Adam Wingard to Direct Legendary and Warner Bros.' GODZILLA VS. KONG
Adam Wingard, who made a name for himself with low-budget horror thrillers such as
You’re Next and
The Guest, is going big for his next movie. Monstrously big.
The director has closed a deal to helm
Godzilla vs. Kong, Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros.’ teaming of two of the big screen’s most popular movie monsters.
Legendary, with Warners, is in the middle of building their monster universe centered on classic silver screen creatures Godzilla and King Kong.
Godzilla, released in 2014, was the first entry, and
Kong: Skull Island, proved to be a giant hit earlier this year when it was released March 10 and grossed over $565 million worldwide. A sequel to
Godzilla, titled
Godzilla: King of the Monsters, with Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown, is now in production.
In March, Legendary set a writers room to work on the script for
Godzilla vs. Kong, with Terry Rossio, the veteran scribe best known for co-writing the
Pirates of the Caribbean movies, as its head. Other writers scribbling included the team of Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne (
Star Trek Beyond), Lindsey Beer, Cat Vasko,
Maze Runner movies writer T.S. Nowlin, Jack Paglen (
Transcendence) and
Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski.
Plot details are being kept hidden on a South Pacific atoll. The movie is scheduled to be released May 22, 2020.
Wingard has strong horror roots with movies such as
A Horrible Way to Die and entries in anthologies
V/H/S and
The ABCs of Death. And he developed cult followings and strong notices for
Guest, which starred Dan Stevens, while also upping his budgets.
He last directed a reboot of
Blair Witch and recently wrapped
Death Note, Netflix’s adaptation of the horror manga and his biggest production to date.
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