Jan. 11, 2024

Godzilla X Kong and Mickey 17 Rescheduled

The fifth instalment of the MonsterVerse series, Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire will grace the silver screen in March 29, in lieu of April 12, says Legendary and Warner Bros. By: Cassia Ling

Parallel to post-strike production shifts, award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho’s Mickey 17 has been deferred. Ergo the vacant release date for show businesses, Warner Bros. and Legendary snatches its spot for the early release of the upcoming fifth feature. The launch of Mickey 17 is expected to be unveiled in due date.

The latest feature of the MonsterVerse series picks up from Godzilla X Kong (2021) of two giant titans vying for the throne of the jungle. The trailer unveils snippets as the fourth sequel delves into enigmas of the Hollow Earth and emergence of another titan antagonist which propagates the unanimity of Godzilla and Kong to battle against.

Godzilla X Kong’s filmmaker Adam Wingard takes up the director’s chair once again, and reunites with the reprising ensemble cast Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Kaylee Hottle. Dan Stevens joins the franchise as a lead in The New Empire.

The prequels of the series include Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019). In 2023, there were also two television entries into the franchise, Skull Island (2023) and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) which landed on Netflix and AppleTV+ individually.

Based on Edward Ashton’s novel, Mickey 17 brings in Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo. Bong narrates the screenplay of the gig.

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