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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire[a] is a 2024
American monster film directed by Adam Wingard. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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 14th in the King Kong franchise. The film
stars Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Dan Stevens,
Kaylee Hottle, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen. Hall, Henry,
and Hottle reprise their roles from the previous film. In
the film, Kong encounters more of his species in the
Hollow Earth and must unite again with Godzilla to stop
the tyrannical Skar King and the powerful, frost-
breathing Shimo from invading the Earth's surface.
Following the box office and streaming success of

Godzilla vs. Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic,
Legendary announced a sequel in March 2022 and that Theatrical release poster
filming would commence later that year. In May 2022,
Directed by Adam Wingard
it was announced that Wingard would return to direct
and Stevens had been cast as a lead. Filming began in Screenplay by Terry Rossio
July 2022 in Gold Coast, Australia, and finished in Simon Barrett
November 2022. Jeremy Slater
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire premiered at Story by Terry Rossio

Grauman's Chinese Theatre on March 25, 2024, and Adam Wingard
was released in the United States on March 29. The film Simon Barrett
received mixed reviews from critics, with many
Based on Godzilla and Mothra
comparing it unfavorably to Godzilla Minus One, which
by Toho Co., Ltd.
had been released four months prior. It became a box
office success grossing over $571.8 million worldwide Produced by Thomas Tull
against a production budget of $135–150 million, Jon Jashni
becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2024, the Brian Rogers
highest-grossing film of the Monsterverse, as well as in
Mary Parent
Alex Garcia
Eric McLeod
Starring Rebecca Hall
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the Godzilla and King Kong franchises, and the highest Brian Tyree Henry
grossing kaiju movie in history. A sequel is set to be Dan Stevens
released on March 26, 2027. Kaylee Hottle
Alex Ferns
Plot Fala Chen

Cinematography Ben Seresin
Three years after defeating Mechagodzilla,[b]
Kong has Edited by Josh Schaeffer
established his new territory in the Hollow Earth and
Music by Tom Holkenborg
searches for more of his kind. On Earth's surface,
Godzilla continues to maintain order between humanity Antonio Di Iorio
and giant monsters, known as "Titans" — killing Titanus Production Legendary Pictures
Scylla in Rome and resting in the Colosseum afterwards. company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
A Monarch observation outpost stationed in Hollow
(Worldwide)
Earth picks up an unidentified signal. On the surface, the
Toho (Japan)[1]
signal causes Jia, the last known survivor of the Iwi
tribe from Skull Island, to experience hallucinations and Release dates March 25, 2024 (TCL
visions, causing her adoptive mother and Kong expert, Chinese Theatre)
Dr. Ilene Andrews, to worry. Also sensing the signal, March 29, 2024 (United
Godzilla leaves Rome and attacks a nuclear plant in States)
France to absorb radiation. He then heads to the lair of
Running time 115 minutes[2]
the Titan Tiamat in the Arctic. Monarch believes
Godzilla is strengthening himself for an oncoming threat. Country United States
Language English
When a sinkhole opens near his home, Kong discovers
Budget $135–150 million[3][4]
an uncharted realm where a tribe of his species has
survived, including a juvenile named Suko. After a brief Box office $571.8 million[5]
initial confrontation, Kong convinces Suko to lead him to
the tribe's lair, and the two slowly bond on their journey.
Andrews and Jia, alongside Titan veterinarian Trapper and conspiracy podcaster Bernie Hayes, travel
to Hollow Earth to locate the source of the signal. They find the Monarch outpost destroyed. As the
group follows the signal, they discover a temple that leads them to a subterranean section that houses
a surviving Iwi tribe, who communicate telepathically with each other, living beneath portals to the
surface. Inspecting the temple, they realize that the signal was a telepathic distress call sent by the
Iwi.
While observing Jia socializing with the Iwi, Andrews voices her fears to Trapper that Jia may choose
to stay with her people and that Andrews would have to accept it. Inside a temple, Andrews uncovers
hieroglyphics displaying the past and future: a tyrannical giant ape known as the Skar King once
attempted to conquer the surface world and waged war against Godzilla's species, triggering an ice age
in the process, but Godzilla defeated him by trapping him and his tribe deep within Hollow Earth. The
prophecy also indicates that Jia is the key to reawakening Mothra.

