UPCOMING KAIJU FILMS

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[Post-Production, Late 2024, North Star JP, Japan]

A combined military task force travels to an ancient Japanese Island, searching for the missing members of a construction team, currently in the process of building a new military base.

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[Post-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Ranrikestudios AB, Sweden]

In 1746 a local priest wrote down a description of an ancient sea creature living deep in Lake Bullaren in Bohuslan, Sweden. People claimed to have seen it during times of war, plague, and times of suffering. There were stories of a nearly 15 foot long fish-like creature prowling in the shallows near Smeviken. Some claimed to nearly have caught the beast but there is not evidence of anyone succeeding. Now in 2020 it's time for a new attempt to capture the legendary beast.

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{Post-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Taniyama Cinema, Japan]

A fantasy, supernatural, romantic special effects movie based on the legend of a giant insect monster that is passed down at Ningyo Pass.

The film is being made in episodes that will be cut into a feature film.

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[Post-Production, January 2025, Titan Co., Ltd, Japan]

One day, Ichiro Yamada, who works in the tourism department of the city hall, is ordered by the mayor to make a local movie, and comes up with the idea of ​​making a monster movie, which has been his dream for a long time. However, that idea develops into a major incident that involves the city government. Will the local monster movie be completed safely and be able to liven up the town? ~ Translation by Google Translate

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[Development, February 21st, 2025, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

The trailer was released on November 22nd, 2024 with the reveal the with the original series cast returning, Naoto Takenaka will be joining the cast. The film also includes a new form of Ultraman Arc with a black color pallet and will be directed by Takanori Tsujimoto (who was the main director for the series).

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN 2025 RELEASE DATE, Tokai Production Co., Ltd., Japan]

The Ayu sweetfish, a breed common in the waters of Japan, is mutated into a giant monster with many tails. The beast “Ayura” attacks Gifu prefecture, destroying buildings and forcing the populace to run for their lives.
Kaoru, a young government employee, is bewildered by this bizarre and terrifying situation. But her senior, Nanami, tells her, “You have a real job to do."

What can Kaoru and the people of Gifu Prefecture do to stand up against Ayura? And what role will the cormorant-type weapon “Mekau” play?*

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[Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Schaffer Studios, USA]

Fall clouds take turns hiding the moon. The night air is crisp. Faint, distorted sounds of fun and excitement drift on the breeze from the carnival below. Other than that, all is quiet—too quiet.

Something moves across the ground. Hank hops down to have a look about. It’s the wind, moving the grass. He turns and shrugs to his buddy who nods in return. Claws quickly emerge from the darkness and grab the farmer, ripping him clear from his seat on the heavy, steel machine. Hank shouts and shoulders his axe as his friend is carried away by “the What”.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2025 RELEASE DATE, Toei Co., Ltd, Japan]

No official announcements have been made, but the film will likely serve as the finale to the Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger series.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2025 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Leaked in a Tsuburaya Productions sharholders presentation, it is likely the planned sequel to “Shin Ultraman.” Some have thrown the idea of “Shin Ultraseven” around. It is possible that this film is cancelled.

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[Pre-Production, Late 2025, Nordisk Film Production, Norway]

The kraken is a legendary monster born from the stories of sailors, and said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland.

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[Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions/Toei Animation, Japan]

Originally an animated short co-produced, hope has been made to turn it into a movie version, no current details are know about the proposed project.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2025 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Leaked in a Tsuburaya Productions sharholders presentation, it is unknown the current state of this project or the various other projects that were planned for the SEA markets.

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[Pre-Production, Late 2025, Netflix, Norway]

Troll 2 reteams Uthaug (“Tomb Raider”) with writer Espen Aukan and producers Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud at Motion Blur, the Oslo-based banner whose credits include “Cadaver,” “Amundsen” and “The 12th Man.

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[Pre-Production, Late 2025, Constantin Film, USA]

Against the backdrop of Brazil’s Curuçá River in the present day. When a team of young doctors embark on a local humanitarian mission through the Amazon rainforest, it soon becomes clear that not everyone – or everything – is happy to see them. Their arrival draws the attention of an ancient predator, the Boiúna.

