Godzilla-0.0 Gets a Custom IMAX Countdown for Its Japan Opening
IMAX countdowns have typically gone to global blockbusters, so a Japanese Godzilla film getting one says as much about Toho's overseas positioning for this entry as it does about the video itself.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Godzilla-0.0, the latest Godzilla film from director and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki, will open with its own custom IMAX countdown at IMAX screenings in Japan starting November 3, the film's opening day. The video shows a blue-lit 6, a 4 crushed under a giant foot, and the IMAX logo rising as Godzilla emerges from a split sea. Overseas screenings are planned and will roll out sequentially.
The countdown runs ten numbers, and Yamazaki's VFX crew split the work by digit, one number each. Yamazaki said he had watched other films' custom IMAX countdowns with envy and that this chance came earlier than he expected. The sound team built effects to match the visuals, and Yamazaki said the team kept the original countdown's music in mind while balancing their own version. IMAX's official social media plans to release a new scene cut on October 27, seven days before the opening.
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- Cinema Today 『ゴジラ-0.0』日本映画初、IMAXカウントダウンとコラボ決定 海外でも上映予定