Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire was finally revealed to the public Monday night after the Legendary/Warner Bros. film held its premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, and the first reactions have already hit social media.
The epic kaiju film sees the team-up we’ve all been longing to see, as Godzilla and Kong join forces to take down a new threat to the world.
Godzilla vs. Kong filmmaker Adam Wingard is back in the director’s chair for The New Empire, and returning castmembers include Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry and Kaylee Hottle. Brit actor Dan Stevens, who worked with Wingard on the thriller The Guest (2014), joins the franchise as a lead in The New Empire. Other newcomers include Fala Chen, Alex Ferns and Rachel House. The script comes from Terry Rossio, Simon Barrett and Jeremy Slater.
The New Empire is the fifth feature in the MonsterVerse franchise and follows Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Godzilla vs. Kong (2021). There have also been two television entries in the franchise, the anime series Skull Island (2023) released on Netflix and the live-action series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023) released on Apple TV+.
Full critics reviews for The New Empire drop on Thursday. In the meantime, read on for a sampling of the first reactions to the film after the premiere.
