Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that shooting has started on the sequel to 2014’s Godzilla. The film will be directed by Michael Dougherty (Trick ‘r Treat, Krampus), and will be released in cinemas in 2019.
The official title of the film is reportedly Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, and stars Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring), ad Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai) and Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine), both reprising their Godzilla roles, Kyle Chandler (The Wolf of Wall Street, Manchester by the Sea), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Bradley Whitford (Get Out), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), Aisha Hinds (Star Trek Into Darkness), and Golden Globe nominee Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon).
The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.
Behind the scenes, Dougherty’s creative team includes director of photography Lawrence Sher, whose past credits include War Dogs and Godzilla, for which he handled additional photography, production designer Scott Chambliss (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Star Trek Into Darkness), editor Roger Barton (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the Transformers films), costume designer Louise Migenbach (the X-Men and Hangover films), and Oscar-winning VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron(Godzilla, Ghost in the Shell, and part of the Oscar-winning team behind Life of Pi).
Filming is taking place mainly in Atlanta, Georgia. The film will be released on 22nd March, 2019.
More news on Godzilla: King Of The Monsters as we get it.
