Kong’ will deliver for fans in a way they were looking for with ‘King of the Monsters,'” Emmerich said. During a panel at the annual Produced By Conference held a week after “King of the Monsters” was released, WB Chairman Toby Emmerich suggested that the studio might slow down post-production on the upcoming monster crossover, which finished principal photography back in April.Īlso Read: Warner Bros' Strategy Against Disney: 'It's Like Baseball - Hit It Where They Ain't' hinted several months ago that another release date push for “Godzilla vs. By comparison, “Kong: Skull Island” grossed $168 million domestic and $566 million worldwide from its spring 2017 release, while the 2014 “Godzilla” film that served as the precursor to the MonsterVerse grossed $200 million domestic and $524.9 million worldwide.īecause of these underwhelming numbers, Warner Bros. had hoped, grossing $110 million domestically and $385.9 million worldwide from its release in late May/early June. The series began in earnest in 2017 with “Kong: Skull Island,” and continued with this summer’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” before the two finally clash next year.īut “King of the Monsters” did not perform as well as Warner Bros. This clash between the two icons will be the culmination of Legendary’s MonsterVerse, which is combining the worlds of King Kong and Godzilla into a single universe. The film became a massive hit and still stands as the top “Godzilla” film in terms of tickets sold in Japan.Īlso Read: 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Post-Credits Scene Explained Godzilla,” which was produced by Godzilla-owning studio Toho. Kong and Godzilla previously appeared together in the 1962 Japanese kaiju film “King Kong vs.

Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown will star alongside Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Jessica Henwick, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler and Demián Bichir. Adam Wingard is directing, while Terry Rossio wrote the screenplay. The film was previously supposed to open in May of 2020, before it was moved up in February to March. Kong” has been pushed eight months from Mato November 20, 2020, multiple insiders told TheWrap.

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