Godzilla: King of Monsters is an American 2019 film that is the third part of the MonsterVerse franchise!
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- Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a 2019 American monster film
- It is directed and co-written by Michael Dougherty
- It is marketed as Godzilla II: King of the Monsters in some territories
- It is a sequel to the 2014 film Godzilla
- And is also the 35th film in the Godzilla franchise
- The third film in Legendary’s MonsterVerse
- And the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio
- The film stars Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, Sally Hawkins, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, Ken Watanabe, and Zhang Ziyi
- It is dedicated to executive producer Yoshimitsu Banno
- And original Godzilla suit performer Haruo Nakajima
- Who both died in 2017
- In the film, humans must rely on Godzilla to defeat King Ghidorah and other Titans who have awakened, and are causing destruction around the world
- The sequel was green-lit during the opening weekend of Godzilla
- With original director Gareth Edwards expected to return
- After Edwards left the project in May 2016, Dougherty was announced as the director in January 2017
- Dougherty had been hired in October 2016 to re-write the script with Zach Shields
- Principal photography began in June 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia
- And wrapped in September 2017
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on May 31, 2019, in 2D, 3D, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX
- The film received mixed reviews from critics
- With praise for the visual effects, musical score, and action sequences
- But criticism aimed at the underdeveloped human characters and thin storyline
- A sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong, is scheduled to be released on March 13, 2020
- The film reclassifies the monsters’ designation from “MUTOs” to “Titans”
- For the monsters, Dougherty wanted their designs to emit a godly presence and evoke a sense of worship
- For Godzilla, Dougherty wished to put back the “God in Godzilla”
- He liked the design that Gareth Edwards and Matt Allsopp conceived but wanted to tweak it by adding the dorsal plates of the 1954 iteration
- As well as making the claws and feet bigger to make Godzilla look like a more powerful predator
- The director had the sound design team expand on Godzilla’s roar by making it sound closer to the roars of the 1954 incarnation
- For Rodan, elements of volcanic rock were added to the scales and skin color to make it look capable of living inside of a volcano
- Dougherty wanted Rodan’s design to resemble something that “Mother Nature could have created”
- The designers were instructed to not just look at Pteranodons but at various birds such as vultures, eagles, and hawks due to birds being similar to dinosaurs
- For Mothra, Dougherty wanted to create something that was “beautiful, and feminine, and elegant, and looked like a true goddess, but also dangerous if she had to be”
- He attempted to remain faithful to the color palette of the original 1961 incarnation and retaining the eye-spots on her wings
- The eye-spots were designed to resemble Godzilla’s eyes
- In order to create a connection between Mothra and Godzilla
- Mothra was designed to resemble real moths
- And given longer legs in order to defend herself against other monsters
- Another attribute inspired by real moths
- For King Ghidorah, Dougherty wanted to create a “unique” design that still resembled Ghidorah
- And worked closely with Toho to make sure the new design respected past incarnations
- Each head was given its own personality
- With the center being the alpha
- And the others beings its lackeys
- He studied various animals, specifically king cobras
- In order to add a sense of realism to the design
- The designers were instructed to look at different scales from various reptiles to avoid having Ghidorah’s scales looking similar to Godzilla or the original Ghidorah
- In the United States and Canada, Godzilla: King of the Monsters will be released alongside Rocketman and Ma
- And is projected to gross $55 – 65 million
- From 4,100 theaters in its opening weekend
