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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This logo was first revealed on April 19, 2023. The film was originally scheduled to release on March 15, 2024, but was delayed to April 12, 2024, due to the Writers Guild of America strike. The film is now set for March 29, 2024.
Produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and the fifth film in the Monsterverse franchise, also serving as the 38th film of the Godzilla franchise and 13th in the King Kong franchise.
Mar 29, 2024 · The Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures logos are set in the depths of the Hollow Earth, and are made of crystal energy. The WB logo is shaded blue, and the Legendary logo is shaded violet. Connections
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- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Adam Wingard
- 2024-03-29
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- Cast
- Staff
- Appearances
- Development
- Trivia
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, also known by the working title of "Origins" is a 2024 American science fiction monster film being produced by Legendary Pictures that acts as a sequel to the 2021 film Godzilla vs. Kong. It is the fifth entry in the MonsterVerse.
It was released to American theaters on March 29, 2024. and was released to other Countries in early April.
The film is directed by Adam Wingard, produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Jon Jashni, Brian Rogers, Thomas Tull, and Eric McLeod with the screenplay written by Terry Rossio, Jeremy Slater, and Simon Barrett. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire begins three years after Godzilla vs. Kong, and see Godzilla and Kong team up to stop a tyrannical leader and a frost-breathing Titan from destroying the surface.
A follow-up sequel for the film, written by David Callaham, is in development.
In 2027, three years after Godzilla and Kong defeated a Ghidorah-influenced Mechagodzilla, Kong has established his territory in the recently discovered Hollow Earth. While on Earth's surface, Godzilla continues to maintain order between humanity and the Titans — defeating Scylla in Rome and resting in the Colosseum afterwards, claiming it as his territory.
A Monarch observation outpost stationed in the Hollow Earth picks up an unidentified signal. On the Earth’s surface, the signal causes Jia, the last member of the Iwi tribe from Skull Island, to experience hallucinations and flashbacks, causing her and her adopted mother, Dr. Ilene Andrews, to worry. Also sensing the signal, Godzilla leaves Rome and makes his way to France, where he attacks a nuclear plant to absorb the radiation before traveling to the lair of the Titan Tiamat in Greenland. Monarch believes Godzilla is strengthening himself for an oncoming threat.
When a sinkhole opens near his home, Kong discovers an uncharted region hidden within the Hollow Earth and a tribe of giant apes, including an adolescent named Suko. After an initial confrontation where Suko and the other apes attempt to capture him, Kong wins over Suko's trust by caring for him as the two start to slowly bond on their journey. Suko leads Kong to the tribe's lair, where their tyrannical leader, the Skar King, battles and injures Kong with the aid of an ancient ice-powered Titan named Shimo that Skar King controls with pain using a crystal. Shimo's ice breath injures Kong's right arm, but with Suko's help, he manages to escape after losing his axe.
Andrews and Jia, alongside Titan veterinarian Trapper and conspiracy podcaster Bernie Hayes, travel to the Hollow Earth to find the source of the signal. After finding the Monarch outpost destroyed, they discover an uncharted subterranean section that houses the city of Malenka and the remaining members of the Iwi tribe, a group of people who communicate telepathically among each other and from whom Jia is descended. Inspecting some ruins, they surmise that the signal was a telepathic distress call sent by another civilization of Iwi that live in the Hollow Earth.
As Andrews observes Jia socializing with the Iwi, she voices her fears to Trapper that Jia may choose to stay with the Iwi and Andrews would have to accept it. Inside a temple, Andrews uncovers a prophecy: long ago, Skar King attempted to take over the surface world, and waged war against Godzilla's species in the process; Godzilla succeeded in trapping Skar King and his tribe deep within the Hollow Earth. The prophecy also states that Jia would be the key to reawakening Mothra, who was recently killed by Ghidorah in 2019. Kong, sensing Jia, locates the temple and is fitted by Trapper with an advanced prosthetic arm to strengthen and heal his frostbitten arm. Unbeknownst to them, one of Skar King's minions, One-Eye, follows them and informs his master as he assembles his invasion force for Earth. Jia successfully awakens the reborn Mothra.
