While we wait for news on what’s to come in the wake of Godzilla Minus One‘s massive success, this summer has seen the resurgence of Toho’s prior Godzilla reimagining in Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s Shin Godzilla. It got a whole new wave of reappraisal as it stomped back into theaters last week with a brand new 4K remaster—and now, to celebrate its success, and much like Minus One did before it, the movie’s extending its theatrical return with a new black-and-white remastering.
Today GKids announced that its theatrical distribution of Shin Godzilla would extend to the end of the month for a limited-time engagement screening of Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic.
Released in Japan in 2023 as part of a select theatrical re-release of Godzilla films curated by Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki to celebrate Godzilla‘s 70th anniversary, ORTHOchromatic was conceived by Anno and Higuchi, with the latter working with associate director Katsuro Onoue on its production. The name is derived from the inspiration for the variety of monochrome film it is taken from, in contrast to panchromatic black and white film, leading to starker contrast and deeper black levels.
Although released on physical media in Japan last year, the new release marks the first time ORTHOchromatic has ever received a nationwide theatrical release in the U.S. The pattern of release follows Minus One‘s own theatrical run stateside as well. After the movie broke records and extended its theatrical run well beyond Toho’s original plans, Minus One returned to theaters in early 2024 with Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, its own specially made black-and-white release.
Tickets for Shin Godzilla: ORTHOchromatic are on sale now, ahead of screenings taking place nationwide on August 31.
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