Godzilla vs. Kong

One will fall.
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
Timing: 1:54 (114 min)
6.3/10
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7.5/10
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6.3/10
266000
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Release date
Production
Budget
$200 000 000
Revenue
$470 116 094
Director
Scenario
Producer
Eric McLeod, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia, Mary Parent, Brian Rogers, Roy Lee, Herb Gains, Dan Lin, Yoshimitsu Banno
Operator
Ben Seresin
Composer
Artist
Owen Paterson, Tom Hammock, Jubey Jose
Editing
Josh Schaeffer, Jenny Fumarolo
All team (170)

Short description

Godzilla vs. Kong takes place in a world where giant creatures known as Titans have made their presence felt, and humanity is divided over what to do about them. The ape-like Kong is brought out of his island home and escorted across the ocean by a team of scientists, among them a young girl named Jia who shares a rare bond with him. Their journey is interrupted by Godzilla, who has begun attacking populated areas, and the two Titans are drawn into a confrontation. Behind the fighting lies the secretive organization Monarch, pursuing clues about where the Titans came from, and a separate human faction with its own plans for the creatures.

Adam Wingard directed the film, which sits between Blair Witch, Death Note and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in his filmography. The screenplay is by Eric Pearson and Max Borenstein, with Eric McLeod, Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni producing for Legendary Pictures. Alexander Skarsgård, Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, Brian Tyree Henry, Millie Bobby Brown and Julian Dennison are among the 49 credited cast members.

Released in March 2021, the film had a budget of 200 million US dollars and took in about 470 million dollars worldwide. Ratings differ by platform: on IMDb it holds 6.3 out of 10 from roughly 266,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 7.5 out of 10 from a much smaller voter base. A critics' score of 6.4 out of 10 from 392 reviews places it close to the IMDb figure and below the TMDB rating.

What's left behind the scenes

  • When Alexander Skarsgård was asked what convinced him to agree to film with Wingard, he replied that he had recently played a number of negative characters and wanted to appear on screen in a different guise.
  • The film takes place immediately after the events of “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (Michael Dougherty, 2019) and 47 years after the events of “Kong: Skull Island” (Jordan Vogt-Roberts, 2017), which takes place in 1973.
  • Adam Wingard spent three months learning sign language, but never mastered it. During filming, a sign language interpreter was constantly near Kaylee Hottle.
  • In an interview with Variety magazine, director Adam Wingard explained why he always tries to keep his films under 2 hours. According to him, additional runtime in monster movies doesn’t necessarily mean audiences will see the monsters fighting each other—it more often means more time spent with the characters simply talking about the monsters.
  • When choosing an actress for the role that ultimately went to Kaylee Hottle, she made the biggest impression on Adam Wingard and demonstrated that she was a professional. He tried to make her laugh by imitating Michael Jackson’s “moonwalk,” but not a single muscle on her face twitched.

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