The giant monster madness will continue thanks to super sized box-office results, with Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announcing they have slated a sequel to Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla for June 8, 2018. Edwards, also developing a Star Wars stand-alone, will return to direct. Legendary revealed at Comic-Con last month that Godzilla will be joined by fellow beasties Mothra, Rodan and Ghidorah in the next installment.
So far, Godzilla has raked in over $500 million worldwide — not too shabby for a film with a $160 million budget. Legendary has already announced another classic monster flick reboot, a prequel project inspired by King Kong titled Skull Island, which will arrive in 2016.
Big deal. Now let’s see something original and new.
Good luck with that one.
Keep ’em coming, Hollywood. Cynical folk can complain all they want, but there’s definitely a market that loves these giant monster movies. Pacific Rim, Godzilla, and King Kong movies in the same decade? Thank ya kindly!