Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire looks rad, but I can see how it’s not for everyone, especially if you aren’t familiar with like 90% of Toho’s Godzilla franchise and would rather stick to more serious affairs, such as Godzilla Minus One. Well, sorry if you’re in that boat, as the American movies might be staying balls-to-the-wall silly for a bit longer.
Legendary’s MonsterVerse has done a bit of everything over the years, but the numbers (as well as the critical and public reception) say it finally blew up with 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, which performed quite well theatrically despite a day-and-date release on HBO Max and dropping in the middle of the Covid pandemic. Of course, the powers that be wanted director Adam Wingard (of The Guest fame) to stick around for a second crossover flick, and it sounds like he’s been enjoying the ride so much that he wants to try and finish a trilogy of sorts.
This news came straight from the filmmaker’s mouth during an interview about Godzilla x Kong, which releases on March 27, with DiscussingFilm. While Wingard is currently attached to a number of blockbuster projects that may or may not move forward, he makes it sound like the MonsterVerse has his full attention as long as WB, Legendary, and Toho want him back for more: “The whole idea that if you’ve done two movies, like, maybe you should just go ahead and do a third because, as you said, there’s a trilogy in there. I definitely think there’s more story to this, and I think that I have more story to tell. But it just depends on how [Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire] does and how things kind of shape out.”
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