{"rewrite":{"id":"r_af45d2d5958f90fe19c186b9","clusterId":"c_4d20a75a3fc454ee110c903b","slug":"grandgear-casts-sam-nivola-and-nico-parker","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Grandgear Casts Sam Nivola And Nico Parker","summary":"Takashi Yamazaki's first English-language film Grandgear has cast Sam Nivola and Nico Parker, with Paul Giamatti in talks to join. Yamazaki writes, directs, and produces the original screenplay, with Bad Robot's J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper also producing. Sony Pictures moved the release from February 18, 2028 to January 14, 2028. The plot is not yet known.","whyItMatters":"Sony moving Grandgear up five weeks, before a single plot detail is public, signals how much weight the studio is putting on Yamazaki's name after Godzilla Minus One.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNivola is known for The White Lotus and The Perfect Couple; Parker for The Last of Us and the 2025 How to Train Your Dragon. Giamatti, of Sideways and The Holdovers, is in talks but not confirmed.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe producing team pairs Yamazaki with Bad Robot\u0026#39;s J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper. Sony announced in April that filming would start soon, and the studio moved the date to January 14, 2028 earlier this month, pulling it forward from February 18.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYamazaki\u0026#39;s Godzilla Minus One won Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards in March 2024. His Godzilla Minus Zero opens in Japan on November 3 and in North America on November 6, with Yamazaki again directing, writing, and supervising VFX.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Grandgear's cast fills in before its premise does. Yamazaki wrote the screenplay himself, so the unknown plot is the last piece Sony controls alone.","twitterPost":"Grandgear has a cast and a January 14, 2028 date, but no plot. Yamazaki's own screenplay is the one variable still unannounced.","threadsPost":"Grandgear now has Sam Nivola, Nico Parker, and Paul Giamatti in talks, plus a date moved up to January 14, 2028. What it does not have is a plot. Yamazaki wrote the screenplay himself, which leaves that silence as the last unannounced piece of the film.","newsletterBlurb":"Takashi Yamazaki's first English-language film Grandgear has cast Sam Nivola and Nico Parker, with Paul Giamatti in talks. Yamazaki writes, directs, and produces alongside Bad Robot's J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper. 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