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On May 31, 2019, Godzilla: King of the Monsters was released in theaters to mixed reviews from reviewers, with acclaim for its visual effects, action scenes, cinematography, and musical soundtrack, but criticism for the storyline, pace, tone, and characters. With a global revenue of $386 million, the picture failed to live up to its production and marketing expenses of $170–200 million. March 24, 2021 saw the release of Godzilla vs. Kong, which was a sequel to the first film.

According to Godzilla (2014) director Gareth Edwards (who was opposed to the idea of the picture being open-ended), he wanted Godzilla to stand on its own merits and had no intention of making a sequel. A sequel was OK with him, but his primary priority was to make the present picture an enjoyable experience for the audience "If you're going to leave on a high note, I want the tale to start and finish on a good one. When we were making this film, that was all that mattered to us; it was all we had to think about. It's possible that other films may follow, but for the time being, let's focus on this one." Godzilla 2 was given the go light by Legendary after the first film grossed $103 million worldwide, and director Gareth Edwards has been tapped to helm the Godzilla trilogy. A year ago, Legendary stated at the San Diego Comic-Con that they had purchased the rights to Toho's Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah franchises. "Let them fight" was displayed in a teaser trailer that included concept drawings of all three characters. No more specifics about their re-appearances in the follow-up films have been revealed. To be released on June 8, 2018, Legendary confirmed that Godzilla screenwriter Max Borenstein will be returning to write the script.

Even before Edwards' decision to return for the sequel, Aaron Taylor-Johnson said that his involvement was dependent on whether or not he would repeat his part. A Godzilla vs. Kong film, slated for release in 2020, was first reported by Legendary Pictures in October 2015. King Kong, Godzilla, and other huge super-species will be part of a common cinematic universe that Legendary is developing "centered around Monarch."

Also, Edwards emphasized his desire to work on Godzilla again in the future, saying that Legendary "needed to get on with things" instead of waiting for him to complete Rogue One.

Writing for Godzilla 2 has been confirmed to be Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields (both of whom worked on Krampus). It was revealed the next day that Dougherty was in talks to film Godzilla 2. Legendary also revealed that production will take place in Wanda's Qingdao Movie Metropolis site in Qingdao, China, alongside Pacific Rim: Uprising. "Godzilla 2" was officially renamed "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" in December 2016.

Dougherty was confirmed as director in January 2017. Dougherty said he was originally asked to direct before asked to rewrite the screenplay. Dougherty's reply to being approached to direct was: "Yes. That was my immediate reply. I was pleased and honored, and I still am. It was like a dream. And stress. Huge, huge pressure."

During shooting and post-production, Dougherty made several edits and revisions to the script. Writing the screenplay, he said, was a challenge since he had to balance "while still creating a story with human characters that we care about." with the monster spectacle. When Dougherty saw an opportunity to portray Monarch as a group of heroes in the previous film, he knew he had to make it the focus of the new one. This resulted in the film being a group effort.

To avoid the monsters, Dougherty and Shields created a human narrative line with science fiction components that might be substituted by climate change or eco-terrorism. The third act proved to be the most difficult to write, as numerous human and monster plot threads collided and needed to be resolved. Shields said Emma's address to Monarch was rewritten multiple times. Shields and Dougherty intended the speech to ask the audience if they trusted humans or Mother Nature.

Kyle's loss of faith in the beginning, and finding it in this moment when he realizes, you know, God is dead. Shields said. A entire sequence of non-Toho Titans rising following Ghidorah's summons was scripted but eventually cut due to cost concerns. Borenstein had planned to include Mechagodzilla. During development, Dougherty dropped the character.

The movie changes the monsters' name from "MUTOs" to "Titans" Dougherty said that he wanted the monsters to look like they were from God and make people worship them "Prehistoric man saw these creatures. You want to give them a power that would make him fall to his knees and bow to this god. In order for it to work, it can't just look like big dinosaurs. Jurassic Park takes care of that. These have to be different. They must do their own thing. People who play for the Titans are very good at their jobs." When the designers were told by the director, they should look at the original designs from every era and "distill those silhouettes and those key traits into something more modern." "very large animals with a distinct thought process." were important to the director.

To give Rodan the appearance of being able to survive in a volcano, volcanic rock was added to his scales and skin tone. "Mother Nature could have created." Dougherty said of Rodan's design. Rather of only focusing on the Pteranodon, the designers were told to look at birds like vultures, hawks, and eagles, which are closely connected to dinosaurs. It's not easy to tell where Rodan's loyalties lie, according to Dougherty. The film's director further defined Rodan as a "massive A-bomb" that provides "speed and ferocity." Designed by Amalgamated Dynamics and Tom Woodruff Jr. The Rodan chase scene was the first pre-visualization sequence used to pitch the film to Legendary.