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Bad Robot Productions, Paramount Pictures, USA]

Announced Babak Anvari will be directing with Joe Barton writing, and J.J. Abrams/Hannah Minghella producing, no details are known outside of the film being a direct sequel to the first “Cloverfield” but in third person point-of-view.

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Māoriland Productions, New Zealand]
When their peaceful world is completely destroyed by a brutal tribe, Keiha and Waikura, a devoted young couple, are chosen to lead the survivors to safety. Soon, Keiha disregards his wife’s advice and veers away from the agreed destination. As they venture into a strange yet seductive valley, Waikura’s intuition tells her something otherworldly is tracking them.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2026 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Announced at Tsuburaya Convention in 2022, a series is planned for 2025-2026, this film will likely be the finale to the show.

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[Early Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Toho, Japan]

Takashi Yamazaki is returning as writer, director, and FX Supervisor on an all-new Godzilla movie!

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Shinpei Hayashiya, Japan]

The script for the film is completed and the film is set to be a sequel to “War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs. Goura.”

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Netflix, USA]

It will bring back monster hunter Jacob Holland and his now adopted daughter, Maisie Brumble. And there is an original fantasy where Williams hopes to use his world-building chops to tell a story both big and small, in the tradition of “The Lord of the Rings” but with the attitude of “The Princess Bride.”

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[Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Warner Brothers, USA]

“Them!” was a film in the 1950s about giant ants. It was sort of discussing the oncoming nuclear age that we found ourselves in and were woefully unprepared for as human beings, and so I thought there’s so much going on in the world – that was clearly a lesson that we didn’t learn as humans – and it feels like it’s a story that could be told again today with a lot of the shit that’s going on in the world. ~ Michael Giacchino

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Warner Brothers, USA]

Fresh off directing “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” which is headed to theaters in September, Deadline reports that Tim Burton is attached to direct a new take on “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.”

Tim Burton is producing “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman” for Warner Bros. with Andrew Mittman and Tommy Harper. Kai Dolbashian is on board as an Executive Producer.

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[Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Beppu Short Movie Project, Japan]

Announced at G-Fest 2024, Kiyotaka Taguchi is planning on producing a sequel to the first “Daikaiju Bugon.”

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[Post-Production, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd, Japan]

Serving as a sequel to “Jellyfish Eyes” (2013), the film was initially cancelled by director Takashi Murakami in 2020, on February 10th, 2022, he announced that they would be starting up on production again.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2026 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Announced at Tsuburaya Convention in 2022, a series is planned for 2026-2027, this film will likely be the finale to the show.

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[Pre-Production, March 26th, 2027, Legendary Pictures/Warner Brothers, USA]

Directed by Grant Sputore and written by Dave Callaham, the film will be a direct sequel to the 2024 film “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.”

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Chinese Pictures, China]

On March 14th, 2024, it was announced as a Chinese production from Chinese Pictures with no word if Warner Brothers was slated to return. It was beginning early development with hopes to interest an international audience.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2027 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Leaked in a Tsuburaya Productions sharholders presentation, it is likely the planned third film to “Shin Ultraman.”

The film is likely cancelled.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2028 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Announced at Tsuburaya Convention in 2022, a series is planned for 2027-2028, this film will likely be the finale to the show.

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[Development, UNKNOWN 2029 RELEASE DATE, Tsuburaya Productions, Japan]

Announced at Tsuburaya Convention in 2022, a series is planned for 2028-2029, this film will likely be the finale to the show.

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[Development Hell, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, H&R Global Pictures, China]

Set in 1969 and depicts America and Russia embroiled in a fictional war to be the first nation to land on the moon.

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Sony Pictures, USA]

Brian and Mark Gunn are set to adapt the screenplay for Sony Pictures and Escape Artists‘ The Kaiju Score based on the AfterShock Comics’ series by James Patrick and artist Rem Broo. The feature’s plot is being kept under wraps.

