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68-495: The franchise has received a generally positive critical reception and has grossed $ 2.525 billion worldwide at the box office. Writer Max Borenstein stated that the Monsterverse did not begin as a franchise but as an American reboot of Godzilla . Borenstein credits Legendary Entertainment 's founder and then CEO Thomas Tull as the one responsible for the Monsterverse, having acquired the rights to Godzilla and negotiated

136-444: A Godzilla fan and had composed a Godzilla theme recreationally. Wingard chose not to recycle Ifukube's theme, feeling it was "insincere" since he associated them with Toho's Godzilla. Instead, Wingard wanted to use new themes that embraced the Monsterverse's Godzilla while honoring its influences. Holkenborg requested a bass drum roughly ten feet in diameter, but the builder was only able to scale it down to eight feet. He wanted to create

204-511: A Godzilla theme that "lived and breathed" the history behind monster themes and that was slow and sluggish to reflect Godzilla. Lower brass and big tympanis were used to underscore Godzilla's power. For Kong's theme, Holkenborg used an "organic approach". The sound was interwoven with electronic and sound design elements. The score began with melody and "got colors and orchestration and different types of electronic instruments with it". For Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024), Tom Holkenborg

272-523: A cover of Blue Öyster Cult 's " Godzilla ", that featured Serj Tankian on vocals, as well as Brendon Small , Gene Hoglan , and other members of Dethklok contributing to the cover. McCreary described the cover as "the most audacious piece of music" he had produced in his career. For Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), Tom Holkenborg was announced as the film's composer in June 2020. During a meeting in 2018, Holkenborg admitted to director Adam Wingard to being

340-541: A cross-over between the Monsterverse and Pacific Rim franchise , however, he iterated it was all hypothetical possibilities. Guillermo del Toro (director and co-writer of Pacific Rim ) had also expressed interest in Pacific Rim crossing over with the Monsterverse. In March 2019, when asked about the future of the Monsterverse, Garcia stated, "It's one brick at a time, each piece has to be as good as it can be, so right now it's all focused on this [ Godzilla: King of

408-527: A feature film reboot. In January 2011, Gareth Edwards was announced as the director for the film. The film was co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures with filming completed in 2013 in Canada and the United States for release in 2014. Godzilla was released on May 16, 2014, to positive reviews, and was a box office success, grossing $ 529 million worldwide against a budget of $ 160 million. Set in 1973,

476-655: A film titled Godzilla vs. Kong , set for a 2020 release date. Legendary planned to create a shared cinematic franchise "centered around Monarch" (the secret government agency which debuted in 2014's Godzilla ) and that "brings together Godzilla and Legendary’s King Kong in an ecosystem of other giant super-species , both classic and new". Later in October, it was announced that Kong: Skull Island would have references to Monarch. In May 2016, Warner Bros. announced that Godzilla vs. Kong would be released on May 29, 2020, later pushed back to May 21, 2021, and that Godzilla: King of

544-413: A live-action series featuring Godzilla and other Titans, with Chris Black serving as showrunner; Black and Matt Fraction serve as co-creators and executive producers. Produced by Safehouse Pictures, Toho Co., Ltd. , Mikfred Criminal Masterminds, Chris Black Broadcasting System and Legendary Television , the series premiered on November 17, 2023, on Apple TV+ and consists of 10 episodes. In April 2024,

612-485: A monster movie is that it opens the door to use the symphony orchestra in its most sumptuous way. [Director] Jordan Vogt-Roberts was happy to celebrate the gravity and history that comes with a full orchestra, but we also explored less traditional elements. That's a field day for a composer". Vogt-Roberts also used rock music from the Vietnam-era and hits from the 70s, stating, "this provides a striking dichotomy, sets

680-457: A music playlist, stating, "I dragged and dropped all my favorite soundtracks, and the person who got high score was Alexandre Desplat." Desplat accepted the job because he was impressed with Edwards' directorial debut Monsters (2010) and had never composed a monster film, adding that he always attempted to accept differentiating films. Desplat had organized a large orchestra that he described as "stupidly big, as big as Godzilla". He explained that

