Godzilla vs. Kong is a 2021 American monster movie directed by way of Adam Wingard. A sequel to Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), it's far the fourth film in Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse, the 36th movie within the Godzilla franchise, the 12th movie inside the King Kong franchise, and the fourth Godzilla movie to be absolutely produced by way of an American film studio.[b] The movie stars Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Shun Oguri, Eiza González, Julian Dennison, Lance Reddick, Kyle Chandler, and Demián Bichir. In the film, Kong clashes with Godzilla as human beings lure the ape into the Hollow Earth to retrieve a energy supply for a mystery weapon to stop Godzilla's mysterious rampages.
The assignment become introduced in October 2015 whilst Legendary Pictures declared plans for a shared cinematic universe among Godzilla and King Kong. The film's writers room become assembled in March 2017, and Wingard turned into announced because the director in May 2017. Principal photography started out in November 2018 in Hawaii, Australia, and Hong Kong, and wrapped in April 2019.
After being delayed from a November 2020 launch date because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Godzilla vs. Kong changed into theatrically released across the world on March 24, 2021, and in the United States on March 31, where it changed into also released on HBO Max simultaneously. The movie acquired typically advantageous opinions from critics, with praise for the visual consequences and motion sequences, but criticism toward the human characters. It broke numerous pandemic field workplace statistics, and grossed over $470 million worldwide, against a manufacturing price range among $one hundred fifty five–two hundred million and a spoil-even point of $330 million, making it the 8th-maximum-grossing film of 2021. The film became also a streaming hit, becoming the most a hit release item in HBO Max's records until it changed into overtaken by means of Mortal Kombat.[13] A sequel is scheduled to be launched on March 15, 2024.