GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Pushed Back Two Months As Director Mike Dougherty Teases King Ghidorah

GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Pushed Back Two Months As Director Mike Dougherty Teases King Ghidorah

Warner Bros. was quite busy today, moving around a number of release dates and have now confirmed that the eagerly-awaited Godzilla: King of the Monsters has been pushed back from spring to summer 2019.

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By RohanPatel - May 23, 2018 07:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Godzilla
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Warner Bros. announced today that they've pushed back their upcoming Godzilla sequel, rumored to be titled Godzilla: King of the Monsters, from March 22 to May 31, 2019.

It now exits a busy spring that will see the releases of Marvel's Captain Marvel (March 8), Disney's Dumbo (March 29), and Warner Bros.' Shazam! (April 5) to a prime summer date where it will square off with the second week of Disney's Aladdin. Strategically, it's actually a pretty smart move as it opens far away from serious competition like Marvel's Avengers 4 (May 3) and several weeks before similar genre features like Sony's Men In Black (June 14) and Universal's Cowboy Ninja Viking (June 28).

In other news, Warner Bros. has also pushed back Mark Wahlberg's The Six Billion Dollar Man from May 2019 to June 5, 2020. Mike Flanagan's The Shining sequel, Doctor Sleep, has also been dated for January 24, 2020. Meanwhile, Paramount has unsurprisingly removed Transformers 7 from its release schedule and has also moved Pet Sematary up to April 5, 2019 while dating their Elton John biopic, Rocketman, for May 17, 2019.

Additionally, director Mike Dougherty has shared a very cool update from the film, teasing the arrival of Monster Zero, which is, of course, a not-so-subtle reference to King Ghidorah. The three-headed dragon, who was teased at the end of Kong: Skull Island, will be one of three monsters, along with Mothra and Rodan, that are expected to make their MonsterVerse debuts in the coming sequel.

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kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/23/2018, 7:38 PM
Holy [frick] I can't wait.
When I was a kid, my two biggest obsessions were Godzilla and the Universal Monsters.
It's nice to see one of them make a successful resurgence.
kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/23/2018, 7:42 PM
@kRAVENklaw -
Oh, and after King Kong vs. Godzilla, I need Gamera at some point. And Gigan.
BigMikeReviews
BigMikeReviews - 5/23/2018, 8:04 PM
@kRAVENklaw - No love for Jet Jaguar? :(
kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/23/2018, 8:50 PM
@BigMikeReviews -
Damn, you're right, I don't know how I forgot.
Him too.
Plus the Gargantuas.
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/24/2018, 6:23 AM
@kRAVENklaw - Gamera isnt part of the TOHO monsters tho, his movies were produced by Daiei. Im really excited for Ghidorah and Mothra tho!
kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/24/2018, 9:14 AM
@IctyoSapien -
Damn, you're right...
Aren't we getting Rodan as well?
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/24/2018, 9:16 AM
@kRAVENklaw - yes! the next G movie supposedly features Mothra, King Ghidorah and Rodan, apart from Godzilla himself
kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/24/2018, 11:29 AM
@IctyoSapien -
Oh awesome!
I take it that Godzilla and King Kong will team up against Ghidorah.
I'd like to see Mechagodzilla at some point, but I don't know if he could work in this universe.
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/24/2018, 1:22 PM
@kRAVENklaw - lets see how the Monsterverse comes along, i read that TOHO is also planing their own Godzilla Universe in the vein of their Showa era films and the MCU, Im partial to the LEgendary Godzilla as of now, but i really loved toho latest Live Action Godzilla, ShinGojira
kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/24/2018, 4:52 PM
@IctyoSapien -
Embarrassingly enough, I haven't seen ShinGojira yet.
I've heard it's really good and freaky though.
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/24/2018, 8:14 PM
@kRAVENklaw - i cant recommend it enough!!
kRAVENklaw
kRAVENklaw - 5/24/2018, 8:57 PM
@IctyoSapien -
I'll definitely check it out.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 5/23/2018, 7:40 PM
Looking forward to this. Godzilla was good but I didn’t like the human aspect that much and I liked Skull Island more than I thought I would.

