Godzilla: King of the Monsters Confirmed for SDCC 2018

Godzilla : King of the Monstersis head to this month’sInternational Comic - Conin San Diego , according to theatre director Michael Dougherty . Billie Jean King of the Monstersis the subsequence to the 2014Godzillafilm reboot directed by Gareth Edwards , as well as the third installment in Warner Bros. ' MonsterVerse cinematic world after that film and last year’sKong : Skull Island . plan are already in motion to bring the Godzilla and Kong sub - franchises together in 2020 , with the appropriately - title crossoverGodzilla vs. KongfromYou’re NextandDeath Notefilmmaker Adam Wingard .

Dougherty , like Wingard , comes from a background in horror filmmaking ( seeTrick ' r Treat , Krampus ) and is pitting Godzilla against some equally great than life opponents with his subsequence ; Mothra , Rodan , andKing Ghidorah , to be precise . pull through for the MONARCH scientists played by Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins in Edwards ' reboot , King of the Monstersfeatures an entirely novel cast of humans for Godzilla and his ogre pals to terrify . The crew includes Vera Farmiga ( The Conjuring ) , Millie Bobby Brown ( Stranger Things ) , O’Shea Jackson Jr. ( Straight Outta Compton ) , Kyle Chandler ( Bloodline ) , and Charles Dance ( Game of Thrones ) .

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Edwards ' reboot give a hatful of bombination when it debuted its first teaser at the 2012 International Comic - Con , well before retch ( much less filming ) had gotten underway . WB is clearly hop for a interchangeable final result whenKing of the Monstersmakes it way to San Diego in a few weeks from now , and will almost certainly show off the first footage from the moving picture before , hopefully , release it online . Dougherty has confirmed hisGodzillasequel is head to Hall H this twelvemonth ( via hisTwitteraccount ) , but has refrained from revealing anything else beyond that for the time being .

With Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm sitting SDCC out this class , WB is taking advantage of their absence by piddle a big thrust for its movies and television set appearance , across the music genre spectrum . The studio apartment will start things off by yield its New Line Cinema repugnance release ( The Nun , IT Chapter Two ) the spotlight on Wednesday , July 20 , aka . Preview Night . In addition to hosting panels for a sort of WBTV serial from Friday through Sunday , the studio will premieretheAquamantrailerin Hall H , along with potentially aShazam!teaser trailer , theKing of the Monstersteaser , and new material fromWonder Woman 1984 .

If WB wager its carte right , then its cinematic world ( The Conjuringfranchise , MonsterVerse , DC Extended Universe ) will dominate SDCC headlines by and by this month . That would be all the better news show forGodzilla : King of the Monsters , now that the sequel has been moved back to May 2019 , oppose it against some intimidate contest ( most notably , of course , Avengers 4 ) . A strong viewing at Comic - Con would certainly get theGodzillasequel ’s marketing campaign pop on the right-hand foot .

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