At the very least, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire delivers on its biggest promise. You get to see lots of giant creatures fighting other giant creatures. Godzilla and Kong are just two of many and, when they fight in fantastical-looking settings with eye-popping color and lighting, there’s an undeniable pleasure in it. Rebecca Hall … Read more
Image: Legendary We’re on enough of a regular cadence with Legendary’s Godzilla franchise—now expanded in the recent entries to give top-billing to an extra co-star in King Kong—that we should probably expect at this point when people say the new one is full of good dumb action and not much else. But, stop us if … Read more
The ending of Godzilla vs. Kong was so undeniably epic, it almost hurts to imagine the idea of topping it for a sequel. Thankfully, for director Adam Wingard, that wasn’t what he wanted to do. Sure, he could’ve brought even more monsters onto the screen and made the action that much bigger. Instead though, for … Read more
Godzilla is so massive that the only thing that can cast a shadow on him is… another Godzilla. And that’s exactly what happened between Godzilla Minus One, the Toho-released Oscar-winning smash hit, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the Warner Bros. MonsterVerse sequel coming to theaters March 29. Minus One, even before its release, … Read more
Image: Toho Ever since Godzilla Minus One came to North America in December, it’s been raking in cash and catching audience attention. Either on its own merits or because the MonsterVerse movies have helped keep him in folks’ minds over the last few years, there’s a larger Godzilla fever that made Minus One’s reception and … Read more
Legendary’s Monsterverse has been steadily persisting since 2014 and saw its first big titanic crossover in the form of 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong. Instead of splitting the titular monsters back off again so they can do their own separate things for a bit, they’re reuniting once more—this time as allies rather than duking it out … Read more
Image: Toho Studios/Robot Communications Whether they’re from the US-based Legendary Pictures or Japan’s Toho Studios, Godzilla movies come out with a reliable frequency. The newest Japan-made film starring the giant dinosaur is Godzilla Minus One, the country’s first live-action Godzilla flick since 2016’s Shin Godzilla and the fifth in the Reiwa era that first started … Read more
Summary The upcoming Monsterverse movie, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, will be released in 2024, and a prequel comic called Godzilla x Kong: The Hunted is being funded via Kickstarter. The Kickstarter campaign has already reached its funding goal, and fans can pledge $15 to get access to the graphic novels. Backers have the … Read more
Picture: Powerhouse Animation/Netflix Netflix has been stocking up on animated exhibits based mostly on common franchises over the previous couple of years. Although most of them hail from video video games, the steamer’s subsequent collection, Cranium Island, relies on Legendary’s MonsterVerse films, and continues the story of everybody’s favourite big ape, King Kong. Chris Pratt … Read more