The visual feast of monster on monster fights🤩
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 5/23/2018, 7:42 PM
I keep forgetting that this movie is happening. I always think that they are jumping straight to Godzilla vs. Kong, being that both characters had their solos already.
SwampThing
SwampThing - 5/23/2018, 7:45 PM
As a Godzilla fan, I can't wait for this movie to be relased and rock my socks off. I liked Godzilla 2014 and I really enjoyed Kong: Skull Island.
Nightmare
Nightmare - 5/23/2018, 7:48 PM


Luminus
Luminus - 5/23/2018, 11:41 PM
@Nightmare - Fake Ghidorah from the latest Mothra trilogy. They removed his signature cackle and changed it to a stupid roar. What is even happening there? Mothra flies right through the lightning blasts? WTF? Oh, yeah, it's Armor Mothra. *rolls eyes hard*
Luminus
Luminus - 5/23/2018, 11:50 PM
More of a chirp, actually.
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/24/2018, 6:24 AM
@Luminus - respecc mothra leo ;-; hes trying his best
Frshcoupe
Frshcoupe - 5/23/2018, 7:50 PM
The Shining sequel???????
TheSanitizer
TheSanitizer - 5/23/2018, 7:55 PM
Kong: Skull Island may be the most underrated monster movie of all time. I love that movie and I CANNOT WAIT for Kong and Godzilla to go at! That’s going to be a cinematic feast for the eyes.
SupermansTrunks
SupermansTrunks - 5/23/2018, 7:55 PM
Its transformers 6 not 7 I've seen this mistake twice now today
SupermansTrunks
SupermansTrunks - 5/23/2018, 8:58 PM
@KingPatel - Well that's a dumb move on their part it'd be like calling solo star wars 11
Wolverine43X
Wolverine43X - 5/23/2018, 8:07 PM
This is Awesome! I remember being a kid. Godzilla vs. King Kong came out. I was sooo ready for Godzilla to kick his a#$. Didn't't happen. Almost as bad as Ultimate warrior beating Hulk Hogan!
JosephCronos92
JosephCronos92 - 5/23/2018, 8:10 PM
Goji articles finally! lol

Awesome, imma have Avengers and Godzilla in the same month! F***KN AWESOME.

I can't wait for the sequel, after both Avengers IW and A4, this is my most expected sequel, 5 years have passed i've done my waiting, loved both G14 and Kong they're not perfect but man i've loved how they've treated and approached such iconic and fantastic creatures, i'm ready bring it on dammit.
Mattygrand
Mattygrand - 5/23/2018, 8:25 PM
Huge a Godzilla fan, have been all my life, so this is a must see day one film for me, in IMAX as well!
Only question though: does the deal they have and in essence the Monsterverse end with Godzilla vs Kong? I keep hearing how Toho can’t make any Godzilla films till after that and that once that film is over, they’re gonna start making more Godzilla films and create a new shared universe of their own. I mean that’s amazing as it is, but I’d like the American films to continue also.
WarnerBrother
WarnerBrother - 5/23/2018, 9:18 PM
@Mattygrand -

Toho is gonna do a shared Universe of its own,but those films will be TOHO monsters only
and be meant primarily for the local Japanese market and the nitch fandom of hardcore
G fans in the states and across the world.

I have heard that Toho had reached a deal with Legendary to pick up 25% of the production costs
of MonsterVerse films after Godzilla vs Kong. I also heard Legendary's Chinese corporate owner
is in trouble.

If King of the Monsters is a huge hit, I assume the suits will conclude that GvK will be as or more
profitable and Legendary and Toho will move forward with more Monsterverse films with Legendary
maybe being bought by a new owner like Time Warner (which has North American distribution
rights to Godzilla) while Toho also makes its own cinematic universe if can market in Japan and
to hardcore G fans across the world.
IctyoSapien
IctyoSapien - 5/24/2018, 6:25 AM
@WarnerBrother -
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 5/23/2018, 8:57 PM
Slightly off topic:

Marvel should really move Avengers 4 up 1 or 2 weeks to april. The competition with Deadpool and Solo is the only thing that will (possibly) keep Infinity War from making 2 billion, and although it’s too early to tell, I don’t see A4 making as much bank as IW.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 5/24/2018, 3:17 AM
@ALF9001 - are you from the past?
ALF9001
ALF9001 - 5/24/2018, 4:56 AM
@Ryguy88 - yes...
WarnerBrother
WarnerBrother - 5/23/2018, 9:08 PM
I was waiting for WB to do something like this since they had no huge franchise film for summer
release for what would be two years in a row.

There were no DCEU films, no Potterverse films, no Nolan project.

This lines up King of The Monsters and Godzilla vs Kong to be for WB what Infinity War and Avengers 4
are for Disney.
SisterSunday52
SisterSunday52 - 5/24/2018, 6:17 AM
@WarnerBrother - Provided they change their director for King Kong vs Godzilla. This guy has an OK film (The Blair Witch) and a flat out terrible film (Death Note 2017) under his belt. He is not right for this.
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