GODZILLA: King Of The Monster 



Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a 2019 American monster film directed and co-written by Michael Dougherty. A sequel to Godzilla (2014), it is the 35th film in the Godzilla franchise, the third film in Legendary's MonsterVerse, and the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a Hollywood studio. The film stars Kyle ChandlerVera FarmigaMillie Bobby BrownBradley WhitfordSally HawkinsCharles DanceThomas MiddleditchAisha HindsO'Shea Jackson Jr.David StrathairnKen Watanabe, and Zhang Ziyi. In the film, humans must rely on Godzilla and Mothra to defeat King Ghidorah, who has awakened Rodan and other Titans to destroy the world.

The sequel was green-lit during the opening weekend of Godzilla, with Gareth Edwards expected to return to direct a trilogy. In May 2016, Edwards left the project. In October 2016, Dougherty and Shields were hired to rewrite the script. In January 2017, Dougherty was announced as the director. Principal photography began in June 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia, and wrapped in September 2017. The film is dedicated to executive producer Yoshimitsu Banno (director of Godzilla vs. Hedorah) and original Godzilla suit performer Haruo Nakajima, both of whom died in 2017.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters was theatrically released on May 31, 2019. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics, with praise for its visual effects, action sequences, cinematography, and musical score but with criticism to the plot, pacing, tone and characters. The film was a box office disappointment, grossing $386 million worldwide against a production budget between $170–200 million and marketing costs between $100–150 million. A sequel, Godzilla vs. Kong, was released on March 24, 2021.




Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Directed byMichael Dougherty
Produced by
Screenplay by
  • Michael Dougherty
  • Zach Shields
Story by
Based onGodzillaKing GhidorahMothra and Rodan
by Toho
Starring
Music byBear McCreary
CinematographyLawrence Sher
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • May 13, 2019 (Beijing)
  • May 31, 2019 (United States)
Running time
131 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$170–200 million[a]
Box office$386.6 million[3]

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