It was Dougherty's goal for Mothra to be "beautiful," "feminine," "elegant," and "a true goddess, but also dangerous." He made an effort to keep the color scheme and the eye-spots on her wings as close to the original 1961 version as possible. It was important to make a link between Mothra and Godzilla, which is why the eye-spots were modeled like Godzilla's eyes. It was inspired by moths that Mothra was built to look like a moth and have extended legs to protect herself from other monsters.

As a result of his investigation, Dougherty identified several "scary, predatory moth species." "...the approach for Mothra is to create an insectoid, huge creature that looks believable from every angle, and especially in motion." he said. The filmmaker struggled to create Mothra since he didn't want her to seem like a blown-up moth. Mothra was designed by Legacy Effects.

Amazon, the Godzilla Store, and Tsutaya were the only places in Japan where you could buy the movie on December 18, 2019, when Toho released it in multiple formats on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD. In addition, Toho also released a four-disc limited edition set that included the 4K Blu-ray, standard Blu-ray DVD, bonus features Blu-ray, and a SH MonsterArts Godzilla figure. As a Godzilla Store exclusive of the four disc set, the movie's Burning Godzilla was featured on a limited-edition Movie Monster Series figure. In addition to the regular files, there were a few retail exclusives. The film premiered on HBO in January 2020.

IMAX, Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, 4DX, and ScreenX formats of Godzilla: King of the Monsters were released by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 31, 2019, except in Japan where it was distributed by Toho. Originally set for release on June 8, 2018, the film has been postponed. But it was delayed twice, the first time to March 22, 2019, then to today.

Films were made for some markets to watch in ScreenX format. There were "sequences of monster action, violence, and destruction, and for some language." in the movie that made it PG-13 in the United States. During a private screening for the press in April 2019, Dougherty and Ken Watanabe did a 30-minute Q&A with the press.

Emma is now living with Madison while working as a paleobiologist for Monarch (now played by Millie Bobby Brown). Orca is a gadget that can generate frequencies for interacting with Titans, and she has been working on it for some time. For Madison's sake, Mark still attempts to keep in touch with them. Mothra's birth is seen by other scientists at an underground facility in China, which Emma and Madison visit later in the story.

As she exits, she discovers troops with weapons drawn on her, and she responds furiously, blasting them with webbing. Emma hurries to try to activate the Orca and succeeds to discover a frequency that Mothra can comprehend, which calms her down. Madison is even able to approach her and touch her. Unfortunately, the moment is marred when a bunch of eco-terrorists headed by Alan Jonah (Charles Dance) swoop in, murder the surviving scientists, and abduct Emma and Madison. Mothra gets to escape.

Drs. Ishiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe), Vivienne Graham (Sally Hawkins), and Sam Coleman (Thomas Middleditch) leave a Monarch Senate hearing when senators demand that Monarch be incorporated into the U.S. They subsequently encounter Mark after discovering that Jonah has stolen Emma and Madison to utilize the Orca for his own evil goals.

In addition to Dr. Rick Stanton (Bradley Whitford) and Dr. Ilene Chen (Ziyi Zhang), the three accompany Mark to meet G-Team head Colonel Diane Foster (Aisha Hinds) and Officer Jackson Barnes (O'Shea Jackson, Jr.). Informed that other Titans besides Godzilla have been discovered, Mark suggests killing them before they emerge (blaming Godzilla for Andrew's death), but Monarch refuses.

Godzilla has been confined, but he is now being released in order for him to begin to trust them. Godzilla and Monarch then swim for Antarctica.

Emma and Madison are taken to a location where a gigantic beast known as "Monster Zero" — King Ghidorah – is frozen solid. When Monarch and Jonah's squad ultimately collide, they set up the Orca to attempt to speak with him. However, when Madison approaches Mark, Emma takes a detonator and sets off the ice explosives in order to liberate Ghidorah from Mark's clutches. Her actions cause a stampede among her peers. The three-headed monster has been let free and is now floating on top of the water.

As a result, Monarch is able to get in touch with Emma, who is eager to assist Jonah in his mission to release the Titans. Since the Titans saw themselves as legitimate rulers of the earth, they may help restore the planet's ecological equilibrium that has been mostly destroyed by mankind. Mark believes she is doing this to get revenge on him for the loss of Andrew.

Jonah and Emma proceed with their crew into Mexico to release another Titan. The city begins to being evacuated. They make their way to an active volcano to release Rodan, “the Fire Demon”. He emerges as Monarch’s squadron of jet pilots move in to attempt to take him down. They show to be no match for the flying beast, as he devours several of the pilots while completing the rest of them by barrel-rolling through the air.

