Godzilla x Kong Director Adam Wingard Interview: Easter Eggs, Future Sequels & Elon Musk's Influence
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2024
- Perhaps it's the wake of Oppenheimer, but something has Godzilla stirring in the waters of Hollywood. The titan is now an Oscar-winning monster with Godzilla Minus One, and with Legendary's MonsterVerse, Adam Wingard's sequel Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ushers in the next chapter. In this interview with Collider's Steve Weintraub, the director and co-writer discusses the direction he's taking this franchise in the future, from Godzilla Junior to Hollow Earth.
The New Empire is a direct follow-up to Wingard's Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), which saw the two MonsterVerse titans clash, instigated by an unseen force. Now, Monarch, Kong, and Godzilla turn their attention to a mysterious signal calling from Hollow Earth. Something is lurking in the shadows of the subterranean world, and it's going to take both monsters to protect our world as we know it. Godzilla x Kong explores the origins of these behemoth mysteries with Rebecca Hall (Resurrection), Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), Kaylee Hottle (Godzilla vs. Kong), Fala Chen (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), and more.
Check out the full interview in the video above or in the transcript below to find out what Wingard has in store for future installments, how Elon Musk influenced Godzilla x Kong, what fans can expect from the upcoming Thundercats movie, and loads more.
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after seeing how GxK is performing right now there’s no doubt we’ll get another film 🔥
I sure hope so!
Just no more wingard
Dougherty had a better movie in king of the monsters
just not this guy , enough no more silly goofy movies .
@@prateekmahapatra1789 then don't watch the movie asshole...
Movie people helping make this movie: So Adam, when should Godzilla use his atomic breath?
Adam: Yes.
Pls bring back RODAN!
He ain't dead, yet he is the only one missing
His pride still needs healing after being beaten by Mothra lol
Not the only one, Behemoth wasn't in GxK either. Bring back the big woolly mammoth boi!
@@lbds954 I was talking about the og titans
Not additional monster verse titans. But if we go that route, few others were missing too, like Methuselah (my favorite monster verse titan). And Behemoth was in a monster verse comic I believe
Adam Wingard is one of the most underrated and exceptional filmmakers in Hollywood. Yeh last two MonsterVerse movies were nothing but a masterpiece and a true work of art. I really want him to make more of the monsterverse and also I’m impatiently waiting for his ThunderCats movie
😑
I just love this guy! Let him complete the trilogy!!
It better be more than a trilogy!
Damn straight!!!😎♾️
Finish it with a bangger.
Let him cook 🗣🔥🔥
Space G, biollante or Destoroyah need's to be the big bad.
Yes, continue the Monsterverse! I am also glad he chose to not use a post-credit scene, but instead teased up the upcoming materials from the movie itself!
The second Adam said “You have to be as true to the source material as possible” it made him a better director than 99% of the rest
True that
Very true. But I think it's important to not be so enslaved by it either. What the MonsterVerse is doing that I like is something Batman: The Animated Series did which is cherry picking the best elements of the source material that works, and whatever doesn't work is either discarded or reinvented.
It would also help to construct a cohesive story around it
He clearly knows what he’s doing and there’s a definite reason he was hired again for another big budget Kong movie
If he kills thundercats give this man whatever he needs
Critics: The story was not great blah blah blah…
Audience: Screw the humans, we want more monsters!
Adam Wingard: Say no more! 😎
Just keep the movies coming. At this point I don’t care what way we go or what villain is chosen. I didn’t get the lore I wanted this time around but It’s a great movie. Continue the Monsterverse
Explain I'm intrigued 🤔
I also agree keep the movies going
@@jerrydelgado3684 I wanted more connections. I definitely wanted Shimo to have froze ghidorah that would have been a great tie in. The whole hand print thing ? Was scar king ever on skull island ? They teased it with the promo hand prints but then made it seem like he never has been to the surface. The whole Mothra thing was confusing. We had an idea in KOM that the 2 Asian sisters has a connection with mothra what happen with that ? I guess I just wanted more continuity
@BlackCrowVr everything you said I agree with would've been more amazing then it is already. I had a that ghidorah vs shimo fight in my head since one of the tracks in the album literally said Ancient Creatures. But at the end of the day I'll take ot and bring on more like you said. It's kinda a 3 steps towards 2 steps backwards
@@jerrydelgado3684 exactly. Keep them coming. Wish they could make them a little faster but I can see they need to take their time. I still don’t understand why the iwi needed to suspend gravity. I watched 3 times and always get lost on that part
This man is awesome for giving us GxK! Packed theaters and epic cheering and awesomeness amongst movie goers! Its a win for Mr. Wingard. He gives what the audience wants. Screw the snotty critics they dont matter anyway anymore. Audience score and word of mouth wins! Mr. Wingard we want more!
