Nathan, Ilene, and an Apex team led by Simmons' daughter Maia board a modified barge escorted by the U.S. Lind convinces Andrews to let Kong guide them through the Hollow Earth via an outpost in Antarctica. Lind is initially hesitant as his brother died in an expedition to the Hollow Earth due to a strong reverse-gravitational effect, but he agrees after Walter reveals that Apex has developed HEAVs, specialized crafts able to withstand the pressure exerted by the gravity field. Madison Russell, a listener of Bernie's podcast, enlists her friend Josh Valentine to investigate Godzilla's attacks.Īpex CEO Walter Simmons recruits Nathan Lind, a former Monarch scientist and Hollow Earth theorist, to guide a search for a power source into the Hollow Earth, the homeworld of the Titans.
However, Godzilla suddenly attacks the facility Bernie stumbles on a massive device during the rampage. Kong is visited by Jia, the last Iwi native and adopted daughter of Kong expert Ilene Andrews, who is deaf and communicates with Kong via sign language.īernie Hayes, an employee of Apex Cybernetics and host of a Titan conspiracy podcast, extracts data suggesting sinister activities at Apex's Pensacola facility. A sequel, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, is scheduled to be released on March 15, 2024.įive years after the dragon-like extraterrestrial King Ghidorah awakened giant monsters, known as "Titans", around the world and was defeated by Godzilla, Kong is monitored by Monarch within a giant dome on Skull Island, which has been taken over by the storm that previously kept it hidden from the rest of the world. The film was also a streaming hit, becoming the most successful launch title in HBO Max's history until it was overtaken by Mortal Kombat. It broke several pandemic box office records, and grossed $470 million worldwide, against a production budget between $155–200 million and a break-even point of $330 million, making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2021. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the visual effects and action sequences, but criticism towards the human characters. Kong was theatrically released internationally on March 24, 2021, and in the United States on March 31, where it was also released on HBO Max simultaneously.
Principal photography began in November 2018 in Hawaii, Australia, and Hong Kong, and wrapped in April 2019.Īfter being delayed from a November 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Godzilla vs. The film's writers' room was assembled in March 2017, and Wingard was announced as the director in May 2017. The project was announced in October 2015 when Legendary Pictures declared plans for a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and King Kong. In the film, Kong clashes with Godzilla after humans move the ape from Skull Island to the Hollow Earth, homeworld of the monsters known as "Titans", to retrieve a power source for a secret weapon intended to stop Godzilla's mysterious attacks. Brown and Chandler reprise their roles from the previous Godzilla film. The film stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir. A sequel to Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), it is the fourth film in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, the 36th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 12th film in the King Kong franchise, and the fourth Godzilla film to be completely produced by an American film studio. Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam Wingard.
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