Kong encounters the ape tribe and confronts the Skar King, who battles Kong with the latter
overpowering him, forcing him to resort to summoning his enslaved ice-breathing Titan Shimo, using a
crystal that causes her pain which forces her to submit to him. Shimo's ice breath injures Kong's right
arm, causing frostbite. With Suko's help, Kong manages to escape, though he loses his axe in the
process.
Sensing Jia, Kong locates the temple and is fitted by Trapper with a prototype exoskeletal glove to
strengthen and heal his frostbitten limb. Unknown to them, another ape follows them, then informs
the Skar King that the protective barrier leading to the surface portals has been opened. Jia
successfully awakens the reborn Mothra.
Meanwhile, Godzilla kills Tiamat and absorbs cosmic radiation from her lair, which turns his dorsal
plates magenta. Hoping to lure Godzilla to Hollow Earth to assist him, Kong surfaces in Cairo and calls
out to him. Despite Kong's attempts to communicate, an enraged Godzilla attacks him, and a brief fight
ensues until Mothra intervenes and soothes Godzilla. The three Titans return to the Hollow Earth and
engage Skar King's forces in battle. Skar King and Shimo manage to use one of the portals to escape to
the surface, forcing Godzilla and Kong, who again loses his axe, to chase them to Rio de Janeiro, where
Shimo induces a second ice age at Skar King's command. The factions are evenly matched until Suko
arrives with Kong's axe and destroys the crystal that controls Shimo. Shimo changes sides and freezes
Skar King, letting Kong shatter him to pieces.
After undoing Shimo's ice age with his atomic breath, Godzilla returns to rest in the Colosseum. Jia
decides to stay with Andrews. Mothra restores the protective barrier of the Iwi's home and the
portals. Kong returns with Shimo and Suko to Hollow Earth, where he becomes the ape tribe's new
leader.
Cast
Rebecca Hall as Dr. Ilene Andrews, a scientist and anthropological linguist at Monarch
Brian Tyree Henry as Bernie Hayes, a conspiracy theorist and former Apex employee
Dan Stevens as Trapper, a veterinarian at Monarch
Kaylee Hottle as Jia, last known survivor of the Iwi tribe and Ilene's adopted daughter
Alex Ferns as Mikael, a pilot at Monarch
Fala Chen as Iwi Queen
Rachel House as Hampton
Ron Smyck as Harris
Chantelle Jamieson as Jayne
Greg Hatton as Lewis
Kevin Copeland as Submarine Commander
Tess Dobré as Submarine Officer
Tim Carroll as Wilcox
Anthony Brandon Wong as Talk Show Announcer

Allan Henry as the performance capture of:[8]

