Super-sized beasts go to war in the latest in Legendary Pictures’ expanded monster universe, which began with Gareth Edwards‘ Godzilla back in 2014, continued with Kong: Skull Island in 2017 and is about to get even more mega when Godzilla II: King Of The Monsters lands next Spring.
Directed by Michael Dougherty who made Krampus and the rather marvellous anthology horror Trick ‘R Treat, the movie sees Godz’ go to war with other classic Toho titans Mothra, Rodan, and three-headed King Ghidorah. If you’re a human in the Monsterverse it sounds like a sturdy hat and a pair of noise-cancelling earphones could be in order.
In the meantime, you can watch the latest trailer below.
Cowering beneath the madness is Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe reprising their roles from Godzilla 2014 as scientists with crypto-zoological agency Monarch. They’ll be joined by Vera Farmiga from The Conjuring, Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things and Kyle Chandler, who’s well-used to dealing with behemoths after starring in Super 8.
The first trailer for Godzilla II: King Of The Monsters arrived at San Diego comic-con – it looked great and went down a storm, with the emphasis very much on scale, so we’re super excited to see what this movie has to offer. Especially since the follow up is set to be Godzilla Vs. Kong in 2020 (so, um, spoiler alert, we reckon he’ll probably make it out the other side one way or another).
Godzilla II: King Of The Monsters opens in the UK on 31 May 2019.