Godzilla Is Officially Bringing a Brand-New Kaiju to Live Action

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Part of the fun of a new Godzilla movie is finding out what it takes to make the King of the Monsters look like he might actually lose. Sometimes that means bringing back a rival with decades of history. This time, Toho gave fans eight creatures they’d never seen fight and asked which one they wanted to throw at him.

The studio’s New Monster General Election started in September with eight original designs by Shirogumi, the visual effects studio behind Godzilla Minus One. Fans voted in two rounds, first cutting the field to four and then starting over to choose the winner. The prize was a spot opposite Godzilla in a future Fest Godzilla short, along with a merchandise rollout.

Toho announced at Godzilla Fest on November 3 that Xenolhu, an extradimensional creature officially described as a “Dimensional Entity,” will be Godzilla’s next challenger. Xenolhu won the final round with 16,850 votes, beating runner-up Sagius, a drone carrier machine that received 14,649. The winner will make its live-action debut in a new Fest Godzilla production planned for 2027 or later.

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Where Will Godzilla Fight Xenolhu?

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