GODZILLA vs. KONG (November 20, 2020)

[Benjamin Haines]

[tbeasley]

[mrbluehair]

Principal shooting has started....OR my kids are just awesome....

[Kaiju_Ultra_Fan]

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[Outkaster]

[daikaijusaurus]

Not sure if anyone noticed this, but there was a leak of parts of the Godzilla Vs Kong script that appeared on Scified website a couple of days ago. I realize that this website is very well known for its misinformation, but what's interesting is that the article was quickly taken down after it was published. So if you do a Google search on Kong Vs Godzilla leaked, you will see the link to the article, but the article doesn't exist anymore when you click on the link.

I have no idea the authenticity of the leak, but I'm just thinking that if the leak was fake then it probably would've stayed up. Maybe Legendary saw it and quickly had it taken down? Mmmmm. Anyway, here is what I remember from the article. This is just from memory after reading quickly through it, so there are some details that I don't remember.

[Benjamin Haines]

[lhb412]

[daikaijusaurus]

[eabaker]

Dark and intense?

Not liking the sound of that.

King Kong and Godzilla fighting has always struck me as such an absurd conceit, I just have a hard time imagining any approach working other than comedy.

I'll be happy if I'm proved wrong, of course.

[lhb412]

It's also been said to continue the tone from Kong: Skull Island, soooooo honestly I don't really take it very seriously when someone says 'dark and intense' because I think that's so subjective. Like, you could apply that descriptor to the two previous MonsterVerse movies.

[Gman2887]

[Outkaster]

Someone made a cool fight between Godzilla and KK on Facebook. It's about 10 minutes long. Its better than some movies I have seen.

[daikaijusaurus]

Not sure about Facebook, but here is a three part animated short fan film that was posted on YouTube. It's pretty brutal and well animated.

Don't want to give anything away to those who don't want to be spoiled. So...

[Gwangi]

Well, since it is now 2018, it is a good bet that principle photography will commence at the latter half of the year. It should be interesting on who they cast, and who might be holdovers from "Godzilla 2" or even "Kong: Skull Island". In regards to K:SI, I do think that perhaps they may cast older actors rather than aging the likes of Tom Hiddleston or Brie Larsen.

Andi It would be amusing if they have characters named "Arnold Johnson" or even an "Eric Carter" in this movie!

[Outkaster]

Yes that's the one. Someone had all three of them strung together. It's pretty cool and could make for a good footprint for a fight in the movie. Once Godzilla got in the water it was over!

[tbeasley]

[eabaker]

[DannyBeane]

http://comicbook.com/movies/2018/02/21/ ... g-october/

[Outkaster]

It sounds good. We will have to see what happens.

[lhb412]

First draft of the script is done. I'm happy that Russio's gotten a second whack at this after his script for the aborted '94 Godzilla.



Interesting how Tanaka gets the 'created by' credit for Godzilla. Of course, we know how many folks it took to perfect the idea of both Godzilla and Kong before they reached the screen in their respective original films.

[Gwangi]

Well, they now have a working title for this film - "Apex", and a shooting schedule of October 2018 to February 2019. It also implies that the casting may be underway soon:

[lhb412]

Ah, I guess referring to both Godzilla and Kong's status as the 'alpha predators' (as the '14 film put it).

[lhb412]

Julian Dennison, the young Kiwi actor from Deadpool 2 and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, has been cast in Godzilla vs. Kong!

https://www.thewrap.com/deadpool-2-star ... a-vs-kong/

This news has been circulating a bit over the last 24 hours, but this seems to be the first legit site to report it. I've also heard that Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler are returning and Francis McDormand is being pursued for a role but this article does not confirm that.

[Gwangi]

Sarah Finn has been the casting director for the Monsterverse (and she has been assigned to this movie as well). She has also been the casting director for the MCU, though "Deadpool" is not part of it, but hence why we are seeing familiar faces in both series. Sarah was also the cd for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", so I am not surprised that she is considering Frances McDormand. That would be quite a coup.