Kong
Skar King
Production
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."[9] In February
2021, Wingard commented on the future of the Monsterverse, "I know where we could go potentially
with future films." However, he noted that the Monsterverse was created "to a certain degree" to lead
towards Godzilla vs. Kong.[1 0] He added that the Monsterverse is at a "crossroads", stating, "It's
really at the point where audiences have to kind of step forward and vote for more of these things. If
this movie is a success obviously they will continue forward."[1 1 ]
Godzilla vs. Kong was released on March 24, 2021, and became a box office and streaming hit during
the COVID-19 pandemic.[1 2] The film grossed $470 million worldwide against a break-even point of
$330 million,[1 2][1 3] and became the most pirated film of 2021.[1 4] On April 4, 2021, Legendary's CEO
Josh Grode commented on potential sequels, "we have a number of ideas for more movies."[1 5] That
same day, the hashtag #ContinueTheMonsterverse began trending on Twitter, which was
acknowledged by Legendary and garnered support from Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of Kong: Skull
Island (2017).[1 6][1 7 ] On April 27, 2021, The Hollywood Reporter stated that Legendary was "quietly
taking steps to stretch the series into one or more installments" while negotiating with Wingard to
potentially return to direct. Various ideas were considered, with Son of Kong being one potential
title.[1 8] In August 2021, Monsterverse writer Max Borenstein stated that "there will be some new,
interesting installments coming" due to the success of Godzilla vs. Kong.[1 9]
On March 20, 2022, it was announced that a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong was scheduled to commence
filming later in the year in the Gold Coast, Queensland, and other locations in South East
Queensland.[20] In May 2022, it was announced that Wingard would return to direct and that Dan
Stevens had been cast as a lead. Wingard and Stevens had previously worked together on The Guest
(2014).[21 ] In May 2022, Production Weekly reported that the film's working title was Origins.[22] On
June 30, 2022, it was revealed that Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric McLeod, Brian Rogers, Thomas
Tull and Jon Jashni would return to produce.[23][24] On July 1, 2022, Toho confirmed that the film
would feature Godzilla.[25]
Pre-production
Wingard recalled that preproduction on the film began in January 2022.[26] 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 Rossio had returned to write the script with Jeremy Slater and Wingard's frequent
collaborator Simon Barrett.[27 ][24] Ultimately, Rossio, Barrett, and Slater received "screenplay by"
credit, while Rossio, Wingard, and Barrett received "story by" credit; Michael Dougherty and Zach
Shields, both of whom co-wrote Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong, shared off-
screen "additional literary material" credit with James Ashcroft, Eli Kent , and Nicole Perlman.[28][29]
Extensive previsualization was done by The Third Floor, that included checking on Google Earth the
locations in Rio de Janeiro that production wanted to use in the climactic battle.[30]
Filming
Principal photography commenced in the Gold Coast, Queensland, on July 29, 2022.[31 ] At the start of
production, Ben Seresin was confirmed to have returned as director of photography.[32] 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.[33] A unit composed mostly of visual effects people
went to Rio de Janeiro both to film the plates onto which the effects would be composited and to gather
extensive data for a digital recreation of the city, that included aerial photography and Lidar.[34]
Post-production
The film's visual effects were supervised by Alessandro Ongaro.[35] Wingard confirmed that Mothra's
inclusion was always part of the plan. However, Legendary did not have the rights to Mothra by the
time that post-production began and used a placeholder character named "Phosphera" until the rights
were secured. Wingard also refuted rumors that Phosphera was replaced with Mothra due to poor
testing, iterating that Mothra was included as far back as the first draft.[36]
Scanline VFX did the opening scene with Kong being chased by "Wart-Dogs" - which were likened to
wolves and African wild dogs, with "the twitchy, unpredictable energy of a hyena - and the climactic
fights in both Egypt and Rio, along with the mechanical glove worn by Kong.[34] DNEG handled many
scenes with Godzilla and Kong in the surface, along with the Hollow World's jungles and the Iwi's
crystal pyramid.[37 ]
Wētā FX did the Hollow Earth, its giant apes - that added up to 130 in the scenes on Skar King's lair -
and Shimo. Skar King was designed as a long and skinny orangutan to enhance its contrast to Kong,
with supervisor Kevin Smith summing up with "Kong is Mike Tyson, but Skar King is a little shifty and
more graceful". Its long arms required motion capture to be performed adding extensions and
prosthetics to the performers. Its weapon built out of spines was described as particularly complex,
featuring "108 or 110 vertebrae, plus the jaw handle and the thing at the end". Shimo was noted as an
attempt at "a fine balance between creating something beautiful but also menacing at the same time"
that would move in a cat-like manner, "not super brutal like Godzilla would be". Its ice breath had up
to 30 layers of effects, including frozen vapor and ice shards.[38]
Wingard told the crew to not worry too much about scale and relative speed so the giant animals could
still move quickly, with one of the adaptations being changing the gravity and speed of the water
simulations. The rendering was done in 5K resolution given the film was shot with wide anamorphic
lenses.[37 ][39]
Influences
After watching the trailer for Godzilla Minus One (2023), Wingard and Ongaro decided to pay tribute
to that film by recreating a shot of the ground bursting beneath Godzilla's footfall for the film's Rome
sequence.[35] The Egyptian battle between Godzilla and Kong was inspired by the fight scene between
Roddy Piper and Keith David from They Live (1988).[40]
Music
In August 2022, Tom Holkenborg was announced to return to compose as co-composers the film's
score, after previously doing so for Godzilla vs. Kong.[41 ] In December 2023, it was announced that
Antonio Di Iorio would co-compose the score with Holkenborg.[42] A single was released on March 13,
2024, by WaterTower Music, titled “Main Title Theme.” The full soundtrack album was released on
March 22, 2024.[43]
For the Japanese release, artists Ai, Yaffle, and OZworld contributed to the track "Rise Together" as
the film's theme and was released on April 17, 2024.[44]
Release
Theatrical
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire held its red carpet premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on
March 25, 2024.[45] Afterward, it was released internationally on March 27 and in the United States
on March 29,[46] and was released in Japan on April 26 via Toho.[47 ] It was previously slated to be
released on March 15 and April 12.[23][48] Incidentally, Toho's Godzilla Minus One was withdrawn
from U.S. theaters eight weeks before the release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.[49]
Home media
The film was released on digital platforms on May 14, 2024, and on Blu-ray, DVD and Ultra HD Blu-
ray on June 11, 2024.[50] Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire became available to stream on Max on
July 4, 2024.[51 ]
Reception
Box office