748-585: A sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong . In January 2022, Legendary announced plans for a live-action TV series centered on Godzilla and other Titans. The film reimagines Godzilla's origins and is set 15 years after a nuclear meltdown in Japan which was caused by giant parasitic creatures, known as " MUTOs " (acronym for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism). As two MUTOs ravage the countryside in order to reproduce, they awaken an even larger ancient alpha predator, known as " Godzilla ", whose existence has been kept secret by

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816-422: Is EarthBound , in which the main character receives a message that a main villain has escaped. A game may contain a scene or voiceover after the credits, of one or more characters speaking, revealing new information that gives a new perspective to the previous events as well as setting up part of the next game in the series. As the credits for modern games get longer, added cut scenes that maintain interest during

884-470: Is also still common for more serious films, as in the film Daredevil , in which Bullseye is shown after his defeat by Daredevil in a full body cast. Other films eschew the comedy in favor of a twist or revelation that would be out of place elsewhere in the film, as in X-Men: The Last Stand ' s post-credits scene in which Professor X is shown to be alive after his apparent death by

952-586: Is the credited creator of Legendary's MonsterVerse , having written and/or co-written the films Godzilla , Kong: Skull Island , and Godzilla: King of the Monsters , as well as the prequel graphic novel Godzilla: Awakening , co-written with his brother Greg, and executive producing the Apple TV+ television series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters , which adapts the character of Lee Shaw from Awakening to live-action. On January 30, 2013, Borenstein

1020-411: Is to fulfill contractual obligations. In order to secure the personality rights to produce The Disaster Artist , a biopic of Tommy Wiseau , the filmmakers were obligated to include a cameo by Wiseau himself. This scene was filmed, but relegated to the post-credits sequence of the film. Video games , particularly those with complex stories, sometimes also use post-credits scenes. An early example

1088-556: The COVID-19 pandemic , the film was theatrically released internationally on March 24, 2021, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2021, where it was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max . The film received generally positive reviews and was a box office success, breaking pandemic records and grossing $ 470 million. It was also a streaming hit, becoming the most successful launch item in HBO Max's history until it

1156-413: The closing credits have rolled and sometimes after a production logo of a film , TV series , or video game has run. It is usually included to reward the audience for having the patience to watch through the credits sequence; it may be a scene written for humour or to set up a sequel . Sometimes, one or more mid-credits scenes are also inserted partly through the closing credit, typically for

1224-528: The "obby" that users can interface with characters from the film. Max Borenstein Max Borenstein (born June 20, 1981) is an American screenwriter. He is best known as the creator of the MonsterVerse film series featuring classic Kaiju of Toho 's Godzilla mythos , including writing Godzilla , Godzilla: Awakening (both 2014) and Kong: Skull Island (2017), and contributing to

1292-494: The 1920s due to rising emphasis on dramatic storytelling rather than vocal performance. The first general release film to feature a post-credits scene is The Silencers , released in March 1966. The scene depicts lead character Matt Helm (played by Dean Martin ) lying shirtless on what appears to be a rotating sofa along with 10 scantily-clad women. He kisses two women before rubbing his face and muttering, "Oh my god." During

1360-453: The 1990 episode Rocket Attack U.S.A. , continuing until the end of the series. With few exceptions, they highlighted moments from the films that were either particularly nonsensical or had simply caught the writers' attention. Stingers lacking the metafictional aspects also gained prominence in the 1980s, although they were still primarily used for comedy films. Post-credits scenes became useful places for humorous scenes that would not fit in

1428-406: The Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong ]. But could there be? Yeah, that's the hope if the movies turn out really well." In February 2021, Wingard stated, "I know where we could go potentially with future films." However, he noted that the Monsterverse was created "to a certain degree" to lead towards Godzilla vs. Kong . Wingard added that the Monsterverse is at a "crossroads", stating, "It’s really at

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1496-478: The Monsters would be pushed back from its original June 8, 2018 release date to March 22, 2019, however, the film was later pushed back again to May 31, 2019. In October 2016, Legendary announced that Godzilla: King of the Monsters would be filmed at its parent company Wanda's Oriental Movie Metropolis facility in Qingdao, China, along with Pacific Rim: Uprising . That same month, it was revealed that Legendary

