Japanese giant monster fantasy film Brush of the God is making landfall here in the United States, Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned, with SRS Cinema giving the film a theatrical, digital, and physical media release. Brush of the God is the directorial debut of late great tokusatsu special FX master Keizō Murase, who passed away last October at age 89.

The SRS Cinema team reminds, “Keizō Murase was known for his legendary effects work in various classic Japanese science fiction/fantasy films and television series including Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera, DaiMajin, UltraMan, and Kamen Rider.”

In the new film, written by Takeshi Nakazawa with Nobuhiko Ishii based on a story by Keizō Murase, “Special effects modelmaker Kenzo Tokimiya has passed away. Akari, who did not have good memories of her grandfather’s work, visits a farewell party for his fans with mixed feelings. There, she meets her classmate Takuya, a hardcore tokusatsu fan.

“Akari and Takuya meet a young man named Hozumi, who was going to be in the movie Brush of the God that Kenzo was going to make. This comes as a surprise to Akari, since this is the first she has heard that her grandfather was involved in such a production. Hozumi picks up a brush, a prop from the Brush of the God exhibit, and draws a circle in the air: ‘Please save his world!’

“With Hozumi’s words, Akari and Takuya are swallowed by the wormhole that suddenly appears. The next thing they know, they have entered the world of the movie Brush of the God, greeted by the terrible visage of the kaiju Yamata no Orochi, which is not supposed to be in the movie, trying to burn everything in this world.

“In order to get back to the original world, the two must unravel the secret of the movie Brush of the God that Kenzo was supposed to make.”

Brush of the God will feature “practical man-in-suit vs. miniature special effects created by Daisuke Sato and Keizō Murase,” with the cast including Rio Suzuki, Takeru Narahara, Yumiko Shaku (Godzilla Against Mecha Godzilla), Takumi Saitoh (Shin UltraMan), Shiro Sano (Godzilla: GMK), Masanori Machida (Gappa), Takumi Magoshi, Waka Yoshida, and Shinji Higuchi (Shin Godzilla). The Assistant Director was Yoshikazu Ishii (Godzilla: Final Wars).

SRS Cinema said in a statement, “We are extremely honored to present this landmark release to North American fans. The release plan is for a limited regional theatrical release tour in the late summer through the fall followed by physical media and digital releases in winter.”

Stay tuned for more on the U.S. release of Brush of the God as we learn it.

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With M3GAN 2.0 hitting theaters, producer James Wan is looking ahead to the next stage of evolution: SOULM8TE, a spin-off movie that functions as an R-rated erotic thriller.

“M3GAN, obviously, dabbles in the PG-13 world, the younger demographic. We always felt like there might be a more adult story to tell, and that’s really what SOULM8TE is,” Wan tells EW. “SOULM8TE is basically set in the same AI world but seen through a more grown-up perspective, one that embraces all the great erotic thrillers from the ’90s. It’s like Fatal Attraction but with robots.”

Currently in post-production, the film follows a man who acquires an artificially intelligent android to cope with the loss of his recently deceased wife. He attempts to create a truly sentient partner but inadvertently turns a supposedly harmless love-bot into a deadly soulmate.

“It’s already happening in parts of the world. These exist,” notes M3GAN franchise star Allison Williams, who serves as an executive producer on SOULM8TE. “So it felt irresistible to then say, if a M3GAN existed in our world, someone would take that tech and put it in the form of a female-bodied person whose sole purpose on the planet is to pleasure a person. We extrapolate from there.”

Wan says SOULM8TE still has “that darkest sense of humor” from M3GAN, “but it’s really more grown-up. It is hard to replicate that sassiness that M3GAN has, and we don’t really want to do the same thing that we’ve done because M3GAN has fully stuck a claim to that style of humor, if you will.”

Scheduled for release on January 9, 2026 via Universal, SOULM8TE is directed by Kate Dolan (You Are Not My Mother) from a script she reworked from Rafael Jordan (Yeti: Curse of the Snow Demon).

Lily Sullivan (Evil Dead Rise), David Rysdahl (“Alien: Earth”), Claudia Doumit (“The Boys”), and Oliver Cooper (Project X) star.

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You’ve heard the story, but never like this.

Enter the shadowed world of The Death of Snow White on Digital next Tuesday, July 1, via The Horror Collective.

The twisted reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale stars Sanae Loutsis (Rose Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan Film) and Chelsea Edmundson (Army of the Dead).

Pursued by her stepmother for eternal beauty, Snow White flees into a terrifying forest and aligns with seven bloodthirsty dwarfs — cold-blooded assassins with a knack for brutal killings.

Jason Brooks (Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines) directs from a script he co-wrote with special effects makeup artist Naomi Mechem-Miller.

Tristan Nokes, Meredith Binder, Risa Mei, Jeremy Hallam, Ali Chapman, Colin Miller, Dillon Moore, Michael De Santo II, and Eric Pope round out the cast.

STL Productions and Real Fiction Studios produce in association with Newton to Newton Productions and 7th Street Films.

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Two souls — one dead, the other deadly — unite for a vengeance-fueled mission in Ghost Killer.

The Japanese supernatural revenge thriller will be released on Digital July 22 before hitting 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 23 via Well Go USA.

Stunt coordinator Kensuke Sonomura (Resident Evil: Degeneration) directs from a script by Yugo Sakamoto (Baby Assassins).

When college student Fumika stumbles upon the bullet that ended hitman Kudo’s life, his vengeful spirit takes hold of her body. Now possessed by a ruthless assassin’s rage and skills, she becomes an unstoppable force, hunting down those responsible for his death. As the body count rises, the line between Fumika and Kudo begins to blur.

Akari Takaishi (Baby Assassins), Mario Kuroba (Sadako DX), and Masanori Mimoto (Death Note) star.

Sora Inoue, Akaka Higashino, Naohiro Kawamoto, Hidenobu Abera, Naoto Kuratomi, Satoshi Kibe, Ryu Ichinose, Yasukaze Motomiya, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Yoshimi Tachi, Takashi Kitadai, Tatsuya Nakazawa, Hiroto Honda, and Kenta Kawasaki round out the cast.

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Neon has acquired the North American rights to No Other Choice, the latest feature from acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Stoker).

Based on Donald E. Westlake‘s 1997 novel The Ax, the black comedy thriller is expected to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August.

Lee Byung-hun (“Squid Game”) stars a man who is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he worked tirelessly for many years. He grows increasingly desperate in his hunt for new work, eventually coming to a life-altering decision.

Son Ye-jin (“Crash Landing on You”), Park Hee-soon (“Squid Game”), Lee Sung-min (The Spy Gone North), Yeom Hye-ran (“The Glory”), Cha Seung-won (Night in Paradise), and Yoo Yeon-seok (“When the Phone Rings”) also star.

Chan-wook co-wrote the script with Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee (Uprising), and Don McKellar (Blindness).

No Other Choice is produced by Chan-wook and Back Jisun of Moho Film and Michèle Ray Gavras and Alexandre Gavras of KG Production, and executive produced by Miky Lee of CJ Group.

The deal reteams Neon with CJ Entertainment following Parasite. It also marks Neon’s second collaboration with Chan-wook after the re-release of Oldboy in 2023.

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