“Godzilla vs. Kong” Sequel Coming 2024, “Dune: Part Two” Moves to Thanksgiving 2023
That distant roar you hear is the approach of Godzilla and King Kong. Okay, the roar might be a little faint as they’re not that close, but, at least we can now see them coming. Warner Bros. and Legendary have announced the theatrical release plan for two of the biggest upcoming films, and that includes ...
“Godzilla vs. Kong” VFX Supervisor on Creating Titan Title Match of the Ages
John ‘D.J’. Des Jardin has been a go-to visual effects supervisor in Hollywood for decades, and he’s widely known as one of the best and nicest guys in the business. You can see his inventive, creative touch in The Matrix, X-Men, and Mission Impossible franchises. His work can be seen on Ang Lee’s achingly beautiful Crouching Tiger, ...
“Godzilla vs. Kong” Smashes Pandemic-Era Box Office Record
You can credit good timing, the enduring appeal of watching cinema’s biggest monsters on the big screen, and a solid job by director Adam Wingard and his cast and crew for the box office success of Godzilla vs. Kong. The two ferocious titans smashed their way to a pandemic-era box office record, and have ignited hope ...
Early Reactions to “Godzilla vs. Kong” Revel in the Monster Melee
If you’re going to make a movie called Godzilla vs. Kong, you know the most important thing to do is get the title fight right. It sounds as if director Adam Wingard succeeded in that first and most crucial respect. It almost goes without saying that in almost all of these mega-monster movies, the human characters are ...
New “Godzilla vs. Kong” Photos Reveal Fight of the Century
Warner Bros. has released a Godzilla-sized cache of new photos for their upcoming battle of the titans, Godzilla vs. Kong. We’ve seen enough footage now to know that director Adam Wingard’s film is at least setting us up to root for Kong here. That was made evident in the first trailer, where we learned that Kong seemed ...
New Fight Footage Highlights “Godzilla vs. Kong” Teaser
So where do you stand, with Team Godzilla or Team Kong? It seemed from the first trailer of director Adam Wingard’s upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong that we were being nudged to join Team Kong. Obviously, Kong is closer to our meager human species genetically, and we humans love stuff that reflects ourselves. Then there’s the ...
The Titans Collide in First “Godzilla vs. Kong” Trailer
You could be forgiven for not quite knowing who to root for in director Adam Wingard’s upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong. Now, on the one hand, Kong is certainly closer to our meager human species genetically, and therefore we might have a rooting interest in his survival based purely on our own fellow-feeling for creatures closer to us. ...
“Godzilla vs. Kong” Reveals Poster, Trailer Coming Sunday
On Tuesday, we shared that brief but thrilling glimpse of Godzilla vs. Kong. Now, the Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures film has revealed a new poster ahead of the first trailer, which will drop on Sunday, January 24. Director Adam Wingard’s film about the battle between cinema’s two most legendary monsters comes from a script by Eric ...
A Brief But Thrilling Glimpse of “Godzilla vs. Kong”
2021 did not get off to a good start, but we’re hoping things start to improve on all fronts, and soon. To that end, the news that Warner Bros.’ Godzilla vs. Kong will arrive two months earlier than we expected qualifies as very good news indeed. Director Adam Wingard’s upcoming film about the battle between cinema’s ...
Godzilla vs. Kong Writer on Kong’s Chances in Mismatched Fight
With Godzilla: King of the Monsters opening wide this Friday, folks are already starting to ask the next logical question—how in the world will King Kong last even a single round with his lizard king counterpart in Godzilla vs. Kong? King of the Monsters pits Godzilla against fellow titans like Rodan and the three-headed super-predator King Ghidorah. The ...
Details Emerge About Godzilla vs. Kong As Filming Gets Underway
What will happen when two exceedingly destructive creatures collide? We are getting closer to finding out as Godzilla vs. Kong entered production. The ultimate showdown will come after Godzilla: King of Monsters is unleashed next year. Both titans of the silver screen have had storied histories as villains and victors. They have incredible potential for devastation, ...
How Does Your Favorite Movie Monster Size Up?
The joy of monster movies is often seeing how much destruction an enormous mutant can wreak on a city, or lost island, as the case may be. Visual effects artists often fill the entire screen with King Kong’s eyes or dwarf Dwayne Johnson with a silverback gorilla that doesn’t even fit on the poster to ...
Godzilla vs. Kong Lands a Director
Before he was helming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Gareth Edwards brought Godzilla back on the big screen in 2014 in a major way. Godzilla's mythology, his reason for being, and his place in the pantheon of monsters (he is the king) were all laid out in Edwards' rollicking film. What's more, Godzilla was humanity's savior ...
Godzilla vs. Kong Officially Happening, Despite Their Huge Size Difference
It’s official: the most iconic monsters in film history will be doing battle in 2020. Legendary Pictures announced that following Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla 2 (2018), the two biggest, baddest beasts of them all will be fighting each other in 2020 in Godzilla vs. Kong. It took some fancy studio footwork to make it ...
