Following the success of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in March 2024, a sequel was announced the following May. Sputore was hired to direct the following month, after Adam Wingard, who previously directed Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, would not return to direct a third film featuring Godzilla and Kong due to scheduling conflicts. Principal photography commenced in April 2025 at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
The film is slated to be released on March 26, 2027.
Prior to the sequel's formal announcement, filmmaker Adam Wingard (director of Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire) expressed interest in returning for 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."[4] Wingard iterated that ideas had been discussed as to where to take the franchise onward and that he would take a "different approach" on the next film if he was invited back to direct.[5][6] He also suggested that the next film could potentially follow Godzilla primarily and explore his perspective in the same way that The New Empire followed Kong.[7]
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was released on March 29, 2024 and became the highest grossing film in the Monsterverse franchise, grossing $571.9 million against a budget between $135–150 million.[8][9] Commenting on the film's box office success, producer and Legendary's chairman of worldwide production Mary Parent said, "This is certainly an exciting result. We are in a good position to continue the journey, but let’s see how Godzilla x Kong unfolds."[10]
Development and pre-production
On May 10, 2024, Legendary announced that David Callaham, who wrote the early drafts for Godzilla (2014), would write a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.[11] The following week, Legendary announced that Wingard would not return to direct the film due to scheduling conflicts and commitments to the upcoming A24 film, Onslaught, but they have expressed interest in having Wingard return to direct another installment in the Monsterverse one day.[12] In June 2024, Legendary announced Grant Sputore (director of I Am Mother) as the new director with the film now scheduled to be released on March 26, 2027.[13][14] On January 24, 2025, Kaitlyn Dever was the first actress to be cast in the film.[15] A month later, Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo were cast alongside with Dever, while Dan Stevens was confirmed to return.[16][17] In March, The Hollywood Reporter stated that Matthew Modine had been added to the cast and filming of the sequel is expected to commence in April 2025.[18] In April, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Sam Neill joined the cast.[19][20]
In an interview with KTVU in Oakland, Lindo stated that the film will feature a “human element” and that criticism towards the human characters will be taken into account.[25] Via an Instagram story, costume designer Ann Foley revealed that principal photography wrapped in Australia and will begin filming in Utah.[26] On August 1, The Times-Independent reported that filming, which had taken place under the working title Zeus, had just wrapped in Moab, Utah, its only shooting location in the United States. Moab will serve as double to represent Sedona, Arizona[27] On August 23, a second unit team led by Darrin Prescott continued filming in Mexico City, in the areas of Paseo de la Reforma, Santa Fe, and Palacio de Bellas Artes, with the participation of 150 extras.[28] After filming in Mexico, shooting is expected to continue in London, England and Mumbai, India in the coming months. [29]
Release
The film is slated to be released on March 26, 2027.[30]
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
