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Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?

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Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]

J.K. Simmons talks Kong: Skull Island, reveals 1970s setting

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Fresh from his Best Supporting Actor nomination for Whiplash, J.K. Simmons has been speaking to MTV about his upcoming role in the King Kong film Kong: Skull Island, revealing that it will take place in 1970s Detroit. “When it first came to my attention, ‘There’s interest in you for a new ‘King Kong,’ I thought, […]

10 Essential Creature Features

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Tom Jolliffe offers up 10 essential creature features… Who doesn’t love a good old creature feature? They still seem to be immensely popular, with recent reboots for the Jurassic Park and Godzilla franchises. That popularity in fact has been booming in the Asian markets in particular (whilst some of the recent big monster films have […]

15 Great Cinematic Journeys

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Tom Jolliffe offers up 15 great cinematic journeys…  When it comes to cinema, the very best films will grab the audience and keep us gripped throughout the runtime. Every character goes on a particular journey that can be literal and/or metaphorical. Those literal epic journeys which might see hobbits on a quest to take a […]

Disney developing live-action King Kong origin series

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While Apple are busy developing their own Titans TV show linked to the cinematic Monsterverse, Disney have decided to that they’d also like to cash in on Kong by announcing a live-action series based on the lovelorn ape’s origin on Skull Island.  According to Variety the series would be a serialised drama that would explore […]

Godzilla vs. Kong 2 working title hints at what to expect from Adam Wingard’s Monsterverse sequel

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As much as a film about two squabbling Kaiju can sneak up on you, the story that Warner Bros. Godzilla vs. Kong sequel was heading down under to shoot a sequel before the end of the year was quite a surprising one. Well, now that filming is underway on the Adam Wingard directed follow-up, a […]

Godzilla vs Kong sequel sets rematch for 2024

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Godzilla and King Kong are set to have their rematch as Warner Bros. has given a release date to the Godzilla vs Kong sequel. The Monsterverse film is scheduled for March 15th, 2024. The sequel will be released almost three years exactly to last year’s Godzilla vs Kong, which saw the two Titans fight for domination and survival […]

Legendary and Netflix tease King Kong MonsterVerse anime series Skull Island

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Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse – home to Godzilla and King Kong – is branching out into anime this year with the Netflix original series Skull Island, and the streamer has shared a first look teaser image as part of its Geeked Week festivities. Skull Island is written and executive produced by Brian Duffield (Underwater, The Babysitter) […]

Dan Stevens to reunite with Adam Wingard for Godzilla vs. Kong sequel

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It will be Dan Stevens vs. Godzilla vs. Kong in the untitled sequel to Adam Wingard’s kaiju blockbuster, with the news that The Guest duo will reunite for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ next Monsterverse movie. This kaiju cinematic universe has always managed to draw an impressive roll-call of actors to scurry around the feet […]

Godzilla vs Kong sequel reportedly set to shoot later this year

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Godzilla vs. Kong was one of the first blockbusters to wade into the ruin of the pandemic-era cinemagoing landscape, so its global haul of $468M, despite being available day-and-date as part of Warner Media’s 2021 release strategy, was a resounding success. So it comes as no surprise that a sequel will reportedly go before the […]