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire grossed $196.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $375.4
million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $571.8 million.[5] As of 2024, it holds the record for
the highest-grossing Godzilla film ever.[52]
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.[3] After making $37 million on its first day, including $10 million from Thursday previews,
the best-ever total for a Monsterverse film, estimates were raised to $75 million over the domestic
weekend. It went on to debut at $80 million, topping the box office and becoming the second-best
opening weekend of the series and the fifth-best Easter weekend of all time, behind Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Furious 7 (2015), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and The
Fate of the Furious (2017).[53] In its second weekend, the film made $31.2 million (a drop of 61%),
remaining in first.[54] In its third weekend, the film made $15.5 million, finishing second behind
newcomer Civil War.[55] Meanwhile, the film debuted at number two in Japan, behind Detective
Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram.[56]
Critical response
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire received mixed reviews from critics.[57 ][58] On the review
aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 54% of 248 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."[59] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based
on 51 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[60] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the
film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 96% of audience members
said the film "met or exceeded their expectations."[53]
Several critics compared the film unfavorably to Toho's Godzilla Minus One, which had been released
in the United States in December 2023.[c] Owen Gleiberman of Variety found Godzilla x Kong: The
New Empire mediocre, likening it more to a superhero film, but felt that it was misfortunate that the
film was released too soon after Godzilla Minus One, comparing that film with "lyrical majesty" and
Godzilla x Kong more like a "product", but admitted that the film delivers on the monster battles,
praising the Rome battle.[61 ] Michael Philips of Chicago Tribune wrote, "Godzilla X Kong makes up
for its own deficiencies with oddball flourishes. Wingard and the writers work like rogue chefs at an
Olive Garden, tossing everything they can at any number of walls to see what sticks".[68] Pete
Hammond from Deadline Hollywood likened the scenes with the Ape tribe to Planet of the Apes and
noted that Godzilla, despite getting top billing and referenced repeatedly in the film, mostly plays a
supporting role. He felt the human characters were the same "one dimensional caricatures" typically
found in monster films, but admitted that they had a "nice rapport" regardless. Like Gleiberman,
Hammond compared the film to Godzilla Minus One, calling it "far more impressive" than Godzilla x
Kong and suggested that Legendary hire that film's team next.[62] James Berardinelli also expressed
dissatisfaction for the film and suggested that Godzilla Minus One writer-director Takashi Yamazaki
make the next Monsterverse film.[63] The Sioux City Journal criticized the film's visual effects as
inferior to those in Godzilla Minus One.[64]

The Guardian praised the choreography and cited Rebecca Hall's

performance as "ever luminous", but felt that Dan Stevens and Brian Beyond the main cast, the
Tyree Henry struggled to convey the comedy they were entrusted humans in this movie exist
with for their parts.[7 0] The film's journey to the climax was a only to get squashed like
"mixed bag," wrote Empire, and its characters were "shallow but ants by falling debris and
fun".[7 1 ] IndieWire attacked the CGI for being dull and not taking mangled buildings. They
full advantage of its potential, suggesting that the filmmakers should are expendable, but it
have used Godzilla (2014) as a reference point to emphasize the doesn't matter. The
gravitas of the monster scenes.[7 2] The Los Angeles Times meaning of these films isn't
described the film as a "roaring headache" but cited "two in metaphor at all. It's in
impressively goopy moments" in the beginning and the horror-like punching.
approach brought by the director "with a penchant for gleeful
—Alissa Wilkinson, The
experimentation and over-the-top style".[7 3]
New York Times[69]
Sequel
Director Adam Wingard 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."[6] Wingard iterated that ideas have been discussed as to where to take the franchise
onward and that he would take a "different approach" on the next film if he's invited back to
direct.[7 4][7 5] 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 6]
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."[7 7 ]
On May 10, 2024, Legendary announced that David Callaham, who wrote the early drafts for Godzilla
(2014), will write a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.[7 8] The following week,
Legendary announced that Wingard would not return to direct due to scheduling conflicts, but
expressed interest in Wingard returning in the future.[7 9] In June 2024, Legendary announced Grant
Sputore (director of I Am Mother) as the new director and that the film would be released on March
26, 2027.[80][81 ]
Notes
a. According to Wingard, the “x” in the film's title is silent, though he pronounces it in the abbreviation
GxK.[6] The "x" is meant by Legendary Pictures to indicate more of a collaboration than a fight
rematch.[7]
b. As depicted in Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

c. Attributed to multiple references:[61][62][63][64][65][66][67]
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