Godzilla Minus One Wins Oscar for Best Visual Effects

The Twins themselves, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, took to the stage at the 96th Academy Awards to announce the winner of the Best Visual Effects category, and the honor went to Godzilla Minus One . The film directed by Takashi Yamazaki joins Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron in a historic night for Japanese cinema.  Godzilla Minus One beat out competition that includes The Creator , Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 , Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One and Napoleon . This is the first Academy Award nomination and the first win for Godzilla. This win falls in the 70th anniversary year of Ishiro Honda's original Godzilla film, which was released in 1954. RELATED: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film Godzilla Minus One  opened in Japan on November 3, 2023, before it rolled out internationally on December 1. Toho released the film around the world directly and through local distributors, and describes the movie as such: In postwar Japan, a new terror rises; Godzilla. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back? Source: The Academy Awards

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