1564-903: The Monsterverse March ;5, 2024  ( 2024-03-05 ) (general) Jonathan Marks Barravecchia (general) Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong Legendary's Godzilla was featured as a playable character in Bandai Namco's 2014 video game Godzilla as "Hollywood Godzilla". In 2017, a short virtual reality experience titled Kong VR: Destination Skull Island was made available at 1500 Samsung retail demo locations, in 15 AMC theater locations, and Samsung VR stores. Godzilla and Kong were featured in cross-over events for PUBG Mobile , World of Warships , Godzilla: Battle Line , and Call of Duty: Warzone . For Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire , Legendary and Warner Bros. collaborated with Roblox for an interactive trailer via

1632-652: The Monsterverse. Prior to announcing a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and Kong, Legendary originally intended to produce a Godzilla trilogy, with Gareth Edwards attached to direct all films. However, Edwards left the sequel in May 2016 to work on smaller scale projects. In January 2017, Michael Dougherty was announced as the director and co-writer for the film. Principal photography began in June 2017, in Atlanta , Georgia and wrapped in September 2017. The film

1700-593: The Monsterverse. The project was announced in October 2015 when Legendary announced plans for a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and King Kong. The film's writers room was assembled in March 2017 and Adam Wingard was announced as the director in May 2017. Principal photography began in November 2018 in Hawaii and Australia and concluded in April 2019. After being delayed from a November 2020 release date due to

1768-520: The Monsterverse. The Skull Devil was originally trademarked as "Ramarak the Skullcrawler" until it was abandoned in September 2017. In July 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary announced a King Kong origin story, initially titled Skull Island , with a release date of November 4, 2016, and Universal Pictures distributing. In September 2014, Jordan Vogt-Roberts was announced as the film's director. In September 2015, Legendary moved development of

1836-528: The U.S. government since 1954. The film introduces Godzilla, the MUTOs, and the Monarch organization to the Monsterverse. In 2004, director Yoshimitsu Banno acquired permission from Toho to produce a short IMAX Godzilla film which was in development for several years until the project was eventually turned over to Legendary Pictures. In March 2010, Legendary announced to have acquired the rights to Godzilla for

1904-464: The Universe (1987), Skeletor's head emerges from the water at the bottom of the pit, saying "I'll be back!" The Muppet Movie also began a trend of using such scenes to break the fourth wall , even when much of the rest of the film had kept it intact. The scenes were often used as a form of metafiction , with characters showing an awareness that they were at the end of a film, and sometimes telling

1972-470: The audience directly to leave the theatre. Films using this technique include Ferris Bueller's Day Off (in which the title character frequently breaks the fourth wall during the film) and the musical remake of The Producers . The post-credits scene in the latter film also includes a cameo appearance by Producers screenwriter Mel Brooks . Post-credits scenes also appeared on the long-running television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 , introduced in

2040-434: The author of A Song of Ice and Fire , the series of novels upon which the original series is based. Current Game of Thrones showrunners D. B. Weiss and David Benioff would also be executive producers for whichever project is picked up by HBO. Executive producer Post-credits scene A post-credits scene (also known as a stinger , end tag , or credit cookie ) is a short teaser clip that appears after

2108-409: The closing title cards reading "Conflict: inevitable. Let them fight". In September 2015, Legendary announced that the film Kong: Skull Island would not be developed with Universal Studios . Instead, it would be developed with Warner Bros. , which sparked media speculation that Godzilla and Kong would appear in a film together. In October 2015, Legendary announced plans to unite Godzilla and Kong in

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2176-488: The complicated rights to King Kong. Tull had offered Borenstein the opportunity to write the first draft for Kong: Skull Island , with the goal to establish Kong in the same universe as Legendary's Godzilla film. Tull's vision was for the films to one day lead to Godzilla vs. Kong . Legendary confirmed at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con that it had acquired the licensing rights to Mothra , Rodan , and King Ghidorah from Toho Co., Ltd. and revealed concept footage with

2244-432: The credits during the main action of the film. In this example, the characters perform a song in the last minutes of the film, and the credits run inconspicuously until one character sings the line "the movie is over/but we're still on screen". The Marvel Cinematic Universe has made extensive use of mid- and post-credits scenes (often both) which typically serve as a teaser for a future Marvel Studios film. For example,

2312-471: The credits, Animal yells at the audience to "GO HOME!" before sighing "buh-bye" and passing out from exhaustion. The use of such scenes gained popularity throughout the 1980s at the end of comedy films. In 1980, Airplane! ended with a callback to an abandoned taxicab passenger who was not a primary character. Enhanced application continued in 1985 with Young Sherlock Holmes (see below); in Masters of

