山崎贵首部英语片《Grandgear》首批卡司公布：Sam Nivola与Nico Parker领衔主演，Paul Giamatti洽谈加盟
日本导演山崎贵的首部英语电影《Grandgear》公布首批卡司。据 Deadline 报道，Sam Nivola 与 Nico Parker 已确定领衔主演，Paul Giamatti 正在洽谈加盟；三人的具体角色与影片剧情目前仍保密。该片是山崎贵继《哥斯拉-1.0》与《Godzilla Minus Zero》之后的下一部作品，由他本人自编自导，题材为巨型机甲（机器人）对战的科幻动作片。
山崎贵 2023 年执导的《哥斯拉-1.0》以约 1,500 万美元的制作规模在全球走红，并为他赢得奥斯卡最佳视觉效果奖，他也因此成为继 Stanley Kubrick 之后首位获此奖项的导演。其续作《Godzilla Minus Zero》已于 2026 年 9 月在纽约电影节首映，将于 11 月 3 日在日本上映、11 月 6 日登陆北美院线。
《Grandgear》于 2024 年首次对外宣布，是山崎贵的第一部英语片、也是他第一部好莱坞大制片厂影片。J.J. Abrams 经其 Bad Robot 公司与 Glen Zipper 共同制片，Sony Pictures 在竞标中拿下发行权。2026 年 CinemaCon 上放出的片段显示两台巨型机甲交战、镜头以贴地视角拍摄。Nivola 因出演《The White Lotus》成名，Parker 曾凭《Suncoast》获圣丹斯电影节突破表演奖，并出演真人版《How to Train Your Dragon》；Giamatti 从业三十年，曾获金球奖与多次奥斯卡提名，下一部作品是与 Julianne Moore 合演的《The Debut》。据多家媒体报道，该片计划 2027 年开拍、2028 年上映。
Takashi Yamazaki's first English-language film Grandgear announces first cast: Sam Nivola and Nico Parker to star, Paul Giamatti in talks
Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki's first English-language film, Grandgear, has announced its first cast members. According to Deadline, Sam Nivola and Nico Parker are set to star in the film, while Paul Giamatti is in talks to join. Their roles and the plot remain under wraps. The film, written and directed by Yamazaki, is a science-fiction action movie about giant mechs in combat, and follows his Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus Zero.
Yamazaki's 2023 film Godzilla Minus One became a worldwide phenomenon on a reported budget of about $15 million and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, making him the first director since Stanley Kubrick to win that award. Its sequel, Godzilla Minus Zero, premiered at the New York Film Festival in September 2026 and opens in Japan on November 3 and in North America on November 6.
Grandgear was first announced in 2024 as Yamazaki's English-language debut and his first major studio picture. J.J. Abrams is producing through Bad Robot alongside Glen Zipper, and Sony Pictures won distribution rights in a competitive bid. Footage shown at CinemaCon in 2026 featured two giant mechs fighting, shot from ground level. Nivola is known for The White Lotus, Parker won a Breakthrough Performance Award at Sundance for Suncoast and starred in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon, and Giamatti, a Golden Globe winner with multiple Academy Award nominations over a thirty-year career, next appears with Julianne Moore in The Debut. Production is expected to begin in 2027, with a release planned for 2028, according to multiple reports.
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图片来源：山崎贵在2026年纽约电影节留影（资料图）。Photo: Dodoeggs, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
