Warner and Legendary’s hope was for Godzilla: King of the Monsters to be a massive box office hit that would pave the way for next year’s Adam Wingard-directed mashup Godzilla vs. Kong, but they seem to have gotten cold feet now that King has been under-performing at the box office. Mind you, this year’s MonsterVerse continuation has made nearly $300 million worldwide thus far, but it nevertheless hasn’t quite reached the heights of the 2014 Godzilla film and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island. As a result, Godzilla vs. Kong *may* be delayed.
At a conference last week, as reported by Deadline, Warner Bros. Studio chairman Toby Emmerich noted that the studio wants to ensure Godzilla vs. Kong is a big time hit.
“[Godzilla vs. Kong] will deliver for fans in the way they were looking for,” Emmerich promised. “It might come out later in the year, so we can deliver an A+ movie.”
The current release date for the fight film is March 13, 2020, but it sounds like there’s a good chance that we’ll be getting a new release date really soon. Stay tuned for more.
The epic adventure will pit two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another – the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong – with humanity caught in the balance…
“In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks on a perilous mission into uncharted terrain and unearths clues to the Titans’ origins, a human conspiracy threatens to wipe the creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever.”
