Sam Nivola and Nico Parker to Lead Yamazaki Takashi’s Giant-Robot Movie ‘Grandgear’
Sam Nivola and Nico Parker will star in Grandgear, the first English-language feature from Godzilla Minus One director Yamazaki Takashi, as first reported by Deadline. Paul Giamatti is in talks to join them in the Sony production, which Yamazaki wrote from an original script and will direct, with J.J. Abrams and Glen Zipper producing for Bad Robot.
Plot details are under wraps, though footage that Sony screened at CinemaCon in April teased giant robots squaring off against kaiju. Earlier this month, the studio moved the film’s release up from February 18, 2028, to January 14, 2028.
Nivola, the son of actors Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer, broke out on the third season of
