May of 2020.The studio is putting together a writers room to break the story, with Terry Rossio, veteran scribe best known for co-writing the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, tapped to head the creature feature league. Once he and his cohorts work out the best ideas and beats for the story, a writer will be chosen to write the script.
Joining Rossio in the room will be:
Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne, who co-wrote Star Trek Beyond and who are working on Star Trek 4;
Lindsey Beer, who is currently adapting The Kingkiller Chronicles for Lionsgate;
Cat Vasko, currently penning Warner Bros.’s adaptation of period circus love story, Queen of the Air;
T.S. Nowlin, the writer of the Maze Runner movies who already worked for Legendary on its Pacific Rim sequel;
And J. Michael Straczynski, the comic book writer and creator of 1990s sci-fi show Babylon 5 whose recent credits include World War Z and co-creating Netflix show Sense8 with the Wachowskis.
Godzilla vs Kong
Godzilla vs Kong
Getting the ball rolling.
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Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Godzilla vs Kong
So this is separate from the King of All Monsters movie?
A lot of those names don't inspire confidence, but maybe as a group they'll do well...
A lot of those names don't inspire confidence, but maybe as a group they'll do well...
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Godzilla vs Kong
No. Godzilla, the one with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, was the first of the "hollow world of monsters" franchise. Everything thereafter is supposed to tie in, or at least have potential. But like I said, there's a 41-year gap between Skull Island and Godzilla. If the next Godzilla flick is supposed to be post-2014, then the Kong films are functionally prequels.
They picked 3 of his bigger cohorts. Mothra is the most eh ... benevolent of the kaiju, so he's a given but at the same time he's just a giant bug. King Ghidorah is my pick for common villain, usually going against Godzilla and Mothra. Then there's fucking Rodan, who's probably in it because once you get past him, the next biggest names are Space Godzilla, Destoroyah, and Mecha Godzilla. Keep in mind that there's also a rebooted Godzilla franchise concurrently going over in Japan.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."