Winegard is an awesome guy, I hope he gets his trilogy. Both of his Monsterverse films have been great cinema.
Hell yeah. Make it happen WB/Legendary!
Some people say he's trash 😢 probably minus one fans😢
@@Nahid-zz7njfor me godzilla was never serious, it always was a guy in a hot costume.
Leave it to the Japanese to make a serious godzilla film, otherwise Hollywood will add a Trans story line
Adam is one of the best directors including yamazaki creator of minus one respect Adam
@@trollmastermike52845literally the first movie was a serious movie.
The goofy stuff came after
KOTM is the best the monsterverse has in my opinion and I wish he would go back to that scale and tone
True I agree with that . And epic bgm
Eh, King of the monsters had great action and suspense. But watching a movie where the monsters are leading the narrative and has actual colour and pretty visuals is more refreshing imo.
Nah, I don’t think they should waste a lot of their budget on the atmosphere and stuff that they will delete later on. But I agree the tone should be more serious and badass than Kong’s when it’s a Godzilla movie. Kong gon have a lot of love too but that will take years.
Years ago, I was worried about Adam as the director for Godzilla vs Kong when it was first announced, since I mostly knew him for doing low budget horror films, but after seeing both Godzilla vs Kong and Godzilla x Kong, he clearly knows what he's doing with these films, and I hope he continues to contribute to the Monsterverse in the future.
Gigan is next Monster I would love to see in the Monsterverse for sure
Please bring Gamera in the Monsterverse I know he own by Kadokawa but I really want to see Godzilla, Kong, Gamera team up against a EndGame Kaiju
bro we need godzilla, kong, gamera and gomora, i know it'll probably never happen but that would be the absolute best thing to ever happen
Gamera in the Monsterverse sounds insane.
That would male it perfect lol
I think TOHO still won't sell the rights to some of their Titans to use but Gamera would be cool
I want to see Space Godzilla on the next Godzilla film.
While I'm excited for Wingard to direct a live-action Thundercats movie I hope he keeps making Godzilla/Kong movies.
I'll be honest and say I had a lot of problems with Godzilla vs. Kong as an overall movie. I felt it was very sloppy in terms of both human and kaiju stories, and I had very little confidence in Adam Wingard going into this movie. He won me over a bit more this time around, though. Lots of the problems I had were reversed or mitigated one way or another, and I had a much better time with GxK than GvK. The human storyline is meh, but Wingard knows that and just sidelines it as much as physically possible. The monsters are very much the main characters this time, in a way they've never been before. It's an interesting new approach for the franchise, and now I'm actually hoping that Wingard gets to direct his third movie so we can see his plans for Godzilla as a character.
I do want to say that bare-minimum human characters should not be the norm going forward, however. I'm a fan of the Showa Toho movies first and foremost, and they (almost) always delivered on both the human and kaiju fronts. It's totally possible to do both well. Shin and Minus One prove it's still possible.
Please bring in Godzilla Jr! I want Godzilla to have more character development!
Give this man another MonsterVerse movie!
The Iron Giant 🤔
Adam is litteraly teasing spacegodzilla when he says he put easter eggs like the godzilla who ate the star, who everyone thinks it was our godzilla but was actually spacegodzilla. Also images coming out that there is a godzilla with wings but i dont know if thats true but hey im up for it
This doesn’t set up space Godzilla…the Iwi tribe describe Godzilla as one to eat a star due to his atomic breath. Come on people use your brain. We are not getting space Godzilla 😂
@@bassplaya1549yeah, they ain’t even paying for Anguirus. Why would space Godzilla get paid for?
@@AzulApebecause perfect villain for a movie that will focus more on Godzilla then kong.
@@luckyraygun1607 just seems like a mechagodzilla rehash. How about he fights someone that isn’t just a copy of himself?
StarGodzilla ?
Thank You Adam For Giving Us Fans A Very Entertaining Movie!!!
The Actual Worldwide Weekend Numbers came out and they are $195,106,561. This Equals Trilogy Guaranteed!!! 👏👏💪💪👍👍😁😁
Destoroyah mentioned
Godzilla Jr. mentioned
Guys its gonna be epic
The only thing is that destoroyah is an end game villain though if it’s gonna be the last Godzilla film then absolutely if not then 😅 i don’t know.