2380-440: The early drafts to Godzilla (2014), will write a follow-up to Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire . The following week, Legendary announced that Wingard would not return to direct due to scheduling conflicts, but had expressed interest in having Wingard return. In June 2024, Legendary announced Grant Sputore (director of I Am Mother ) as the new director and that the film would be released on March 26th, 2027. In October 2024, it

2448-488: The ending of the supernatural horror film Annabelle: Creation (2017), where we see a post-credits clip set in Romania, 1952 and see the character of Valak , the demon nun from The Conjuring 2 (2016) gliding towards the viewer before it darkens, teasing the spin-off prequel The Nun (2018). Some films, including Richard Linklater 's School of Rock , take the idea of the post-credits scene to its limit by running

2516-465: The film The Cannonball Run , bloopers from the film are shown. One of the stars in that picture, Jackie Chan , later featured outtakes during the credits of many of his films, often showing him getting injured doing his own stunts. Even when post-credits scenes started to be used by films with little comedy development, the same format of giving closure to incomplete storylines or inconsequential characters remained in use. Using humor in such scenes

2584-981: The film follows a team of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers traveling to an uncharted island in the Pacific where they encounter terrifying creatures and the mighty Kong. The film introduces Kong, the Mother Longlegs, the Sker Buffalo, the Mire Squid, the Leafwing, the Psychovulture, the Spore Mantis, the Skull Devil, and the Skullcrawlers to the Monsterverse and a post-credits scene introduces Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah to

2652-430: The film from Universal Pictures to Warner Bros. to create an expanded cinematic universe. Principal photography began on October 19, 2015, in Hawaii and Vietnam . Kong: Skull Island was released on March 10, 2017, to positive reviews, and was a box office success, grossing $ 566 million worldwide against a budget of $ 185 million. The film received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards . In

2720-576: The film won Best Feature and Best Screenplay at the New York Independent Film Festival and was named Best First Feature 2003 by Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas . Borenstein's 2008 screenplay What Is Life Worth? , based on Kenneth Feinberg 's memoir of the same name, was included on The Black List , an annual list compiled by Hollywood executives of their favorite unproduced screenplays. On February 14, 2018, it

2788-434: The film's box office success: "This is certainly an exciting result. We are in a good position to continue the journey, but let’s see how Godzilla x Kong unfolds." That same month, Legendary announced that under their new contract with Apple TV+ they will proceed with a second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters , as well as multiple spin-off series. On May 10, 2024, Legendary announced that David Callaham , who wrote

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2856-468: The film, Edwards likened Desplat's score as "very much in the same tone of Akira". However, Desplat paid homage to Ifukube during the track "Godzilla!" by flaring the brass to reflect sounds similar to Ifukube's themes. For Kong: Skull Island (2017), Henry Jackman blended 1970s psychedelic guitars into the score, which was considered to be a combination of mixing electronic sounds with symphony orchestra . Jackman stated that "The great thing about

2924-536: The film, eco-terrorists release King Ghidorah , who awakens other monsters known as "Titans" across the world, forcing Godzilla and Mothra to surface and engage Ghidorah and Rodan in a decisive battle. The film changes the monsters' designation from "MUTOs" to "Titans". The film introduces Scylla, Methuselah, Behemoth, and the Queen MUTO to the Monsterverse. Off-screen, the film introduces Baphomet, Typhon, Mokele-Mbembe, Tiamat , Abaddon, Leviathan, and Bunyip to

2992-644: The hands of the Phoenix . Another example is the stinger at the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets which features a post-memory loss Lockhart . A third example occurs in Young Sherlock Holmes : during the entire credits, a sleigh is seen traveling in the Alps to a mountain inn; at the end of the credits, the passenger Professor Rathe (presumed to be dead), also known as "Eh-Tar", signs

3060-483: The main body of the film. Most were short clips that served to tie together loose ends—minor characters whose fates were not elaborated on earlier in the film, or plot lines that were not fully wrapped up. For example, all five Pirates of the Caribbean films include such scenes. Napoleon Dynamite features a stinger that reveals that Kip and LaFawnduh get married, a scene that was included in its wide release . In