Meanwhile, Godzilla swiftly defeats Tiamat in Greenland in order to absorb the radiation from her lair, turning his dorsal plates magenta. Hoping to lure Godzilla to the Hollow Earth to assist him in battle, Kong surfaces in Cairo and calls out to Godzilla. Despite Kong's attempts to communicate, Godzilla mistakenly thinks his former rival is back for a rematch and attacks him, leading to the two Titans engaging in a brief fight until the reawakened Mothra arrives with Jia and intervenes, convincing Godzilla to aid Kong and help him fight against Skar King and his forces.
•Rebecca Hall as Dr. Ilene Andrews, Monarch anthropological linguist
•Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes, Titan Truth Podcast host
•Dan Stevens as Trapper, Monarch veterinarian
•Kaylee Hottle as Jia, Ilene's adoptive daughter
•Fala Chen as the Iwi Queen
•Alex Ferns as Mikael, Monarch soldier
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
•Directed by Adam Wingard
•Written by Terry Rossio (screenplay), Jeremy Slater (screenplay), Simon Barrett (screenplay)
•Produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Jon Jashni, Brian Rogers, Thomas Tull and Eric McLeod
•Music by Tom Holkenborg, Antonio Di Iorio
•Cinematography by Ben Seresin
Monsters
•Godzilla •Kong •Mothra •Skar King •Shimo •Suko •Scylla •Tiamat •Kong Tribe •Red Stripes •Leafwings •Warbats •Hellhawks •Hollow Earth lizard •Vertacines •Wart Dogs •Parrot Frogs •Drownvipers •Tree Mimics •Skullcrawlers (mentioned) •Ghidorah (mentioned) •Mechagodzilla (mentioned)
Organizations
•Monarch •Apex Cybernetics (mentioned)
Vehicles
•Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle •HMMWV
•During pre-production, it was confirmed that Millie Bobby Brown, who portrayed Madison Russell in both 2019's Godzilla: King of the Monsters and 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, won't be returning for this film, due to working on the upcoming film adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's sci-fi graphic novel, The Electric State.
•The tone of the film was inspired by the Showa era of Godzilla, particularly with the interactions between the monsters. Animated cartoons of the 1980s like ThunderCats and Masters of the Universe were also influences in the color palette.
•Director Adam Wingard revealed that Godzilla's evolution was one of the story elements of the movie, explaining that the pink coloring in Godzilla's evolution felt very "Showa era", and was chosen to invoke the "technicolor, psychedelic influence" of the films.
•According to Wingard, the scenes where Godzilla is hibernating in the Roman Coliseum were inspired by his cat, Mischief, resting in her catnest when he was working with the film's production designer. Photos of Mischief also appear in the film, including one at the Hollow Earth Monarch station.
•When leaving Rome, Godzilla steps on a graffitied wall that causes the ground to push up in front of him. This shot was an homage to the previous Godzilla film Godzilla Minus One, based on a scene from the film's trailer where Minus One Godzilla pushes the groundup.
•The wall's graffiti also reference other works in the Godzilla franchise. These include:
1.“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” Will Stomp Into Theaters Early - Motion Picture Association
2.Weekly Bulletin NO: 2632 - FilmRatings.com. FilmRatings.com. Retrieved January 25, 2024
3.‘Godzilla x Kong’ Will Bunny Hop To $135M Global Opening As Legendary’s Monsterverse Franchise Roars Past $2 Billion – Easter Box Office Preview. Deadline.
4.Box Office: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Staying on Top, ‘Monkey Man’ Swings Into Second and ‘The First Omen’ Gets Crossed Up. Variety (6 April 2024).
5.Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 29 March 2024.
6.Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at an AMC Theater near you.. AMC Theaters. Retrieved on 7 March 2024.
Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own.
Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own.
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Mar 29, 2024 · Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence—and our own.
