After the $400 million worldwide success ofAdam Wingard’sGodzilla vs. Kong—which surprisingly featured no mid-credits tease for a sequel—THRreports that Legendary is opening up early talks for the director to return forat leastone more MonsterVerse sequel. The report also notes that one title being bandied about isSon of Kong, a sentence that fills me with sincere Lovecraftian dread.
For those blessedly unaware,Son of Kongis the sequel to the original 1933King Kongthat arrived a mere nine months after its predecessor. At a breezy 62 minutes long, Son of Kong etched its way into film history by introducing Kong’s adorable, silly son, who almost immediately drowns to death saving his father’s murderer from a tropical storm. It is one of the most deranged endings to a movie since the invention of the camera. It changed me on a fundamental, cellular level.
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However! That’s all still up in the air. Wingard is a busy man these days, prepping both a reboot/sequel of sorts toJohn Woo’sFace/Off,as well as a live-actionThundercatsfilm. Should Wingard’s deal close at Legendary, it’d be for a sequel well down the road, but it would mark the first time a director has helmed two movies in Warner Bros.' MonsterVerse. Also, if we’re being realistic,everything Wingard told usabout a changed credits scene sounds like a sequel would be focused on Hollow Earth, the monster-filled wonderland introduced inGodzilla vs. Kong.
Godzilla vs. Kongwas the climax to the story started inGareth Edwards' 2014Godzilla, followed shortly afterward byKong: Skull IslandandGodzilla: King of the Monsters. While none of these films set the box office or Rotten Tomatoes on fire, the fans who stuck around still wanted to see these two iconic monsters clash. Wingard’s film—which debuted on HBO Max and theaters at the same time—definitely delivered on the promise of two very large boys repeatedly backhanding each other into unconsciousness.Rebecca Hall,Alexander Skarsgard,Millie Bobby Brown,Brian Tyree Henry, andJulian Dennisonwere also there.
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