3128-425: The orchestra had to be big in order to avoid filling gaps in the score with electronics. Desplat had described his score as "non-stop fortissimo, with lots of brass, Japanese drums, and electric violin". He echoed the film's Japanese origins and influence by applying a shakuhachi bamboo flute and taiko drums throughout the score. While the themes by Akira Ifukube , composer of various Godzilla films, were not used for

3196-440: The point where audiences have to kind of step forward and vote for more of these things. If this movie is a success obviously they will continue forward." On April 4, 2021, following the release and successful response to Godzilla vs. Kong , Legendary's CEO Josh Grode commented on potential sequels, "we have a number of ideas for more movies." That same month, the hashtag #ContinueTheMonsterverse began trending on Twitter , which

3264-613: The post-credits scene in The Avengers , which has the team eating shawarma in a derelict restaurant in the aftermath of the film's climactic battle, or Spider-Man: Homecoming , which features Captain America educating the audience on patience. The credits of many Pixar films, including A Bug's Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), The Good Dinosaur (2015) and Finding Dory (2016) have included humorous mid-credits scenes. A Bug's Life (1998), for example, parodied

3332-614: The post-credits scene of Iron Man 2 shows S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson locating a large hammer at the bottom of a crater in a New Mexico desert, thus teasing the release of Thor the following year. The post-credits sequence of Captain America: The Winter Soldier introduces the characters of Pietro and Wanda Maximoff , who join the franchise in Avengers: Age of Ultron . Other times these mid- and post-credits scenes serve primarily as gags, such as

3400-434: The purpose of maintaining the audience's attention so they don't have to wait for the entire credit roll to finish for a teaser. Post-credits scenes may have their origins in encores , an additional performance added to the end of staged shows in response to audience applause. Opera encores were common practice in the 19th century, when the story was often interrupted so a singer could repeat an aria, but fell out of favor in

3468-456: The register as " Moriarty ". With the rise of pre-planned film franchises , post-credits scenes have been adopted in order to prepare the audience for upcoming sequels, sometimes going so far as to include a cliffhanger ending where the main film is largely stand-alone. The cinematic release of The Matrix Reloaded demonstrated the sequel set-up use of stingers by featuring the trailer for The Matrix Revolutions . Another example would be

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3536-421: The release of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire , Wingard expressed interest in returning to direct a third film featuring Godzilla and Kong, but noted that "it just depends on how Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire does and how things kind of shape out." In April 2024, following the release and successful response to The New Empire , producer and Legendary's chairman of worldwide production Mary Parent commented on

3604-470: The scene, text overlays reads "Coming Up Next" and "Matt Helm Meets Lovey Kravezit." In 1979, The Muppet Movie uses a framing device in which the characters themselves watch the movie unfold in a theater. During the credits, the Muppets get up from their seats, talk to each other and joke around (thus incentivizing the real audience to stick around and see what happens next). In the final moment after

3672-477: The series was released worldwide on Netflix on June 22, 2023. The series introduces Annie's Dog and the Kraken to the Monsterverse, as well as other unnamed monsters. In October 2023, Duffield stated that the script for the second season had been completed; while creatives were waiting for an official season two renewal green-lighting from Netflix. In January 2022, Legendary announced that Apple TV+ had ordered

3740-527: The series was renewed for a second season. Photos on social media verified that principal photography on the second season began in July 2024. This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the billing block of at least one film in the series. For Godzilla (2014), Alexandre Desplat was announced as the film's composer in August 2013. Director Gareth Edwards chose Desplat after creating

3808-599: The story of Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). In 2022, he co-created the sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty on HBO . Borenstein wrote, edited, and directed the 2003 film Swordswallowers and Thin Men while a senior at Yale University . Starring Peter Cellini, Zoe Kazan , Fran Kranz and Graham Norris, and featuring Army Wives star Sally Pressman and Midnight's Children lead Satya Bhabha ,

3876-416: The success of Godzilla vs. Kong . Borenstein had also expressed interest in seeing Legendary produce a film with minimal human characters, stating, "I think it is possible. It would be very ambitious. I think ambitious in that Mad Max: Fury Road way. I think it's totally possible to do that with the absolute minimum amount of human characters and really characterize the creatures." In March 2024, prior to