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[Early Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, North Star JP, Japan]

A sequel to the film “Kaiju: Island of Fire” from Andrew Phillips. The second film in the “Kaiju MultiVerse” Project.

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[Early Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, North Star JP, Japan]

The third entry in the “Kaiju MultiVerse” Project. starting from “Kaiju: Island of Fire” from Andrew Phillips.

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[Announced, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, SRS Cinema, USA]

Teased at the end of “ZillaFoot: Extended Edition” (2021).

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[Post-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Science Fiction Artists, Japan]

A werewolf appears in Japan, which becomes irradiated and grows to daikaiju size. This giant Wolfman encounters Godzilla in the countryside and the two monsters battle. Godzilla is portrayed as a rampaging monster like in the early Showa series, but the lesser of two evils compared to the Wolfman.

This project is in development Hell.

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[Announced, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, SC Films International, United Kingdom]

Announced on October 4th, 2022. No further information has been announced.

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Warner Brothers, USA]

Fede Alvarez is attached to direct the film with Rodo Sayagues co-writing with Alvarez

This film is likely not happening.

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, The Irish Film Board, Ireland]

A proof-of-concept trailer was released. Ruairi Robinson is directing and Jim Uhis is writing with Simon Kinberg and Neill Blomkamp producing.

By the early 22nd century mankind had colonized many worlds. Faster than light travel was made possible by harvesting exotic matter from the eggs of the largest species mankind has ever seen. Those that take part in the hunt are mostly involuntary labor.

This film is likely not happening,

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Warner Brothers, USA]

Announced on January 17th, 2017, with David Heyman producing. Proposed as a two-film project. The film would be a remake of the Shinji Higuchi duology. It was announced that Andy Muschietti would direct with Barbara Muschietti also producing. The director left in late 2023.

Humans living behind a wall through generations to keep themselves safe from the alien Titans. However, curious as to what is beyond the wall, they form a scouting mission. It is not long before they find themselves battling the Titans as they try to save humanity once again.

This film is likely not going to happen.

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[Pre-Production, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Warner Brothers, USA]

Announced on January 17th, 2017, with David Heyman producing. Proposed as a two-film project. The films would be a remake of the Shinji Higuchi duology. It was announced that Andy Muschietti would direct with Barbara Muschietti also producing. The director left in late 2023.

Humans living behind a wall through generations to keep themselves safe from the alien Titans. However, curious as to what is beyond the wall, they form a scouting mission. It is not long before they find themselves battling the Titans as they try to save humanity once again.

This film is likely not going to happen.

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[Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Netflix, USA]

Shannon Tindle stated on Twitter he’d like to do a sequel to “Ultraman Rising” but he wouldn’t know until after the first film was released. Following the hint of a meeting and then suggesting it didn’t go well, Shannon announced on June 19th, 2024 that his last day with Netflix would be the 20th of June.

Ultraman: Fallen would begin with Emiko Sato, who is revealed to be the founder of the first film's villainous organization, the Kaiju Defense League. Since being marooned on Ultraman's home planet, the sequel would potentially see Emiko return home, fleeing an all-new threat that Ultraman will have to face.

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[Development, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Titanic Creations LLC, USA]

When getting te Gorgo license for merchandising, Mac McClintock mentioned plans to make an animated Gorgo film. No updates have occurred since then.

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[Announced, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Kadokawa Pictures, Japan]

During the press for “Gamera: Rebirth,” it was revealed that if the show did well, Kadokawa was ready to start development on various gamera projects including a Gamera movie. Shusuke Kaneko was interested in returning to direct the film. However, “Gamera: Rebirth” failed on Netflix and likely has resulted in the IP being put on the backburner yet again.

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[Announced, UNKNOWN RELEASE DATE, Universal Pictures, USA]

A remake of the 2006 South Korean film “The Host,” the proposed remake has Fredrik Bond is set to direct, with Mark Poirier writing the script, and Gore Verbinski producing.

This film is likely not happening.