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The newGodzilla : King of the Monsterstrailer has some cool nod to a duad of genre classics . It ’s bonny to say America ’s first attack at making aGodzillamovie did n’t go down very well , with Roland Emmerich ’s 1998 blockbuster of the same name receiving terrible reviews , and while it turned a net profit it was n’t enough to win over the studio to pursue a sequel . Gareth Edwards ’ 2014Godzillawent over much well , turn the central creature into a terrifying force of nature again and feature some great hardened piece .
The succeeder ofGodzillaalso lay the foundation for Warner Bros ’ burgeon MonsterVerse - a shared universe of movies that will feature iconic monsters . Kong : Skull Islandwas the next entry , and the two icons will face off in 2020 forGodzilla Vs Kong . In the meantime , a poke late landed forGodzilla : King of the Monsters , which will see the apex predator salary increase once more to struggle Mothra , Rodan and King Ghidorah . Michael Dougherty ( Krampus ) takes over the conductor ’s chair from Edwards .
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NowComingSoonhas note a couple of movie references buried within theGodzilla : King of the Monsterstrailer . The first is a nod to John Carpenter’sThe Thing , in a crack where a team of soldiers are running towards an Arctic foundation dubbed Outpost 32;The Thingtook place in a scientific research base called Outpost 31 .
The 2d is a shot featuring a synagogue , and on the side is a statue of Pazuzu , the demon that possesses Regan inThe exorciser .
Dougherty is a self - fink movie nerd , so it ’s not a surprisal he ’d pilfer a twosome of reference intoGodzilla : Billie Jean Moffitt King of the Monsters , and there will likely be many more in the final pic . The writer / director is also a huge lover ofGodzillaand estimate by the response to the trailer thus far , the studio apartment made the right call in hiring him for the project . Dougherty has worked principally in the revulsion musical style for his retiring directorial work - admit rage gemTrick ' universal gas constant Treat- butKing of the Monsterswill be his first tentpole .
Warner Bros is doing a unassailable job with the MonsterVerse so far , hiring interesting filmmakers and develop truly entertaining blockbusters . Godzilla : big businessman of the Monsterslooks like it will proceed their winning stripe , so it will be interesting to see what happen beyondGodzilla Vs Kongin 2020 . sequel to Kong and Godzilla are a give , but the possibleness of theMonsterVersecrossing over withPacific Rimhas also been raised .
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Source : ComingSoon