Godzilla and King Kong will continue their frenemies’ journey as Warner Bros. and Legendary are gearing up for another MonsterVerse movie.
Following this year’s surprise hit, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the studios are looking to strike while the iron is hot and have tapped a new writer.
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings screenwriter Dave Callaham will pen this new script. Callaham is familiar with the franchise as he wrote the early drafts and received a story by credit for 2014’s Godzilla.
The latest film has grossed close to $555 million worldwide. This marks the biggest haul since 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, which peaked at $568 million. For comparison, 2021’s Godzilla vs Kong only made $470.1 million. Even more impressively, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire could be the most profitable in the Monsterverse, with the film only costing $135 million to produce.
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Director Adam Wingard has not yet signed on for this next installment, but stay tuned to Flickering Myth for more information on this Godzilla x Kong follow-up.
This latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film will delve further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is still playing in cinemas.