3944-438: The tone and gives us great moments of fun". For Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), it was announced during Comic-Con 2018 that Bear McCreary would compose the score and utilize Ifukube's themes and Yūji Koseki's Mothra theme. He chose to adapt Ifukube and Koseki's themes to form a "connection between Ifukube’s uniquely brilliant style and the aesthetics of modern blockbusters". For the film's soundtrack, McCreary produced

4012-415: The trend of bloopers at the end of movies by including fake blooper scenes of the characters making mistakes or goofing around on the "set" of the movie. Toy Story 2 (1999) and Monsters, Inc. (2001) followed suit. Other Pixar films, such as Cars (2006), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Inside Out (2015) have included an epilogue that plays during the credits. An unusual use of the post-credits scene

4080-466: Was acknowledged by Legendary and garnered support from Vogt-Roberts. On April 27, 2021, The Hollywood Reporter stated that Legendary was "quietly taking steps to stretch the series into one or more installments," while negotiating with Wingard to potentially return to direct. Various ideas were considered, including Son of Kong as one potential title. In August 2021, Borenstein stated that "there will be some new, interesting installments coming" due to

4148-421: Was announced that Wingard would return to direct and that Dan Stevens had been cast as the lead. Wingard and Stevens had previously worked together on The Guest . The film was theatrically released internationally on March 27, 2024, and in the United States on March 29, 2024. In October 2017, Steven S. DeKnight (director and co-writer of Pacific Rim: Uprising ) noted that there have been discussions about

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4216-426: Was announced that a sequel to the cross-over comic series Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong would be released in 2025. In January 2021, Legendary Television and Netflix announced plans for animated series titled Skull Island . The project is developed and written by Brian Duffield , who also serves as co- executive producer with Jacob Robinson. Produced by Powerhouse Animation , JP and Legendary Television,

4284-479: Was announced to return to compose the film's score in August 2022, after previously doing so for Godzilla vs. Kong . In December 2023, it was announced that Antonio Di Iorio would co-compose the score with Holkenborg. A single was released on March 13, 2024, by WaterTower Music , titled “Main Title Theme.” The full soundtrack album was released on March 22, 2024. Monsterverse Titanthology Vol. 1 Legends of

4352-416: Was hired to write Paladin for Walt Disney Pictures , and Mona for New Regency . On May 4, 2017, HBO announced that Borenstein is one of four writers working on a potential pilot for a Game of Thrones spin-off. In addition to Borenstein, Carly Wray , Jane Goldman , and Brian Helgeland are also working on potential pilots. Borenstein has been working and communicating with George R. R. Martin ,

4420-706: Was overtaken by Mortal Kombat . Godzilla and Kong reunite against an undiscovered threat hidden deep within the Earth that challenges the existence of humans and Titans alike. The film introduces the Skar King, Suko, and Shimo to the Monsterverse. In March 2022, it was announced that a sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong is scheduled to commence filming later in the year in Gold Coast, Queensland and other locations in South East Queensland . In May 2022, it

4488-641: Was planning a writers room to create their Godzilla–Kong cinematic universe, with Alex Garcia overseeing the project for Legendary. In January 2017, Thomas Tull , founder of Legendary, resigned from the company but would remain as producer for the Godzilla–Kong series, which was revealed as the "Monsterverse". In March 2017, Legendary assembled a writers room led by Terry Rossio to develop the story for Godzilla vs. Kong . Legendary's license to Godzilla expired in 2020. However it has since been renewed, as Toho announced in July 2022 that Godzilla would be featured in

4556-580: Was released on May 31, 2019, to mixed reviews, and was a box office disappointment, grossing $ 387 million worldwide against a budget between $ 170–200 million. In the film, Kong clashes with Godzilla as humans lure the ape into the Hollow Earth to retrieve a power source for a weapon to stop Godzilla's mysterious rampages. The film introduces Mechagodzilla , the Warbat, the Hellhawk, and Titanus Doug to

4624-426: Was reported that he would produce his screenplay into film alongside Michael Sugar , Marc Butan , Sean Sorensen, and Bard Dorros, with director David Frankel helming the project. It was ultimately directed by Sara Colangelo under the title Worth . His 2009 screenplay Jimi , commissioned by Legendary Pictures and based on the life of guitarist Jimi Hendrix , was also included on The Black List. Borenstein

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