GODZILLA VS. KONG (2020) General Discussion Thread (No Leaks, Unofficial Photos/Vids, etc.)

[Underworld54]

WB is in desperate need of a franchise.They've had some pretty bad years recently, and even if Skull Island gives them small profit.. it's still profit and more than a lot of their other stuff has been giving back to them. I know they desperately want to get to GODZILLA vs KONG, because it'll be the highest grossing giant monster flick ever, but you have to establish characters first. GODZILLA(2014) gave them profit on a $160m budget... SKULL ISLAND's rumored budget has been all over the place, from a article saying $120 to a article saying $190. Honestly, they probably could do GODZILLA vs KONG before GODZILLA 2, but i'm good with the way they're wanting to do this.

Not really that hard up, they have Potter.

[The One and Only]

And the DC Cinematic Universe which has got people abuzz.

[Showa Gyaos]

WB is in desperate need of a franchise.They've had some pretty bad years recently, and even if Skull Island gives them small profit.. it's still profit and more than a lot of their other stuff has been giving back to them. I know they desperately want to get to GODZILLA vs KONG, because it'll be the highest grossing giant monster flick ever, but you have to establish characters first. GODZILLA(2014) gave them profit on a $160m budget... SKULL ISLAND's rumored budget has been all over the place, from a article saying $120 to a article saying $190. Honestly, they probably could do GODZILLA vs KONG before GODZILLA 2, but i'm good with the way they're wanting to do this.

Not really that hard up, they have Potter.

Yeah, I agree. It's not that they don't have anything to depend on, but more that they're funding movies that nobody wants to see. Pan and In the Heart of the Sea are just two examples I can give from the top of my head.

[ernesth100]

Still get the feeling this will be like BvS in terms of marekting and film outcome.

[Kaiju Claws]

Honestly, I sort of hope so. I want to see the two of them rumble, but a team up is something rare in Godzilla films post 1974. I would love to see the them team up to fight King Ghidorah or some other crazy kaiju. Not only would it up the stakes, but it would add another facet to the personalities of both Godzilla and Kong.

[miguelnuva]

WB is in desperate need of a franchise.They've had some pretty bad years recently, and even if Skull Island gives them small profit.. it's still profit and more than a lot of their other stuff has been giving back to them. I know they desperately want to get to GODZILLA vs KONG, because it'll be the highest grossing giant monster flick ever, but you have to establish characters first. GODZILLA(2014) gave them profit on a $160m budget... SKULL ISLAND's rumored budget has been all over the place, from a article saying $120 to a article saying $190. Honestly, they probably could do GODZILLA vs KONG before GODZILLA 2, but i'm good with the way they're wanting to do this.

Not really that hard up, they have Potter.

Yeah, I agree. It's not that they don't have anything to depend on, but more that they're funding movies that nobody wants to see. Pan and In the Heart of the Sea are just two examples I can give from the top of my head.

It wasn't no one wanted to see In the heart of the Sea it was

1. It didn't live up to it's potential.

2. They put it right next to Star Wars.

[3000]

Still get the feeling this will be like BvS in terms of marekting and film outcome.

To a loose extent, I wouldn't really mind if this movie was marketed in a similar fashion to BvS.

[Showa Gyaos]

It wasn't no one wanted to see In the heart of the Sea it was

1. It didn't live up to it's potential.

2. They put it right next to Star Wars.

There's more to it than that. It only made $25 million in the United States on a $100 million budget. A movie that only makes this much is one that audiences don't care to see.

It had no business being a movie in the first place, because it was a supposedly new product that failed to provide anything new.

Plus, WB absolutely sucks at scheduling movie releases. They probably knew it wasn't going to make anything.

[Cookson]

Still get the feeling this will be like BvS in terms of marekting and film outcome.

To a loose extent, I wouldn't really mind if this movie was marketed in a similar fashion to BvS.

It'll probably be very similar in execution. Godzilla and Kong do battle to eventually team up against something deadlier(hoping Ghidorah).

[The One and Only]

The director question is really something to think about... I wouldn't mind Edwards taking this on as well, but I would use him for the solo Godzilla films. Jordan Vogt-Roberts might be a good cheap option if Skull Island is well perceived. I could see them going out of their way to get someone different for the clash.

I agree.

While I do have my certain doubts about Edwards, I do think that it would be smart to keep him on the solo Godzilla films and get someone completely new to do Kong vs Godzilla. Maybe someone who would go for the more fun event type movie feel. I want this movie to feel like a boxing match that i paid to go see.

