod to the broad Godzilla canon besides the original 1954 classic. The movie enjoyed a wide initial release in Japan, but never floated over to our side of the monster-infested sea…until now, that is.
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla finds the emergence of a new Godzilla; one that compels the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (J.S.D.F.) to “construct a cyborg countermeasure from the original monster's remains,” according to Fathom. "The beast's restless soul is discovered to inhabit the machine as the pilot [Lt. Akane Yashiro, played by Yumiko Shaku] must learn to find value in her own life.”
Though he’s only returning for a single day, our large-looming lizard will definitely be hard to miss: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is set to screen simultaneously across more than 450 U.S. theaters, complete with English subtitles and a “never before seen featurette direct from Japan,” via Fathom. Fans who intrepidly make the pilgrimage also will be greeted with “an exclusive message” from Keiji Ota, Toho International’s righteously-titled “Chief Godzilla Officer.”
This is one giant conflagration any die-hard Godzilla fan definitely won’t want to miss, but there’s thankfully plenty of time to snag a seat: Tickets can be purchased online at Fathom’s landing page starting Friday, Oct. 7. You can also take your chances and grab tickets right at the box office of your nearest participating theater...though that kind of feels like tempting fate. After all, Godzilla’s already angry enough — and you probably don’t want to be late.
Clear your calendars and be sure to dress for the radioactive occasion: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla blows up this year’s Godzilla Day when it crashes into U.S. theaters for its limited one-day showing.
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