Where did he mentioned??
11:47@@flashprime7570
Congrats Mr. Wingard. You are the man!!!
Bring gigan back..🙏🏾🙏🏾 as a Godzilla fan pls
great movie, thanks to the Studio's to let him do his work.
I hope we see Anguirus, Rodan, and Baragon, I love those guys
They def will let him make one more at least and im here for it. Lets goooo. And Thundercats.......finally. Well, we hope anyways lol
Adam Wingard knows what he's doing. This guy can make badass epic movies
Ehhhh...just stick to the monsters. I still don't like the leap in tech from king of the monsters to these. Wingard needs to move on.
@@serwinzzalot9989they had that to an extent in KOTM. 2014 is the only grounded one
@serwinzzalot9989 he's said he's doing either a face/off sequel or thundercats movie next
Umm no? All he does is focus on Kong. It’s bullshit he deserves to be fired. He is a scam artist. Might as well call the movies Kong.
@@YodaOnABender Ah yes, fully functional ships to go to the hollow earth and devices that extract unknown energy and download it, it was all there in KOTM 😑
This movie was phenomenal! Thank you so much for giving us monster fights galore 😂
There has to be a huge threat to Earth in the next film to have 5 kaiju team up
That is the only way worth of taking on Godzilla.
And it should be 2 hours and 20 minutes runtime for story and kaiju characters development, let audience immerse in the world building and story, immerse in the impacts of the fights and destruction surrounding it etc.
Destoroyah ??
Destroyah maybe?
Destoroyah, Space Godzilla, or Gigan
Was a fun movie, and I appreciate the kong perspective. Story is a little silly at times but to be expected for this kind of movie. What I appreciate most is the imaginative way the story being told and the director is being smart about the budget which means more movies will get made long as it turns a decent profit which I am sure it will, especially with children or younger audiences.
Loved The Guest.
I wanna see Destroyoah in the future Bro he is so cool thanks for the movie Adam ❤
Mumm Ra should be the scariest villian portraid.
Pls make another like this please!
need moreeeeeee GxK !
I love Adam! It was so interesting to learn about how even Elon Musk enjoyed the last movie and raised those questions. Great interview done here for the new movie.
Love Adam an incredible man and I pray we see many more he has brought the monster verse back and it brilliant
11:44 Monsterverse Destoroyah.
Wow I can’t wait I grew up on that I am super excited.
I think we do another team up movie, Wingard should direct. For another solo movie, I'd say Mike Dougherty should return. If they do another Kong solo movie (which this essentially was, but they added Godzilla in last minute) I think Jordan Vogt Roberts could work.
Godzilla going super saiyan rose is awesome
I hope they do post credit scenes for the next film
This movie was so much fun!
Adam i LOOVEEDDD GXK!! Saw it twice already!! pleaaaaasseee Give us a Destroy all Monsters Finale!
Godzilla, Kong, Shimo,Mothra Vs Mecha King Ghidorah, Destroyah,Gigan!! OMG pleeeeasee!! 😀😀😀😀😀😀
Next movie have Anguirus be a world threat because of his burrowing ability. If not then just have ANGUIRUS.
I don't know about world threat but I can see him being annoying because he can burrow 😂
Nah...space godzilla or destroyah.
Anguirus is dead in the monsterverse. You can see his skeleton in KOTM during the explosion in Godzilla’s lair
Doug should be anguirus son, the on from Godzilla’s old temple. Then he grows and evolves into Angruius and he’ll be big , tanky, and no joke.
(Obviously not as big as shimo and Ghidorah but almost as heavy as Godzilla himself).
Godzilla x Kong vs Destroyah next please
No, not yet. We should all agree destoroyah should be introduced when Godzilla is at his best and absolute prime, when Kong is fully geared up and builds up his army with him too, and in one of the last or the last Godzilla and kong movies.
Was the guy that gave Trapper the thumbs up when taking Kongs tooth out Adam, I swear it looks like him.
Just want Angy in a modern movie
Wait, the source of the light in Hollow Earth was shown in the beginning of the movie? I guess I wasn't paying attention lol. Can someone remind me what the explanation was?
Big crystal refracts light to just about every corner of the hollow earth.
@@Jerrremy Thanks
@@Jerrremy But what causes night?