I was thinking about this director debate today, and if for some reason Edwards doesn't want to do GVK, or is unable to do due scheduling. One gent that popped up on my mental rolodex is fan favorite Michael Dougherty. He has a relationship with Legendary directing fan favorites TRICK 'R' TREAT,and KRAMPUS. Superman Returns which co-wrote with Brian Singer, and is part of the writing team on X-MEN:APOCALYPSE. I would mind seeing him take a crack at kaiju eiga.

[Cookson]

I can smell Liam Neeson being cast in this.

[Ivo-goji]

Still get the feeling this will be like BvS in terms of marekting and film outcome.

To a loose extent, I wouldn't really mind if this movie was marketed in a similar fashion to BvS.

It'll probably be very similar in execution. Godzilla and Kong do battle to eventually team up against something deadlier(hoping Ghidorah).

It would be a very weird direction for a kaiju movie to do that. I'm relatively sure that this will just be a fight between the two of them. A team up or the emergence of a bigger threat sounds like something they would save for Godzilla 3.

Something that hasn't been discussed so far: what the humans will be doing in this film.

I think if there is a threat beyond Godzilla or Kong, the threat will be a human. After all Kong is usually dragged into conflicts by enterprising capitalists or supervillains that want to exploit him for some reason. Chances are the same will hold true for this movie. Maybe someone believes they can use Kong as a weapon against Godzilla.

[ernesth100]

Just like Lex is using Batman as a weapon against Superman?

[miguelnuva]

Just like Lex is using Batman as a weapon against Superman?

Lex is not using Batman.

[ernesth100]

Well he's using both of them actually against eachother actually. Actually use is a syrong word. Manipulating them is a better word. Ponit being it would be an interesting development. And considering most films these days are over 2 hours. I doubt it'll be just Godzilla and Kong slugging it out for an hour with some human interaction thrown in between. Because we practically get two kaiju slugging it out in literally every monster film I can currently think of. And too much human stuff will lead to the whole G14, too much human not enough monster, situation. So the best bet imo would be to have them team up.

[godzillalives88]

The director question is really something to think about... I wouldn't mind Edwards taking this on as well, but I would use him for the solo Godzilla films. Jordan Vogt-Roberts might be a good cheap option if Skull Island is well perceived. I could see them going out of their way to get someone different for the clash.

I agree.

While I do have my certain doubts about Edwards, I do think that it would be smart to keep him on the solo Godzilla films and get someone completely new to do Kong vs Godzilla. Maybe someone who would go for the more fun event type movie feel. I want this movie to feel like a boxing match that i paid to go see.

I was thinking about this director debate today, and if for some reason Edwards doesn't want to do GVK, or is unable to do due scheduling. One gent that popped up on my mental rolodex is fan favorite Michael Dougherty. He has a relationship with Legendary directing fan favorites TRICK 'R' TREAT,and KRAMPUS. Superman Returns which co-wrote with Brian Singer, and is part of the writing team on X-MEN:APOCALYPSE. I would mind seeing him take a crack at kaiju eiga.

It's funny you say that, I've actually been thinking for a while now Michael Dougherty should be the one to direct Godzilla vs. Kong. He has experience writing big budget movies (Superman Returns, the X-Men films), has a demonstrated a talent for taking potentially campy subject matter seriously (with Krampus and Trick' Treat), and in the promo videos for Krampus actually mentioned growing up watching Godzilla movies. Not to mention, as you said, he already has a relationship with Legendary.

I definitely want Edwards to direct Godzilla 2, but I'm open to someone else handling Godzilla vs. Kong, as crossover movies are an entirely different breed. I don't know enough about Roberts yet to have much of a stance on him.

[3000]

Wonder if Kong will also make an appearance in G3 to boost that movies BO if GvsKong does well?

[ernesth100]

I wonder if Kong will get his own sequel? And if these films do well perhaps we'll get more kaiju? Anguirus, Medhagodzilla and Biollante are a few I'd like to see Legendary take on.

[3000]

I wonder if Kong will get his own sequel? And if these films do well perhaps we'll get more kaiju? Anguirus, Medhagodzilla and Biollante are a few I'd like to see Legendary take on.

I'm sure that if Kong does well enough they will greenlit a sequel faster than you can say franchise. Hell, if GvKong does well, I dont think its impossible to see a second film starring Goji and Kong... just not a vs film, more like a straight up team-up film.

[ernesth100]

Indeed, that's the dream right there. But for any of this to happen we have to hope the upcoming kaiju films do well.