Trick ‘r Treat’s Michael Dougherty Co-Writing Godzilla 2
Steve Barton
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In news that has us nothing short of elated, Variety is reporting that Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields, who wrote Krampus for Legendary, are on board to pen the script for the next installment in the Godzilla franchise.
Sources have also indicated Legendary might be preparing to set up a writers room to help create the upcoming Godzilla-King Kong universe the company has planned since sending the distribution rights for Kong: Skull Island back to Warner Bros. after originally setting pic up at Universal.
Alex Garcia will oversee the project for Legendary.
In October 2015, Legendary and Warner Bros. made a joint announcement that all future King Kong and Godzilla films would be developed by Legendary and distributed by Warner Bros. starting with Kong: Skull Island next March. Legendary currently holds a distribution deal with Universal but in order to re-team Godzilla and King Kong, Legendary decided to send the rights back over to Warner Bros. in order to create this new “ecosystem” of giant super-species, both classic and new, as described in its original joint statement.
As of now, it looks as if Dougherty and Shields will just pen the script Godzilla 2, but this draft could be the starting point for a possible writers room.
Godzilla 2 is currently dated for Mar. 22, 2019 with Godzilla vs. Kong movie for May 29, 2020.
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