I love the movie, however I really really hope is there is a sequel, please give us a deeper dive into Godzilla’s history and his personality, I know he’s supposed to be like a lone samurai that likes his solitude but will take up his sword to defend the world, now atleast with Mothra you can do a lot to make Godzilla seem more humanized like how Godzilla was during the eygpt scene where Godzilla was clearly happy to see Mothra, you can clearly tell he cares for her, so yeah more of those type of scenes …. Or heck just make Godzilla find an egg of his species that hasn’t hatched and give him an adoptive son or daughter, personally I would say daughter, I know in the past Godzilla had a son, but in my mind, it’s like how male lions kick out male cubs because they are potential rivals, Godzilla is an apex predator and may not take to kindly to a possibly rival, but if he finds an adoptive daughter, he may be more protective of her, plus, I like to imagine girl dad Godzilla, it’s a funny image
Spacegodzilla reference
If they can stop cutting off fights so short that would be great. An awesome monster fight begins and it either the camera cuts to another scene and the fight ends or Godzilla uses his atomic breath too much and ends the fight too early… I wanna see some dmg and some brawling.
For example, would have to loved to see a more extended fight with Godzilla and Tiamat, or even an extended fight with Kong and that water Serpent..
Or hell would even loved to see Scar king kill some humans and just massive slaughter to emphasize that evilness.
I would love to see more MOTHRA being in major fights too, instead of getting thrown into the side lines. Would love to see her aid. Godzilla and Kong in other sequels. She’s such a major THIRD monster to this franchise.
i’d have lived to see skar king bring a bunch of apes with him to the surface and command them to tear apart rio, to show how he is a violent conquerer
will there be another movie ??
one of the biggest easter egg's I have founded during this movie is that before Jia and the monarch people discover the home of the Iwi people a little dragonfly like creature came out of the vast jungle and perched itself on the web like substance that was protecting the entrance to the Iwi's tribe home jia tried to touch it but it fled off. I think that dragonfly is a reference to and possibly a indication to the future of one of Godzilla's foes of the millinium age The Queen Of The Meganulon Megaguirius! now I know there were rumors that Space g might be next in line for the MV but seeing that dragonfly makes me feel like some point in the future Megaguirus will be Godzilla's next foe and when she pops her ugly head she will be a powerful and intimidating opponent of The King Of Monsters indeed but thats just my theory we may not get Megaguirus at all who knows!
When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Alan Moore. 😮
No próximo filme coloque mothra e godzilla como principais protagonistas
I think space Godzilla should be the next Godzilla villain.
I hope there will be a Godzilla movie about his origins and Dagon’s activity like Dagon looking up to Godzilla or smth.
Also I hope there are more kong tribes or armies out there that will be a threat to king and his army.
Amazing movie.
I don't remember where the light comes from, can somebody tell me?
If they bring back Adam Wingard for a 3rd film, we need aliens to appear. He does love the Showa era after all.
Doug needs to start following Godzilla around lol
how do write wingard? x or email?
I think next movie will be how the rivalry started between kong and Godzilla 🙂🫴 and past history of kaijus
Oh wow I didn't know about thunder cats now he has me really hyped and yes to everything he said about it and the color palette 👌 and yes to everything he said about future gz directions 👏 this guy gets it.
He nerfed Kong from the start because he admitted himself he’s been a Godzilla fan boy since he was in elementary school. He doesn’t even reference Kong when talking about the movie, he calls it a Godzilla movie.
Long live the king 👑 adam is doing a great job
Maybe they can introduce previous alpha titans as foes for godzilla and Kong from now on. This way they wont really have to worry about establishing the threat lv of future titans if they held the title of king the same as godzilla has. That and maybe a humanoid like mech that can compete with the titans also.
They’ve begun exploring humanoid mechs already. The novel that came just before GxK, GxK: The Hunted has a villain who makes a humanoid mech suit to fight and collect titans and other creatures as trophies
I wish I can see Zilla, Anguirus, titanosaurus and baby godzilla in monsterverse
Gives us 2 hrs and 30 minutes and ramp up quality Monster fights not just quantity.
The gigantic skeleton bridge in the hollow earth would be easter eggs for the future movies in the franchise 🤞
His beard is magnificent
He should make a Masters of the Universe reboot in my opinion, if he makes something similar to this new movie tone-wise, it would be incredible
This channel is still around?
