# Yamazaki to direct original sci-fi film Nue for 20th Century

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/godzilla-minus-one-director-to-direct-20th-century-sci-fi-movie-nue/
- Published: 2026-07-10T14:39:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-11T11:14:59+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/godzilla-minus-one-director-nue-1236639979/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- Godzilla Minus One's Yamazaki to direct original sci-fi film Nue.
- Made with 20th Century Studios and Ridley Scott's Scott Free banner.
- Plot largely secret; a long-held passion project for the director.

## Summary

Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki, whose 2023 hit Godzilla Minus One won an Academy Award for visual effects, is set to direct an original science-fiction film titled Nue for 20th Century Studios in partnership with Ridley Scott's Scott Free banner. The project marks another step in Yamazaki's move into Hollywood and is described as a long-held passion project, an original concept he has been developing for years, with plot details kept under wraps beyond a hint that the story is "buried deep in the ocean".

Godzilla Minus One, set in post-war Japan and following a disgraced kamikaze pilot, was made for just $10 million and earned $116 million globally. Yamazaki has already shot a sequel, Godzilla Minus Zero, which relocates the monster to New York and will be released theatrically by GKIDS on 6 November, and he has the Sony/Bad Robot feature Grandgear dated for 2028. Nue continues 20th Century's long relationship with Scott, who directed Alien for the studio in 1979; Scott will produce alongside Michael Pruss, with additional producers including Keiichiro Moriya, Go Abe, Georgina Pope and Amie Horiuchi.

## Coverage

- [The Hollywood Reporter: Yamazaki to direct original sci-fi film Nue for 20th Century](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/godzilla-minus-one-director-nue-1236639979/)
- [Deadline: u2018Godzilla Minus Oneu2019 Director Takashiu00a0Yamazaki And Scott Free Team On Project u2018Nueu2019 At 20th Century](https://deadline.com/2026/07/godzilla-minus-one-takashi-yamazaki-nue-1236975741/)

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