Following
the immense success of King
Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), which when adjusted
for inflation would be the highest grossing Godzilla
film of all time, it's not surprising that the first
concept considered for the next Godzilla movie was one
that pitted the two monsters against each other again.
Literally titled Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla,
the proposal for this project was written by Shinichi
Sekizawa, who also worked on the previous film, and
the draft was submitted in 1963. Unfortunately, the
concept never got past the proposal stage, and a more
fleshed out script was never commissioned while Sekizawa's
ideas for the sequel remain mostly unknown. Consequently,
Godzilla would end up taking a break that year, although
the character would return with two feature films in
1964 and was also considered for a third: Frankenstein
vs. Godzilla.
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