THIS MOVIE WENT HARD!! TEAM KONG🦍❤
tell him he did Tiamut dirty
I loved this movie and I wanna see more monsterverse films. But I would love a more Godzilla focused movie
If you want to make a huge impression, give us what Toho has not, Gamera!!!! Also, I knew it, it was a thundercats reference!!!! And been wondering, would Toho kaijus replace the dead monsterverse kaijus, like Kumonga replacing Scylla and Manda relacing Tiamat?
i loved this movie
I'd ask Adam "Why was Godzilla in the title of the movie when barely in the movie"....
I mean he’s in way more of the movie than Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla movie and that was the whole title lol.
If you watch the commentary of GVK, Adam comments during the first battle in the sea, he says he’s more of a kong fan but he knew realistically Godzilla would win since “he’s Godzilla”
you can ask that question to most godzilla movies lol
@@GameTube00I hope this doesn’t anger kong glazers. I hope this ends debates because I’ve seen some pretty harsh stuff. I love Godzilla and kong though
@@GhidorahFan64 to be fair, Adam did shift the focus on Kong more compared to Godzilla in both GVK and GXK so Kong should be grateful that both movies were more Kong centered. He even admitted in the commentary that on GVK that movie was Kong focused.
I wish he could have made king of the monsters. Would have been nice to actually be able to see the final battle.
I Have a question who could be the next villain ?
Space-Godzilla
Destroyah or some new Titan ?
Hedorah. She's been mentioned by Wingard a lot
@@RODOLFORASPONInah, Hedorah later
@GhidorahFan64 Knowing how Wingard mentions her a lot she's probably that one toho monster, alongside Junior and Destoroyah, that has a fair chance of being in the next one if Toho allows it
GwK Space invaders! Let's go!
Do you guys think Mothra movie will be next?
I want more of this! Monsterverse movies told from the monsters perspective. To hell with people tryna figure shit out. Very few movies in my life have excited me the way this one did. I've seen it 3 times in Dolby at AMC, and it's blown me away every time. My only complaint is, I want more! Anyone who complains about having "too many" giant monsters in a giant monster movie shouldn't be watching these films
i know right, i wish they cut all the human part, the moment with Kong and Skar is definitely the peak
@@allthingsnerdy5474 oh absolutely it was. It was so good! I completely agree with taking all humans out. I only want them occasionally for size reference to how massive the titans are. Other than that, the titans tell the story very very well
@@allthingsnerdy5474 oh absolutely it was. It was so good! I completely agree with taking all humans out. I only want them occasionally for size reference to how massive the titans are. Other than that, the titans tell the story very very well
Literally no one ever complained about having too much giant monsters. I agree with focusing more on the monsters' POV, though.
Honestly I didn’t know how to feel about this movie until I saw the second trailer but after watching first day I’m REALLY hoping that Adam directs the rest of the series
HE SAID DESTROYAH!!!!
AHGGH
AHH AGGHH
Good Thundercats movie will be a relic
WE NEED GIGAN. 🔥
💯👍
I Loved Godzilla x Kong it was Awesome! If he does Thundercats I would love that.
Anguirus and Varan for team Godzilla, we want more showa era monsters
Why did Godzilla get so little screen time? 8 minutes in an 1 hour and 55 minute movie is pretty bad
No
No
Godzilla has been on the sidelines since Godzilla vs Kong, this needs to change
Someone start talking about Biollante and Destroyah get both in the same film
next movie space monsters vs. earth monsters
when he say destroya ?
Space Godzilla will NOT be in the next movie, our Godzilla currently is the ‘one who ate a star.’ HOWEVER… I’m convinced Godzilla is either gonna get his ass handed to him or die, yes die. Then when he’s resurrected or healed, he’s gonna emerge as ‘Spacegodzilla.’ Some might not like it, but seeing that painting, and many fans CRAVING Spacegodzilla, that’s the happy medium we’re going to get!
Thunder Thunder
I want a Voltron movie!
I hope they make a movie out of the history of why Godzilla is lonely ( although it was stated in the movies already )
It was?
@@space1734 i mean they’ve been talking about it that kong killed godzilla’s fam and then in the latest movie it’s because of scar
@Avgeek0926 I'm pretty sure the MUTOS are the reason why Gojira is a lone.
@@space1734 well Kong is a MUTO before they knew his name if i’m not mistaken. 😂Because MUTO stands for Massive Unidentified Terrestial Organism right?
@Avgeek0926 Didn't they change it? Whatever, I'm talking about those creatures that were in Godzilla 2014.