I guess this wasn’t official until now, but Michael Dougherty is now locked and loaded to both write and direct Godzilla 2, Variety reports.
In October 2015, Legendary and Warner Bros. made a joint announcement that all future King Kong and Godzilla films would be developed by Legendary and distributed by Warner Bros., starting with Kong: Skull Island in March. Legendary currently holds a distribution deal with Universal, but in order to re-team Godzilla and King Kong, Legendary decided to send the rights back over to Warner Bros. to be able to create this new “ecosystem” of giant super-species, both classic and new.
Godzilla 2 is currently dated for Mar. 22, 2019, with Godzilla vs. Kong set for May 29, 2020.
Dougherty has strong ties to Legendary, having written and directed the awesome horror anthology Trick ‘r Treat, one of Legendary’s first productions, which has become a cult hit. He then teamed with Shields on the recent Christmas horror pic Krampus.