Ghidorah enters the fray shortly thereafter and engages Rodan in combat. Using his numerous heads, Ghidorah obtains the upper hand (or claw) in the fight against Rodan. Godzilla returns for a second series of attacks before he can proceed. Godzilla manages to rip Rodan's left head off in the rematch. A bomb nicknamed the "Oxygen Destroyer" is set to be launched by the military, which Captain William Stenz (David Straithairn) informs Monarch about. When the bomb goes off, Ghidorah manages to flee while Godzilla seems to be killed.

Ghidorah flies to the crater's summit, where he may grow a new skull. The other Titans are awakened by his rousing appeal. Titans respond by wreaking havoc and utter ruin on their territories, with the loss of tens of thousands of lives. For the simple reason that Ghidorah has established himself as the alpha titan, all of the Titans now bow to his authority, including Rodan.

As Mothra emerges from a cocoon under a waterfall, she flies her way toward Godzilla, who is alive but weakened and healing underwater. As Mothra and Godzilla are talking, Monarch locates the two. Mothra and Godzilla "have a thing," as Barnes puts it, and the crew agrees. Ghidorah was one of the most feared Titans and would fight Godzilla for dominion, according to historical writings.

Mark, Serizawa, Ilene, and Coleman proceed to Godzilla's location to try to awaken him, however it's revealed that Godzilla's recuperation procedure might take years. Seeing how Titans like Godzilla thrive on radiation, the scientists devise a nuclear cure. Because the sub's weapons systems are damaged, Serizawa decides to take the nuke down and set it off personally. He bids his comrades goodbye and makes his way up to Godzilla, his closest encounter. He kisses a barely cognizant Godzilla before committing himself and detonating the bomb. Big G reappears, stronger than ever, and launches his atomic breath into the sky.

As of this point, Emma realizes that her initial plan has gone awry, and that Ghidorah is leading the Titans to bring even more damage. She's been called a monster by Madison herself. Emma informs Jonah that because Fenway Park and much of Boston have been evacuated, they can use the Orca to broadcast a frequency through there, but Jonah looks away from her. With the Orca stolen, Madison makes her way to Fenway Park where she transmits a frequency powerful enough to draw the Titans there. Godzilla and Ghidorah arrive, and they proceed to wreak havoc throughout the city while Madison flees for her life.

Mark tells the Monarch team that Emma constructed the Orca using mixed frequencies from Godzilla and humans, therefore mankind has as much of a role in this conflict as the Titans have. They also observe that Godzilla is producing a big nuclear pulse, and he is ready to go off shortly. Mark travels into the city to rescue Madison, and they ultimately come upon Emma, who has escaped from Jonah to save her daughter. They deduce that Madison has gone to their old house, and sure enough they find her there beneath the debris, unconscious but alive.

Godzilla and Ghidorah are back at it, with the three heads gnawing on Godzilla's flanks. Webbing the three heads of Godzilla is done by Mothra, who is seen in the sky. Rodan reappears and assaults Mothra, almost tearing her head off until she outwits him and brings him down with a stab of her stinger into his shoulder. Mothra joins Godzilla's side as Ghidorah continues to weaken the monster. The monster unleashes his lightning and vaporizes her, but Godzilla is revived by the essence of Ghidorah.

Soon, the other Titans will arrive in what is left of Boston. Even Rodan is bowing down to Godzilla, because he is bigger than everyone else. Mark, Madison, and the rest of Monarch are in awe of what is going on in the background. Godzilla then lets out a roar of victory.

Eco-terrorist Alan Jonah and his squad abduct Dr. Emma Russell and her daughter Madison to awaken King Ghidorah using a gadget Emma built called The Orca that transmits frequencies used to communicate with Titans, some years after Godzilla's appearance in San Francisco. Emma uses the Orca to tame a newly-hatched Mothra, and Jonah sees its capabilities.

Emma's ex-husband Mark has joined Monarch's team of scientists and soldiers to prevent Jonah from getting what he wants, but they are too late to stop Emma as she frees Ghidorah. The beast goes on a rampage and defeats Godzilla. Emma tells Mark she has been working with Jonah to rebalance the Earth by releasing the Titans. Before battling and losing to Ghidorah, he frees Rodan from his volcano. The three-headed dragon then asserts his supremacy, causing the other Titans to rise and wreak devastation.

She leaves Jonah and heads into Boston to find Madison after bringing the Orca to Fenway Park and calling the Titans there. When Godzilla and Mothra go up against Ghidorah and Rodan, the stakes could not be higher for the final showdown! To save Godzilla, Mothra gives herself to Ghidorah, sacrificing herself in the process but allowing her essence to infuse Godzilla with strength. For the sake of luring Ghidorah away from Godzilla, Emma sacrifices her own life. Finally, Godzilla uses the nuclear pulse from the nuke to completely destroy Ghidorah. Afterwards, the rest of the Titans arrive and bow to Godzilla as their new leader.

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