GODZILLA VS. KONG Has Lowest Budget in the MonsterVerse Franchise
Mike Sprague
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The Guest and You’re Next director Adam Wingard’s epic monster mash Godzilla Vs Kong will smash into theaters and also onto HBO Max on May 2021. And today we learned the new Monsterverse film sports the lowest budget of the franchise.
Yes, according to The New York Times, Godzilla vs. Kong cost about $155M. That’s in contrast to Godzilla: King of the Monsters which sported a budget of around $170-$200M. And Gareth Edwards’ original Godzilla (2014) which cost $160M. And let’s not forget Kong: Skull Island spent about $185M all said and done.
It seems strange that the biggest movie of the series (on paper) ends up with the lowest budget. But… the films haven’t been the megahits I’m sure everyone was hoping for. So a reduced budget makes sense. Plus, $155M isn’t indie filmmaking.
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Here’s the kick-ass plot synopsis. Humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course. And the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages. Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into uncharted terrain. They unearth clues to the Titans’ origins. A human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures from the face of the earth forever.
Wingard directs Godzilla Vs Kong from a script by Eric Pearson and also Max Borenstein. Terry Rossio, Michael Dougherty, and Zach Shields penned the story based on Godzilla by Toho and King Kong by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper.
Godzilla Vs Kong stars Alexander Skarsgård (The Stand), Millie Bobby Brown, and also Rebecca Hall. Brian Tyree Henry co-stars with Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Jessica Henwick, Julian Dennison, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir. Mary Parent produced with Alex Garcia, Eric McLeod, and Brian Rogers. The Mayan half-man, half-bat monster god Titanus Camazotz may also be featured in the film. Described as being like “darkness,” the new Titan is the “embodiment of nightmares.”
Rated PG-13 for “intense sequences of creature violence/destruction and brief language,” Godzilla Vs Kong is currently set to be released on May 21, 2021.
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