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Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is a sequel to Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and is the fourth film in the Monsterverse.
In October 2015, Legendary announced plans to unite Godzilla and Kong in a film titled Godzilla vs. Kong, set for a 2020 release date. Legendary planned to create a shared cinematic franchise "centered around Monarch" (the secret government agency which debuted in 2014's Godzilla ) and that "brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong ...
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Three years after defeating Mechagodzilla,[b] Kong has established his new territory in the Hollow Earth and searches for more of his kind. On Earth's surface, Godzilla continues to maintain order between humanity and giant monsters, known as "Titans" — killing Titan Scylla in Rome and resting in the Colosseumafterwards. A Monarch observation outpo...
Development
In March 2019, producer Alex Garcia stated that Legendary Pictures hoped to produce more MonsterVerse films if they became successful, stating, "It's one brick at a time, each piece has to be as good as it can be, so right now it's all focused on this [Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong]. But could there be? Yeah, that's the hope if the movies turn out really well." In February 2021, Wingard commented on the future of the Monsterverse, "I know where we could go potentially w...
Pre-production
Wingard recalled that preproduction on the film began in January 2022. In August 2022, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary announced a new synopsis and that Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Kaylee Hottle would reprise their roles from Godzilla vs Kong while Fala Chen, Alex Ferns and Rachel House would join the cast as well. It was also revealed that Wingard would collaborate once more with production designer Tom Hammock, editor Josh Schaeffer, composer Tom Holkenborg, and that Terry Rossi...
Filming
Principal photography commenced in the Gold Coast, Queensland, on July 29, 2022. At the start of production, Ben Seresin was confirmed to have returned as director of photography. In November 2022, it was reported that filming had finished in Australia and that crew gear revealed the film's potential title, at the time, as Godzilla and Kong.
In August 2022, Tom Holkenborg was announced to return to compose the film's score, after previously doing so for Godzilla vs. Kong. In December 2023, it was announced that Antonio Di Iorio would co-compose the score with Holkenborg. A single was released on March 13, 2024, by WaterTower Music, titled “Main Title Theme.” The full soundtrack album w...
Theatrical
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire held its red carpet premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on March 25, 2024. Afterward, it was released internationally on March 27 and in the United States on March 29, and was released in Japan on April 26 via Toho. It was previously slated to be released on March 15 and April 12. Incidentally, Toho's Godzilla Minus One was withdrawn from U.S. theaters eight weeks before the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.
Home media
The film was released on digital platforms on May 14, 2024, and is slated to be released on Blu-ray, DVD and Ultra HD Blu-rayon June 11, 2024.
Box office
As of May 19, 2024[update], Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has grossed $194.4 million in the United States and Canada and $366.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $561 million. As of 2024 it holds the record for the highest-grossing Godzillafilm ever. In the United States and Canada, Godzilla x Kong was initially projected to gross $50–55 million from 3,850 theaters in its opening weekend and an additional $80–90 million from 63 international territories. After making $3...
Critical response
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 55% of 233 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Come to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire for the sheer monster-mashing spectacle -- and stay for that too, because the movie doesn't have much else to offer." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indi...
Director Adam Wingard has expressed interest in making a third film featuring both Godzilla and Kong, but noted that "it just depends on how Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire does and how things kind of shape out." Wingard iterated that ideas have been discussed as to where to take the franchise onward and that he would take a "different approach" on...
Kalat, David (2010). A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series (Second ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786447497.Mirjahangir, Chris (2019). Interview with Alex Garcia and Zach Shield (Audio). Toho Kingdom. Archived from the original on June 21, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022."Untitled Godzilla vs. Kong sequel Feature Film". Production Weekly. No. 1299. May 19, 2022.Ryfle, Steve (1998). Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G. ECW Press. ISBN 1550223488.Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at LegendaryPeople also ask
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With Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry. The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.
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Apr 4, 2021 · Let’s dive in. The inciting incident in “Godzilla vs Kong” occurs when Godzilla attacks Pensacola, Fla. — or, more specifically, he attacks an Apex Cybernetics lab there. He attacks because...
Apr 10, 2021 · Godzilla vs. Kong is the first MonsterVerse movie where one of the monsters is the actual main character -- the hero. It just so happens to also be the monster who loses the fight.
The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance. Legends collide as Godzilla and Kong, the two most powerful forces of nature, clash on the big screen in a spectacular battle for the ages.
