Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures today revealed the official trailer and poster for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at CCXP 2023 in São Paulo, Brazil. We’ve also included the artwork that was done specifically for CCXP below.
Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new adventure that pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire delves further into the histories of these Titans and their origins, as well as the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond, while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humankind forever.
Directed again by Adam Wingard, the film stars Rebecca Hall (Godzilla vs. Kong, The Night House), Brian Tyree Henry (Godzilla vs. Kong, Bullet Train), Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion, Beauty and the Beast), Kaylee Hottle (Godzilla vs. Kong), Alex Ferns (The Batman, Wrath of Man, Chernobyl) and Fala Chen (Irma Vep, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).
The screenplay is by Terry Rossio (Godzilla vs. Kong, the Pirates of the Caribbean series) and Simon Barrett (You’re Next) and Jeremy Slater (Moon Knight), from a story by Rossio & Wingard & Barrett, based on the character Godzilla owned and created by TOHO Co., Ltd.
The film is produced by Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Eric Mcleod, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni and Brian Rogers. The executive producers are Wingard, Jen Conroy, Jay Ashenfelter, Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira.
Wingard is collaborating with director of photography Ben Seresin (Godzilla vs. Kong, World War Z), production designer Tom Hammock (Godzilla vs. Kong, X, The Guest), editor Josh Schaeffer (Godzilla vs. Kong, Molly’s Game), and costume designer Emily Seresin (The Invisible Man, Top of the Lake).
The composers are Tom Holkenborg (Godzilla vs. Kong, Mad Max: Fury Road) and Antonio Di Iorio (additional music on Godzilla vs. Kong, the Sonic the Hedgehog films).
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Film By Adam Wingard. The movie is slated for release nationwide only in theaters and IMAX on April 12, 2024 and beginning 10 April 2024 internationally.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures except in Japan, where the film will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd and in mainland China, where it will be distributed by Legendary East.
You can watch the trailer by clicking here!
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.